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Rhode Island

Columbus Square

Christopher Columbus

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Gorham Co.
1893

Description

Columbus with a globe, pointing towards onder. Bronze statue on half-ton marble base.

Inscription(s)

"COLUMBUS" and the dates "1492" (left) and "1893" (right).
The bronze is signed "Bartholdi 1893".

Annotation

Donated by the Christopher Columbus Committee. It is a copy of the silver statue made for the Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago.

This monument on postcards

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Sculptor

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (Colmar 1834 - 1904), French sculptor who is remembered mainly for designing the Statue of Liberty (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

NIAF, Tributes to Christopher Columbus in the United States.
Alex Borgogno, "Monuments of Columbus." Discovery! Journal of the Christopher Columbus Philatelic Society vol. 18, no. 1 (12 Jan. 2000): 1235.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, SIRIS (Smithsonian Institution Research Information system).

Locatie (N 41°47'48" - W 71°25'32") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: usri01; Photograph: 21 October 2001
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