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    		• Lundie, Edwin H.,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Galtier, Lucien
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Architecture -- Religious
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Boulder
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Paul
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Father Lucien Galtier Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lundie, Edwin H., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Father Lucien Galtier Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1941.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: natural boulder.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 8 ft. (18 tons).
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque with figure:) IN THE YEAR 1841/THE REVEREND LUCIEN GALTIER/ERECTED NEAR THIS SITE/THE CHAPEL OF SAINT PAUL/FROM WHICH THIS CITY/DERIVED ITS NAME (On plaque with church:) IN 1841 AND IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER/I CAUSED SOME LOGS TO BE CUT, PREPARED/AND PUT UP AND SOON AFTER A POOR CHURCH/OF LOGS AND FITTED SO AS TO REMIND ONE/OF THE STABLE OF BETHLEHEM WAS BUILT./NOW THE NUCLEUS OF SAINT PAUL WAS/FORMED. THIS CHURCH THUS REMAINED/DEDICATED TO SAINT PAUL AND I/EXPRESSED THE WISH TO CALL/THE PLACE NO OTHER NAME./EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY/FATHER LUCIEN GALTIER IN 1864. unsigned
    Description: 
    Two relief plaques mounted on boulder. One plaque has a bust of Father Lucien Galtier in ecclesiastical dress. The other plaque shows a log structure with a cross on top, the Chapel of St. Paul. Both plaques contain text and are bordered with acorns.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Galtier, Lucien -- Bust
    Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
    Architecture -- Religious -- Church
    History -- United States -- Minnesota
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Boulder
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Paul
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of St. Paul, Department of Parks & Recreation, 300 City Hall Annex, 25 West 4th Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102
    Located Kellogg Boulevard at Minnesota Street, St. Paul, Minnesota
    Remarks: 
    Erected in memory of Father Lucien Galtier who built the first chapel in honor of the Apostle St. Paul, from which the city derived its name.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1995.
    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 MN000094
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