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Josset, Raoul,
Borie, C. Louis,
Portrait male -- Lafayette, Marquis de
Occupation -- Military
Ethnic -- French
Occupation -- Other
Occupation -- Political
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
General Marquis de Lafayette, (sculpture).
Artist:
Josset, Raoul, 1899-1957, sculptor.
Borie, C. Louis, designer.
Title:
General Marquis de Lafayette, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Marquis de Lafayette, (sculpture).
Reilly Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1947.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 125 x 69 x 43 in.; Base: approx. 90 x 107 x 107 in.
Inscription:
Raoul Josset Scp (Base, front:) LAFAYETTE/1757-1834/NATIVE OF FRANCE DEVOTED/AND FAITHFUL TO THE CAUSE/OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE/GENERAL OF THE CONTINENTAL/ARMY AN INDISPENSABLE/ALLY OF FREEDOM signed
Description:
Lafayette stands with his feet spread apart and his proper right hand raised. His proper left hand holds a sword vertically in front of him. He is dressed in his military uniform consisting of a long double-breasted coat with fringed epaulets, a ruffled-neck shirt, boots, and a cape which flies open in the wind. The sculpture rests on a three-tiered square base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Lafayette, Marquis de -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- General
Ethnic -- French
Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat
Occupation -- Political -- Statesman
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Coadministered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131
Coadministered by Reilly Trust, c/o Core States Bank, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Located Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, West side of building, Reilly Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130
Remarks:
This piece was erected through the bequest of General William F. Reilly. The Reilly Trust was initially administered by First People's Bank, but as of the 1993 SOS! survey, Core States Bank was handling the Reilly Trust. This sculpture is one of several which comprises the William M. Reilly Memorial on the west side of the museum. The memorial honors Revolutionary War heroes. The SOS! survey cover sheet notes that current conservation of the piece is the responsibility of the Reilly Trust. C. Louis Borie designed the base.
In 1777, Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette (1787-1834) defied French King Louis XVI and sailed his ship, La Victoire, to America to join the Americans in their fight for independence. He was appointed a Major General and became George Washington's aide-de-camp and took part in the Battle of Brandywine, the winter at Valley Forge, and the Rhode Island campaign. In 1778, he went back to France where he successfully persuaded the French to assist American forces. Comte de Rochambeau was appointed commander of the French forces, Comtes d'Estaing and de Grasse were appointed leaders of naval forces. At Yorktown, Virginia, Rochambeau and Washington led troops from the north while Comtes de Barras and Grasse took command of the coast, and Lafayette cornered the British so that they could not escape. The British forces under Cornwallis were forced to surrender. Following the war, Lafayette returned to France, but came back to America twice in later years and each time was enthusiastically received. Because he had spent over $200,000 of his own money during the Revolution, Congress granted him $200,000 and a township of land in Louisiana and Florida, though not citizenship.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
City of Philadelphia, 1973.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 302.
Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 229.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 302.
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 75009275
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