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Keck, Charles,
Gorham Manufacturing Company,
Portrait male -- Joques, Isaac
Portrait male -- Goupil, Rene
Portrait male -- Couture, Guillaume
Portrait male -- Otrihoure
Portrait male -- Lalande
Occupation -- Religion
Occupation -- Medicine
Ethnic -- French
Ethnic -- Indian
Emblem -- Cross
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Lake George
Relief
Sculpture
Father Joques Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Keck, Charles, 1875-1951, sculptor.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
Father Joques Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Cast April 1939. Dedicated July 3, 1939.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite; Foundation: cement.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 14 x 4 x 3 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 24 x 8 x 7 1/2 ft.; Foundation: approx. H. W. 15 ft. x L. 17 1/2 ft. x D. 6 ft.
Inscription:
C. Keck, Sc. (copyright symbol) R.A.K. 4-8 Gorham Co. Founders (Upper front of base, incised lettering:) AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM (Right side of backdrop, incised lettering:) COUTURE/GROUPIL (Left side of backdrop, incised lettering:) OTRIHOURE/LALANDE (Back of base, incised lettering:) (Shield of Joan of Arc)/FATHER JOQUES S.J./AMBASSADOR OF PEACE/FROM
NEW
FRANCE/TO THE FIVE NATIONS OF THE IROQUOIS/WITH HIS COMPANION JOHN BOURDON/DISCOVERED THESE WATERS/NAMED THEM/LAC DU SAINT SACREMENT/MAY 30, 1646/MARTYRED BY THE MOHAWKS/AT THE RIVER OF THEIR NAME/ON OCTOBER THE EIGHTEENTH/IN THAT SAME YEAR/ERECTED BY
STATE
OF
NEW
YORK
AD. 1939/ON THE BURIAL FIELD OF THE BATTLES OF LAKE GEORGE/(Seal of
New
York
) signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A bronze portrait of Father Isaac Joques mounted on a granite base stands in front of an arched granite backdrop that has relief figures on each side. Father Joques is bearded and wears robes and a long cape. He walks with his proper right hand raised in a gesture of greeting and a cross held in his proper left hand. On one side of the granite backdrop are relief portraits of Brother Rene Goupil and Brother Guillaume Couture dressed in buckskins. On the other side of the backdrop are relief portraits Lalande kneeling in prayer and the Otrihoure. The sculpture is surrounded by a wrought iron fence.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Joques, Isaac -- Full length
Portrait male -- Goupil, Rene -- Full length
Portrait male -- Couture, Guillaume -- Full length
Portrait male -- Otrihoure -- Full length
Portrait male -- Lalande -- Full length
Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
Ethnic -- French
Ethnic -- Indian
Emblem -- Cross
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
New
York
-- Lake George
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
New
York
State
Conservation
Commission
,
Department
of
Environmental
Conservation
, P. O. Box 220,
Warrensburg
,
New
York
12285
Located Lake George Battlefield Park, Southern shore of Lake George, Lake George,
New
York
Provenance:
Formerly located Lake George Battleground Park, Southern shore of Lake George, Lake George,
New
York
Remarks:
The monument commemorates Father Isaac Joques (1607-1646), a martyred French Jesuit who named Lac Du Saint Sacrement, later renamed Lake George. Joques was taken captive by Mohawks while he traveled with two other Jesuits, Brother Rene Goupil and Brother Guillaume Couture. Goupil was the first white physician in the Adirondacks, and was also martyred. The monument was erected by the
State
of
New
York
at a cost of $75,000. The 1994 SOS! survey reports that a falling limb broke part of the sculpture a few years ago, and it was hastily repaired. The Shield of Joan of Arc on the rear base is emblematic of Joques' birthplace of Orleans, France. Lake George Battlefield Park was once known as Lake George Battleground Park. For related information see: Paul Jamieson's "The Adirondack Reader," The Adirondack Mountain Club, 1982, pg. 13-19.
IAS files contain: articles from The Post-Star (Glens Falls, NY), July 1, 1939, July 5, 1939 (3 articles, discussing the dedication), Nov. 29, 1957; excerpt from Barney Fowler's "Adirondack Album," Outdoor Associates, Vol II, pg. 111; photocopy of "
State
of
New
York
, Report of The Temporary
State
Commission
Created to Select A Site To Erect A Memorial To Father Isaac Jogues, Discoverer of Lake George in The Year Sixteen Hundred and Forty-Six, and To Make Recommendation," submitted March 15, 1937, Appendix C, pg. 1-8.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
New
York
survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
The Post-Star (Glens Falls, NY), Nov. 29, 1957.
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 NY001066
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