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Statue of the Marquis de Lafayette (New York City)

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Coordinates:40°44′08″N73°59′24″W / 40.73568°N 73.98997°W /40.73568; -73.98997

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Statue in Manhattan, New York, U.S.

This article is about the sculpture in Manhattan. For the sculpture in Brooklyn, seeLafayette Memorial.

Statue of the Marquis de Lafayette
The statue in 2014

Artist	Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Year	1876 (1876)
Type	Statue
Medium	Bronze
Subject	Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Location	New York City, New York, United States
Coordinates	40°44′08″N73°59′24″W / 40.73568°N 73.98997°W /40.73568; -73.98997

Statue of the Marquis de Lafayette
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

Location	Manhattan,New York City,New York,United States
Part of	Union Square
NRHP reference No.	97001678^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 9, 1997^[2]

Marquis de Lafayette is an outdoorbronze sculpture ofGilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette by artistFrédéric Auguste Bartholdi, located atUnion Square Park inManhattan, New York.

Description and history

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Donated by French residents of New York and dedicated on September 6, 1876, the portrait statue rests on a Quincygranite pedestal. In 1991, it was conserved by the Municipal Art Society and the New York City Art Commission's joint Adopt-A-Monument Program.^[3]

References

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^"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^"Union Square". National Park Service. December 9, 1997. RetrievedJune 25, 2020.
^"Union Square Park: Marquis de Lafayette".New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. RetrievedJuly 15, 2014.

External links

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Media related toLafayette statue in Union Square at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Principal author	Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)
American Revolution	French frigate Hermione Battle of Brandywine Battle of Gloucester Valley Forge Battle of Barren Hill Battle of Rhode Island Battle of Monmouth Battle of Green Spring Siege of Yorktown Franco-American alliance
French Revolution	Assembly of Notables (1787) Estates General of 1789 National Guard (France) Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Women's March on Versailles Society of 1789 Fête de la Fédération Day of Daggers Champ de Mars massacre War of the First Coalition July Revolution (1830)
Other events	1824–25 Grand Tour of the United States New York City parade Philadelphia parade USS Brandywine
Life	Château de Chavaniac (birthplace and home) Château de la Grange-Bléneau (home and museum) Lafayette Land Grant Picpus Cemetery
Honors and memorials	List of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette Fayetteville, North Carolina Lafayette, Louisiana Fort Lafayette Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania Lafayette College New York City statue (1876) LaFayette Fountain (1887) Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. 1891 statue Lafayette Square Historic District Lafayette dollar (1899) Mount Lafayette Lafayette Memorial (1917) Lafayette College statue (1921) Los Angeles statue (1937) Lafayette Escadrille USS Lafayette
Legacy	1825 Samuel Morse painting "Lafayette (We Hear You Calling)" (1918 song) La Fayette (1961 film) Valley Forge (1975 film) La Révolution française (1989 film) Jefferson in Paris (1995 film) Liberty! (1997 documentary miniseries) Liberty's Kids (2002 television series) Hamilton (2015 musical,2020 film) Lafayette in the Somewhat United States (2015 book) Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution (2021 book) Franklin (2024 miniseries)
Family	Adrienne de La Fayette (wife) Georges Washington de La Fayette (son) Michel du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (father)
Related	Order of Lafayette Honorary U.S. citizenship (2002)

Public art and memorials in Manhattan

Portrait sculpture

Other monuments

Fountains

Other works

Damaged/destroyed in 9/11	Bent Propeller† Ideogram† Sky Gate, New York† The Sphere World Trade Center Plaza Sculpture†

Key: † No longer extant or on public display

Union Square

Manhattan,New York City

Art

Statues	Mahatma Gandhi Marquis de Lafayette Abraham Lincoln George Washington
Other works	Drinking fountain Independence Flagstaff Metronome

Historical

Companies/ organizations	Lüchow's New York Film Academy Ohrbach's S. Klein Union Square Theatre

Buildings

Immediate surroundings	15 Union Square West 44 Union Square Bank of the Metropolis Century Building Daryl Roth Theatre Decker Building Everett Building Lincoln Building Spingler Building W New York Union Square Zeckendorf Towers
Neighborhood	Center for Jewish History Century Association Building Classic Stage Company Consolidated Edison Building East 17th Street/Irving Place Historic District Ladies' Mile Historic District 9–11 East 16th Street Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute Strand Bookstore Washington Irving Campus

Transportation

v t e Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Sculptures	Statue of the Marquis de Lafayette (1876) The Fountain of Light and Water (Bartholdi Fountain) (1876) Lion of Belfort (1880) Liberty Enlightening the World (Statue of Liberty) (1886) Fontaine Bartholdi (1889) Statue of Christopher Columbus (1893) Strassburger memorial (1895)
Planned work	Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia
Museums	Musée Bartholdi (Colmar) Statue of Liberty Museum (Liberty Island)
Related	Medal of Liberty Replicas of the Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty (1985 documentary)