Marquis de Lafayette Monument in Brooklyn NY Canvas Print

The Marquis the Lafayette bronze sculpture depicts the Marquis de Lafayette (1757 -1834), the French-born general who fought on behalf of American rebels during the American Revolution. The nearly ten-foot-high bronze relief by Daniel Chester French (1850 -1931) was a gift of Henry Harteau, a Brooklyn glass manufacturer of French ancestry, and was unveiled by representatives of the French War Commission in 1917.

French statesman and military leader Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Montier Lafayette is best remembered for his role in the Revolutionary War. Sympathetic to the American cause, he aided the colonists through the provision of experienced military leadership. The Frenchman quickly became a favorite of General George Washington, who appointed him Major General in the Continental Army during 1777. The next year, Lafayette returned to France following the formal agreement of the France, United States alliance against Great Britain. Once in France, he actively lobb...

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