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    		• O'Connor, Andrew, Jr.,
     
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    		• Hastings, Thomas,
     
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    		• Carrere & Hastings,
     
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    		• T. F. McGann & Sons Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Lafayette, Marquis de
     
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    		• Ethnic -- French
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Lafayette Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    O'Connor, Andrew, Jr., 1874-1941, sculptor.
    Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929, architect.
    Carrere & Hastings, architectural firm.
    T. F. McGann & Sons Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Lafayette Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1924. Dedicated Sept. 6, 1924.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Cockeysville marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 16 x 8 x 16 ft.; Base: approx. 20 x 8 x 16 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Sculpture, front edge, proper left side:) ANDREW O'CONNOR/1924 (Sculpture, rear proper left side:) T. F. MCGANN & SONS CO FOUNDRY/BOSTON MASS (Base, front:) LA FAYETTE/ 1757 1834 (Base, east side:) EN 1777 LA FAYETTE TRAVERSANT LES MERS/ AVEC DES VOLONTIERS FRANCAIS/ EST VENU APPORTER UNE AIDE FRATERNELLE/ AU PEUPLE AMERCAIN/ QUI COMBATTAIT POUR SA LIBERTE NATIONALE/ EN 1917/ LA FRANCE COMBATTAIT A SON TOUR/ POURDEFENDRE/ SAVIE/ ET LA LIBERTE DU MONDE. L'AMERIQUE QUI/ N'AVAIT JAMAIS OUBLIE LA FAYETTE A/ TRAVERSE LES MERS POUR AIDER LA FRANCE/ ET LE MONDE A ETE SAUVE/ R. POINCARE (Base, west side:) LA FAYETTE IMMORTAL/ BECAUSE A SELF-FORGETFUL SERVANT OF/ JUSTICE AND HUMANITY/ BELOVED BY ALL AMERICANS/ BECAUSE HE ACKNOWLEDGED NO DUTY MORE/ SACRED THAN TO FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM/ OF HIS FELLOW-MEN./ WOODROW WILSON. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A portrait a young debonair Lafayette astride his horse. Lafayette is dressed in his military uniform and holds his horse's reins with his proper left hand. The horse's proper right front hoof is raised and its tail blows in the wind as it trots forward. The sculpture rests atop a tall rectangular base with steps surrounding it.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Lafayette, Marquis de -- Full length
    Ethnic -- French
    Equestrian
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat
    Occupation -- Military
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217
    Located Mt. Vernon Place, South Garden, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
    Remarks: 
    The Lafayette Monument was the subject of one of the most contentious sculpture debates ever in Baltimore. In 1919, landscape architect, Thomas Hastings, of Carrere and Hastings, who was hired to relandscape Mt. Vernon Place decided to install the new Lafayette sculpture south of the Washington Monument where it stands today. Many objected to this site because such a large sculpture and base, it was thought, would block the view of the Washington Monument from the south. Despite the criticism, Hastings prevailed and the sculpture was installed as planned on September 6, 1924, the anniversary of Lafayette's birthday.
    IAS files contain an excerpt from William Sener Rusk's "Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials," Baltimore: Norman, Remington, 1929, pg. 55-57; and newspaper articles from The Sun (Baltimore, MD), June 11, 1941 and June 12, 1941; and The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD) June 11, 1941 and Aug. 17, 1960. For additional information see: Kathleen Kotarba's report "The Baltimore Bronze Project," Baltimore: Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, July 1989; Henry and Caroline Naylor's "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection," 1987, pg. 50; Wilbur Harvey Hunter's "The Monumental City, The Rinehart School of Sculpture 75th Anniversary Catalogue 1896-1971," pg. 28; and Art and Archaeology 19 (June 1925): pg. 229-238.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MD0022, 1989.
    Monumental News, Oct. 1918, pg. 446.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1992.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD), Aut. 17,1960.
    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 75006014
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