Joseph Wharton 1826–1909:
Ironmaster, Innovator and Educator

Commissioned by the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Commission to create a suite of five large-scale paintings to be permanently installed on the campus of the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, which will highlight the life and career of Joseph Wharton, who founded the school in 1878.

Preliminary Drawings / Works in Progress

The Whartons at Batsto Mansion with

The Whartons at Batsto Mansion with

Bethlehem Iron Company: The Casting Floor with Besamer Converter and Blast Furnace, 1882

Bethlehem Iron Company: View from Nisky Hill across Lehigh River, Building Style Consists of Double Cruciform with Four Large Bays and Two Trancepts, 1873

Bethlehem Iron Nocturne: Seen from the North Bank of the Lehigh River, 1910

Bethlehem Iron Company: 14,000-ton Steam Hydraulic Forging Press Used to Forge Armor Plate and Large Caliber Canon, 1894

University of Pennsylvania: Furness Library Interior with Joseph Wharton as a Mentor

University of Pennsylvania: Furness Library Interior with Joseph Wharton as a Mentor2

University of Pennsylvania: Joseph Wharton En Route to Work on Hamilton Walk, 1903

Joseph Wharton: Quaker Industrialist at the Height of His Career, 1909

Bethlahem Iron Company: Mule-Drawn Pig Iron (Merchant Bar Stock) with Silhouetted Bins of Anthrocite, 2

University of Pennsylvania: Panoramic View of Burgeoning University (Logan Hall) with Southwest Schukill River, 1882

View of Philadelphia Waterworks and Bellvue Wharton Residence, 1845

Bethlehem Iron Company: Steam Powered Drop Hammer, Largest Forging Device in the World, 1891

Joseph Wharton and Friend Prospecting Nickel Mines, 1890

Bethlehem Iron Company: Workmen on the Casting Floor, 1882

Young Joseph Wharton with Anvil before the Early Wharton Family Lead and White Zinc Manufacturing Company, 1846