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40°39′52″N 73°58′35.7″W / 40.66444°N 73.976583°W | |
Location | Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States |
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Designer | Daniel Chester French (sculptor) Henry Bacon (architect) |
Fabricator | Gorham foundry Presbrey-Coykendall Company |
Material | Bronze Granite |
Length | 9 feet (2.7 m) |
Width | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
Height | 19 feet (5.8 m) |
Dedicated date | May 10, 1917 |
Dedicated to | Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette |
The Lafayette Memorial is a public memorial located in Brooklyn's Prospect Park in New York City. The memorial, designed by sculptor Daniel Chester French and architect Henry Bacon, was dedicated in 1917 and consists of a bas-relief of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette alongside a groom (speculated by some historians to be James Armistead Lafayette) and a horse.
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