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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Fraser, James Earle,     History -- United States     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Joliet, Louis     Portrait male -- Marquette, Jacques     Portrait male -- La Salle, Robert Cavelier     Portrait male -- Tonti, Henri de     Occupation -- Other     Occupation -- Religion     Dress -- Ecclesiastical     Ethnic -- French     Ethnic -- Indian     Allegory     Relief     Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago     Sculpture

The Discoverers, (sculpture). Artist:  Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953, sculptor. Title:  The Discoverers, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1928. Medium:  Relief: limestone. Dimensions:  Relief: approx. W. 11 ft. 10 in. D. 2 ft. Inscription:  (On pylon below relief:) THE DISCOVERS/JOLIET . FATHER MARQUETTE ./LASALLE AND TONTI/WILL LIVE IN AMERICAN HISTORY/AS FEARLESS EXPLORERS WHO MADE THEIR WAY/THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND ACROSS/THIS WATERSHED TO THE MISSISSIPPI/IN THE LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY/AND TYPIFY THE SPIRIT OF BRAVE ADVENTURE/WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN FIRMLY PLANTED/IN THE CHARACTER OF THE MIDDLE WEST./PRESENTED TO THE CITY BY/WILLIAM WRIGLEY JR./1928 unsigned Description:  This relief portrays French explorers Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette, who determined in 1678 that Chicago was the site of the passage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system, and Rene Robert Cavelier - Sieur de La Salle, and his lieutenant, Henri de Tonti, who explored the entire Mississippi River area between 1679 and 1682. Although Marquette was a Jesuit priest, he is depicted in the robes of a Franciscan monk. There is a profile of a kneeling indian in the foreground. An allegorical female figure floats above the more boldly carved, Beaux-Arts figure group. This relief is one of four located on the Michigan Avenue bridge pylons. Subject:  History -- United States -- Westward Expansion History -- United States -- Illinois Portrait male -- Joliet, Louis Portrait male -- Marquette, Jacques Portrait male -- La Salle, Robert Cavelier Portrait male -- Tonti, Henri de Occupation -- Other -- Explorer Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Dress -- Ecclesiastical Ethnic -- French Ethnic -- Indian Allegory Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Located Michigan Avenue Bridge, Northeast pylon, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  Gift of William Wrigley, Jr. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 94. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 177-178. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Illustration:  Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 176. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 75004285   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75004285 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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