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Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla, (sculpture). Artist:  de la Torre, Salvador, sculptor. Title:  Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Father Hidalgo, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast Feb. 1976. Dedicated May 8, 1976. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete, painted. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 102 x 38 x 36 in.; Base: approx. 96 x 66 x 52 in. Inscription:  (Plaque on front of base, incised letters:) MIGUEL HIDALGO Y COSTILLA/EL ESTADO DE TAMAULIPAS A LA CIUDAD Y/CANDADO DE HIDALGO, COMO UN HOMENAJE/A DON MIGUEL HIDALGO Y COSTILLA, PADRE DE/NUESTRA PATRIA, Y LOS HEROES QUE COMO EL/LUCHARON POR LA LIBERTAD DE AMERICA./ENRIQUE GARDENAS GONZALES/GOBERNOR CONSTITUTIONAL DE/MAYO 8 DE 1976. TAMAULIPAS/MAYOR ED C. VELA/ALDERMAN/JUAN DAVILA-JOEL RODRIGUEZ/PAUL HENDERSON/ANDRES E. CHAVEZ, JR.-NICOLAS MONTEMAYOR unsigned Description:  Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla stands with a Christian flag and staff in his proper left hand and a quill in his proper right hand. He wears a mid-calf length coat with lapels, with a belt around the waist, tied on the proper left. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular tapered base, painted white. The sculpture is surrounded by a wrought iron fence. Subject:  Portrait male -- Hidalgo, Miguel -- Full length Ethnic -- Mexican Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Object -- Other -- Flag Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Hidalgo Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Hidalgo, Public Works Department, 611 East Esperanza, Hidalgo, Texas 78557 Located Esperanza & 5th Street, in a park, Hidalgo, Texas Remarks:  The statue commemorates Father Hidalgo, the city and county's namesake. It was presented to the city and county by the bordering Mexican state of Tamaulipas. IAS files contain material written by archivist David Mycue. For additional information see Hubert J. Miller's "Padre Miguel Hidalgo; Father of Mexican Independence," Edinburg, TX: Pan American University Press, 1986; and Edinburg Daily Review, March 14, 1976. Unpublished information on Father Hidalgo is also on file at the Texas Historical Commission, the Hidalgo County Historical Commission, and at the Hidalgo County Historical Museum. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993. 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 TX000738   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX000738 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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