Lafayette Memorial

Lafayette Memorial

Lafayette Memorial (2021)
40°39′52″N 73°58′35.7″W / 40.66444°N 73.976583°W / 40.66444; -73.976583
Location	Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
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.