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    		• Teich, Frank,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- La Salle, Robert Cavelier de
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Ethnic -- French
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Navasta
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Teich, Frank, 1856-1939, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1930.
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: Texas pink granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 7 ft. x 2 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 5 x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left side of bronze plinth:) F. TEICH, SCULPTOR/LLANO, TEX. (On bronze plaque on front of base:) RENE ROBERT CAVELIER/SIEUR DE LA SALLE/TREACHEROUSLY SLAIN BY HIS OWN/MEN NEAR THIS SPOT IN MARCH 1687/BORN ROUEN, FRANCE, NOVEMBER 22, 1643/EXPLORER OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER/FRONTIER STATESMAN - EMPIRE BUILDER/A NOBLEMAN IN RANK AND CHARACTER/ERECTED BY/THE TEXAS SOCIETY/OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE/AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND/THE CITIZENS OF NAVASOTA/1930 signed
    Description: 
    A full-length standing figure of Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle. La Salle wears period clothing including a coat, sword, and thigh-high boots. His shoulder-length hair is curly. His proper right hand is held out slightly with the palm turned up as if imploring his men to continue following him. In his proper left hand he carries a rolled piece of paper, possibly a map. The statue stands atop a small square bronze plinth on a three-tiered granite base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- La Salle, Robert Cavelier de -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
    Ethnic -- French
    Dress -- Historic -- Seventeenth Century Dress
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Occupation -- Political -- Statesman
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Navasta
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Grimes County Chamber of Commerce, 117 South La Salle, Navasota, Texas 77868
    Located State Highway 90, downtown median, Navasta, Texas
    Remarks: 
    This monument was erected by the Texas Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the citizens of Navasota. It is generally believed that La Salle was murdered in 1687, in the vicinity of present-day Navasota. IAS files contain related articles from Highlander (Marble Falls, TX), Jan. 3, 1965, pg. B1, B6; and Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX), June 23, 1979.
    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 TX000029
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