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    		• Melchers, Julius Theodore,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe
     
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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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    		• Architectural component
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Melchers, Julius Theodore, 1830-1903, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Cadillac, (sculpture).
    Old Detroit City Hall Figures: Cadillac, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1874. Installed 1880s. Rededicated Nov. 25, 1974.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: limestone; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 8 ft. x 28 in. x 24 in.; Base: approx. 5 x 5 x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left side of base:) J. MELCHERS./SCULPT. (On front of base:) 1658-1730/CADILLAC signed
    Description: 
    Standing figure of 18th century cavalier, sword and scabbard missing from proper right hand at proper right side.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
    Ethnic -- French
    Dress -- Historic -- Seventeenth Century Dress
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Object Type: 
    Architectural component
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Wayne State University, Art Department, Detroit, Michigan 48202
    Located Wayne State University, Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, Michigan
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Detroit City Hall, Facade, Detroit, Michigan until 1961.
    Remarks: 
    One of four figures made for niches in the facade of the Detroit City Hall, built in 1871, demolished 1961. Commissioned by Bela Hubbard. Inventory has photographs of the figure alone and in his overall setting alongside the other three Old Detroit City Hall Figures. IAS files contain copies of newspaper articles from Detroit Free Press, Nov. 26, 1974, and Detroit News, June 2, 1983, both of which discuss the relocation of the four figures and biographical information about them.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1994.
    Detroit Historical Department, 1988.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Related Works: 
    For model see 24140005.
    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 24140006
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