Reginald E. Beauchamp

[3] Born in London, Beauchamp immigrated to the United States at age 2 with his family, who lived for five years in Rensselaer, New York, before settling in Philadelphia.

[8] Beauchamp once hung colored ribbons from the statue of William Penn atop Philadelphia City Hall to nearby buildings, creating the look of a maypole more than 500 feet tall.

[9] In 1967, he unsuccessfully proposed a $5 million, 14-story bust of Benjamin Franklin to be mounted on Belmont Plateau in the city's Fairmount Park.

[10] Among the privately held works by Beauchamp is a sculptural rendition of John Trumbull's painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, installed at the Philadelphia Protestant Home in the Lawndale neighborhood.

The painting was exhibited at Newman Gallery, hung for 25 years at the Poor Richard Club, shifted into private hands in the mid-1970s, and was offered at auction in 2009.

"[13] Using clay, Beauchamp modeled an adult-sized bust of a long-haired, gentle-eyed fellow — the Franklin of the history books, wise and timeless.

[13]The sculpture was installed in 1971 in Girard Fountain Park in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood, and dedicated in a June 10 ceremony that featured a speech by U.S. Mint Director Mary Brooks.

She kept her name out of the license columns of the Philadelphia newspapers and kept her marital status secret until she left Curtis to raise a family.