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    		• Melchers, Julius Theodore,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Richard, Gabriel
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Ethnic -- French
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• Architectural component
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Father Gabriel Richard, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Melchers, Julius Theodore, 1830-1903, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Father Gabriel Richard, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Richard, (sculpture).
    Old Detroit City Hall Figures: Richard, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1874. Installed 1880s. Rededicated Nov. 25, 1974.
    Digital Reference: 
    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 front of base:) RICHARD
    Description: 
    Standing figure of man in priest's robes, holding cloak with proper right hand in front of body, and holding book in proper left hand at proper left side.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Richard, Gabriel -- Full length
    Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
    Ethnic -- French
    Dress -- Historic -- Seventeenth Century Dress
    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. Subject was a French priest who came to Detroit in 1798. Joint founder of University of Michigan, territorial representative to Congress, brought first printing press to area. Died nursing sick in cholera epidemic. 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 24140007.
    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 24140008
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