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    		• Josset, Raoul,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nunez
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Spanish
     
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    		• Portrait male -- La Salle, Rene-Robert Cavelier de
     
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    		• Ethnic -- French
     
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    		• Animal -- Cattle
     
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    		• Animal -- Buffalo
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Victoria
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Victoria Memorial), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Josset, Raoul, 1899-1957, sculptor.
    Title: 
    (Victoria Memorial), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1936.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: red Texas granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 2 1/2 in. x 13 ft. x 8 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. 1 1/2 in. x 22 ft. 1/2 in. x 4 ft. 2 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    Raoul Jossett (sic) SC (Below left face on center relief panel:) 1528/Cabeza/de Vaca (Below right face on center relief panel:) 1685/cavalier/de la Salle/Raoul Jossett SC (In center:) Victoria (Martin De Leon's Brand) County/Under the Mexican Government Victoria was a/District in 1832 a municipality in 1835. Under the (followed by further text) (There is additional text on bronze panels on either side of the center relief panel) signed
    Description: 
    A bronze plaque with two bas-relief profile portraits, depicting the heads of Alvar Nunez Cabez de Vaca and Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle, set back-to-back. Below them is a brief history of Victoria, and on the flanking side bottom sections of the plaque is a bas-relief border of running herds of cattle or buffalo. The plaque is mounted on the front of a red granite wall and base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nunez -- Head
    Ethnic -- Spanish
    Portrait male -- La Salle, Rene-Robert Cavelier de -- Head
    Ethnic -- French
    Animal -- Cattle
    Animal -- Buffalo
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Victoria
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Victoria, Parks and Recreation Department, 480 McCright Drive, Victoria, Texas 77901
    Located Memorial Square, Victoria, Texas
    Remarks: 
    Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
    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 TX001007
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