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Rodin, Auguste,
Figure female -- Bust
Homage -- Champlain, Samuel de
Allegory -- Place
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Crown Point
Relief
Sculpture
La France, (sculpture).
Artist:
Rodin
,
Auguste
,
1840-1917
,
sculptor
.
Title:
La France, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
La Belle France, (sculpture).
Champlain Memorial Lighthouse: La Belle France, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated May 9, 1912.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Plaque: bronze.
Dimensions:
Plaque: approx. H. 24 in. x W. 20 in.
Inscription:
(On plaque, lower left:) A
Rodin
(On plaque, inscription difficult to read:) MDCIX ...FRANCAIS CHAMPLAIN /A DECOVVERN LE LAC QVI PORTE SON NOM/LE III MAI MCMXII/LES ETATS DE/NEW YORK ET/DE VERMONT/ELEVANT CE/MONVMENT/VNE DE-/LEGATION/FRANCAISE/A SCELLE/CETT FIGVRE/DE "LA /FRANCE" signed
Description:
A rectangular bronze relief plaque depicting the profile of a woman representing France. The relief is mounted on the Champlain Memorial Lighthouse so that the woman gazes out over the lake.
Subject:
Figure female -- Bust
Homage -- Champlain, Samuel de
Allegory -- Place -- France
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Crown Point
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of New York, Department of Environment Conservation, Crown Point State Historic Site, Crown Point, New York 12928
Located Crown Point Reservation, Champaign Memorial Lighthouse, Crown Point, New York 12928
Remarks:
In 1911, Congress authorized the construction of the Champaign Memorial Lighthouse on the historic Crown Point Reservation as a memorial to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the French explorer Samuel de Champlain's arrival on Lake Champlain in 1609. The Champaign Memorial Lighthouse was constructed on the frame of an 1858 lighthouse, which was constructed on the site of a French Period (1730-1759) windmill, which in turn was located on an outlying British fort known as the Grenadier's Redoubt. The rebuilt lighthouse consists of a tower made of cut granite blocks surrounded by eight Doric columns. The tower and columns support an ornamental cut granite cornice, gallery, watch room, and lantern parapet. The base and brick stair cylinder of the original 1858 lighthouse were incorporated into the new structure, which was completed in July 1912.
"La Belle France" relief plaque is a gift from France in honor of the tercentenary of Samuel de Champlain's discovery of New York's Lake Champlain that bears his name. The female figure was reportedly modeled after the
sculptor
's mistress, Camille. For further information, see the Ticonderoga Sentinels of May to July 1912.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
Inventory staff, 2001.
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 NY001027
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