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    		• Rebecchini, Marcel,
     
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    		• Daprato Statuary Company,
     
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    		• Literature -- Longfellow
     
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    		• Literature -- Character
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- St. Martinville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Evangeline, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rebecchini, Marcel, sculptor.
    Daprato Statuary Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Evangeline, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1931. Dedicated April 19, 1931.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Statue: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Statue: approx. 4 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 1 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On side of plinth, raised:) EVANGELINE (On side of base, incised:) EVANGELINE/EMMELINE LABICHE/Vieux Cimitiere de St. Martin/Memoire des Acadiens exiles de 1765 Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A figure of Evangeline, wearing a long dress, a cape, and wooden shoes, sits upon a chair with her hands folded on her lap. The statue sits atop a multitiered base in a garden setting.
    Subject: 
    Literature -- Longfellow -- Evangeline
    Literature -- Character -- Evangeline
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- St. Martinville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    St. Martin de Tours Church, 221 Main Street, St. Martinville, Louisiana
    Remarks: 
    The statue of Evangeline is based upon the epic poem of the same name by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The statue was donated by Dolores del Rio, who starred in the motion picture production of "Evangeline," that was filmed in the area in 1929. A nearby marker was placed in memory Leo Builliard, Sr. in 1982. IAS files contain transcription of nearby plaque.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1996.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 LA000194
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