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George Washington

Westmoreland County, Virginia 1732 - Mount Vernon, Virginia 1799
First president of the United States, 1789-1797
(Wikipedia)

Daniel C. French & Edward C. Potter
Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co. (New York)
1900

Description

Bronze equestrian statue.

Inscription(s)

WASHINGTON

february 22, 1732
december 14, 1789

offert par les femmes des états unis
d'amérique en mémoire de l'amitié et
de l'aide fraternelle données par
la france à leurs pères pendant leur
lutte pour l'indépendance

Signed: daniel c. french - edward g. potter / sculptors
cast by the henry-bonnard bronze co. / founders new york, u.s.a. 1900

Annotation

A replica of this statue is in Chicago.

Sculptors

Daniel Chester French (Exeter NH 1850 - Stockbridge Mass. 1931), American sculptor (Wikipedia).
Edward Clark Potter (New London, Conn. 1857 - New London, Conn. 1923), American sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Phidias-Sculptures de rue, Les statues de rue de Paris.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 48°51'53" - E 2°17'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frif018; Photograph: 25 May 2011
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