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    		• Correia, Charles,
     
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    		• Shidoni Foundry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Lafayette, Marquis de
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Ethnic -- French
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Lafayette
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    General Lafayette, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Correia, Charles, sculptor.
    Shidoni Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    General Lafayette, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1987. Cast 1991. Dedicated Sept. 29, 1991.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 2 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Copyright symbol) CHARLES CORRERIA (sic) APRIL 1987 (On side of base, engraved:) THIS STATUE IS IN HONOR OF OUR CITY'S/NAMESAKE. GENERAL LAFAYETTE WAS THE ONLY/PERSON TO PLAY MAJOR ROLES IN BOTH THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONS, AND IS/REGARDED AS A LEADER AND HERO. HE WAS THE/FIRST FOREIGN DIGNITARY TO ADDRESS BOTH/HOUSES OF THE U.S. CONGRESS./AS OUR CITY'S FIRST PIECE OF PUBLIC ART, IT IS SYMBOLIC OF OUR COMMITMENT TO THE/ARTS AND HISTORY OF LAFAYETTE. (On side of base, engraved:) "I DO NOT BRING TO AMERICA/ANY AMBITION, NOR ANY PARTICULAR/INTEREST - THE HAPPINESS OF/AMERICA IS INTIMATELY LINKED/TO THE HAPPINESS OF HUMANITY/AS A WHOLE."/ABOARD "LA VICTOIRE"/APRIL 1777
    (On plaque on front of base:) GENERAL LAFAYETTE/1757-1834/DEDICATED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1991/BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITIZENS/OF LAFAYETTE./THIS STATUE REPRESENTS THE/SPIRIT OF COOPERATION BETWEEN/OUR CITY, BEDFORD PROPERTIES,/THE LAFAYETTE-LANGEAC SOCIETY/AND THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA/WHERE THE ORIGINAL STATUE RESIDES./STATUE CAST BY SHIDONI/FOUNDRY, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO./MAYOR GAYLE B. UILKEMA/CITY COUNCIL/RICHARD F. HOLMES SCOTT TALAN/DONALD L. TATZIN AVON M. WILSON (On plaque on back of base:) STATUE CONTRIBUTORS/BENEFACTORS/PETER & KIRSTEN BEDFORD/PATRONS/KEN & JEAN HOFMANN & FAMILY SAFEWAY, INCORPORATED/SPONSORS/(followed by a list of names)/IN MEMORIUM (sic)/J.J. AGNES CAROL LEE BABCOCK signed
    Description: 
    Full-length portrait of General Lafayette. He wears a military uniform of the eighteenth century including breeches, boots, vest and tailed jacket with epaulets. His proper right hand rests on his chest beneath a sash. His proper left hand holds the hilt of a sword which hangs at his proper left hip. The bronze sculpture stands on a square green marble base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Lafayette, Marquis de -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat
    Occupation -- Political -- Statesman
    Ethnic -- French
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Lafayette
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Lafayette, Department of Public Works, 1012 South Thomson, Lafayette, California 94549
    Located Mt. Diablo Boulevard, Golden Gate Way & Monaga Road, Lafayette, California
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was funded by the Langeac Society. The sculpture is an exact duplicate of a sculpture in Lafayette, Louisiana and was cast by Shidoni from the same mold.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California 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 CA002007
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