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Jacques Marquette

Laon 1637 - present day Michigan 1675
French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement
(Wikipedia)

Jean Topin
1937/2004

Description

Bronze relief depicting father Marquette and some Indians in a canoe.

Inscription(s)

A
JACQUES MARQUETT
grand missionnaire pionnier de la civilisation
ne a laon le 1 juin 1637 mort au canada le 18 mai 1675
ses compatriots — ses admirateurs
"que le soleil est beau, français,
quand tu nous viens visiter"
hiawatha

Signed: J. Topin 1937
f. barbedienne fondeur paris

Annotation

Originally, the relief was part of a larger monument. In 2004 the relief is placed on the present location.

Sculptor

Jean Topin, French sculptor.

Sources & Information

Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'amérique française, Monument du père Marquette à Laon : la mémoire d'un héros américain en terre française.

Locatie (N 49°33'55" - E 3°37'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frpi029; Photograph: 26 May 2011
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