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    		• Olaguibel, Juan Fernando,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Mexican
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Olaguibel, Juan Fernando, 1896-1976, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Sept. 16, 1962.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 12 x 4 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 7 ft. 9 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 ft. x 9 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper right bottom of sculpture:) OLAGUIBEL/MEXICO 1962 (On plaque on back of base:) MONUMENT PRESENTED BY/THE MEXICAN COLONY TO/THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO/SEPTEMBER 16TH 1962 (On plaque on back of base:) MIGUEL HIDALGO Y COSTILLA/FATHER OF MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE/1753-1811/THE LIBERATION OF MEXICO, AFTER 300 YEARS/OF DOMINATION BY SPAIN, STARTED ON SEPTEMBER/16, 1810, IN THE TOWN OF DOLORES IN WHAT IS NOW THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO, MEXICO./MIGUEL HIDALGO Y COSTILLA A PRIEST, AND OTHER PATRIOTS, AMONG WHOM WERE JUAN/ALDAMA AND IGNACIO ALLENDE, WERE AT/FIRST SUCCESSFUL, BUT EVENTUALLY MIGUEL/HIDALGO WAS CAPTURED AND EXECUTED./THE WAR CONTINUED UNTIL ITS FINAL VICTORY/IN 1821 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF VICENTE/GUERRERO AND AGUSTIN DE ITURBIDE./THIS MONUMENT BY JUAN F. OLAGUIBEL WAS CAST IN BRONZE IN MEXICO/AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO BY THE MEXICAN/COMMUNITY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1962. signed
    Description: 
    Full-length portrait of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. He wears a knee-length overcoat which is belted around the waist and high boots. His proper right hand is resting on his breast; his proper left hand is slightly extended. The bronze sculpture stands on a marble base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Mexican
    Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
    Occupation -- Other -- Reformer
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102
    Located Mission Dolores Park, San Francisco, California
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was presented to the city by the Mexican colony.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco 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 CA001785
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