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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Harrington, Chestee Minvielle,     Portrait male -- Bouligny, Francisco     Occupation -- Military     Occupation -- Other     Ethnic -- Spanish     Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Iberia     Sculpture

Bust of Lt. Colonel Francisco Bouligny, (sculpture). Artist:  Harrington, Chestee Minvielle, sculptor. Title:  Bust of Lt. Colonel Francisco Bouligny, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Bust of Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Bouligny, (sculpture). Dates:  1976. Medium:  Bust: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Bust: approx. 19 x 16.5 x 10.5 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. 2 in. Inscription:  (Metal plaque on front of base, beneath bust, raised:) LIEUTENANT COLONEL/FRANCISCO BOULIGNY/1736-1800/IN THE SPRING OF 1770, BOULIGNY ACTING ON ORDER OF/GOVERNOR BERNARDO de GALVEZ, LED ABOUT 60 SPANISH/SETTLERS TO THIS SITE, MARKING THE FOUNDING OF NEW/IBERIA. TO COMMEMORATE THAT EVENT THE SCHOOLCHILDREN/OF NEW IBERIA AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL/COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NEW IBERIA AND THE STATE/OF LOUISIANA HAVE ERECTED THIS MEMORIAL./1976 (Two more metal plaques are set on the front of the base to either side of the central plaque) Description:  Bust of Lt. Colonel Francisco Bouligny in an eighteenth century shirt, set atop a wide base with three inscribed plaques. Subject:  Portrait male -- Bouligny, Francisco -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer Ethnic -- Spanish Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Iberia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New Iberia, New Iberia, Louisiana 70560 Located Bouligny Plaza, 100 block of West Main Street, New Iberia, Louisiana Remarks:  Erected by the schoolchildren of New Iberia, the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of the City of New Iberia, and the State of Louisiana. Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Bouligny founded New Iberia for Spain in 1770. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana 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 LA000239   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture LA000239 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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