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Paramino, John Francis,
Gorham Manufacturing Company,
Portrait male -- Lafayette, Marquis de
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Other
Occupation -- Political
Ethnic -- French
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Marie Joseph
de
Lafayette
, (sculpture).
Artist:
Paramino, John Francis, 1888/89-1956, sculptor.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
Marie Joseph
de
Lafayette
, (sculpture).
Dates:
1924. Installed Aug. 24, 1924.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Relief plaque: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Relief plaque: approx. H. 2 1/2 ft. x W. 4 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 4 ft. 3 in. x 1 ft. 3 in.
Inscription:
(Under relief
portrait
, proper left:) JOHN F. PARAMINO SCULPTOR (Bottom of plaque, proper left:) GORHAM CO. Founders (On plaque, below
portrait
:) THE
LAFAYETTE
MALL/THIS MALL NAMED IN HONOR OF
MARQUIS
DE
LAFAYETTE
/DISTINGUISHED FRENCH SOLDIER/MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE/AN ILLUSTRIOUS PATRIOT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION/WHO NOBLY SERVED THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY ON TWO CONTINENTS/INVITED BY ACT OF CONGRESS TO REVISIT THE UNITED STATES/AS A GUEST OF THE NATION IN 1824/HE WAS WELCOMED WITH SIGNAL HONOR/AS HE PASSED ALONG THIS MALL/HE LAID THE CORNERSTONE OF BUNKER HILL MONUMENT/JUNE 17, 1825/HEAVEN SAW FIT TO ORDAIN THAT THE ELECTRIC/SPARK OF LIBERTY SHOULD BE CONDUCTED THROUGH/YOU FROM THE NEW WORLD TO THE OLD/ERECTED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON 1924 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Relief plaque with
bust
of Marie Joseph
de
Lafayette
, in colonial dress, with text inscription below.
Subject:
Portrait
male
--
Lafayette
,
Marquis
de
--
Bust
Occupation
--
Military
--
General
Occupation
--
Other
--
Aristocrat
Occupation
--
Political
--
Statesman
Ethnic
--
French
Object Type:
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Massachusetts
--
Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201
Located Boston Common, Corner of Tremont & Temple streets, Boston, Massachusetts
Remarks:
Commemorates the return of the officer
Marquis
de
Lafayette
to Boston in 1824. This mall, on the Common, was dedicated Aug. 24, 1924, 100 years after his return.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
Boston Art Commission, 1991.
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 47.
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 87710006
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