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    		• Finta, Alexander,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Kossuth, Louis
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Hungarian
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Louis Kossuth, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Finta, Alexander, 1881-1958?, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Louis Kossuth, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1949. Dedicated 1949.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Relief: approx. 18 1/2 x 40 in x 3/4 in.
    Inscription: 
    A. Finta Los Angeles California (Front of relief:) LOUIS KOSSUTH/GREAT HUNGARIAN, PATRIOT, CHAMPION OF/LIBERTY, STATESMAN AND ORATOR./GOVERNOR OF HUNGARY IN 1849./LOCATED IN THE HOTEL ST. CHARLES ON THIS SITE/JANUARY 22-32, 1852 AS GUEST OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH WHILE ON A TOUR OF THE UNITED STATES/THIS TABLET PLACED BY THE MAGYARS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA signed
    Description: 
    Relief of Kossuth wearing a high collar, beard and moustache.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Kossuth, Louis -- Bust
    Occupation -- Political
    Ethnic -- Hungarian
    Occupation -- Other -- Reformer
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Point Park College, Housekeeping Department, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Located Point Park College, Lawrence Hall, Wood Street at Third Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    Kossuth was a nineteenth-century Hungarian hero. In 1825 he entered parliament and became a leader of the movement of liberal government reform. He fled to Turkey in 1849 when Austrian and Russian forces defeated his army. Later he made a tour of the U.S. to rally support for his cause. This relief is mounted on the site of the old Hotel St. Charles, the place where Kossuth stayed when he visited Pittsburgh on January 22, 1852. The Magyars of western Pennsylvania installed this relief on the 100th anniversary of Kossuth's rebellion and exile. The Magyars are the major ethnic group in Hungary.
    References: 
    Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 73.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 111.
    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 64480040
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