Statue of the Marquis de Lafayette (Washington, D.C.)

See also: Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette

Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette
Monument sculpture by Alexandre Falguiere
Location	Lafayette Square Washington, D.C. United States
Established	1891
Governing body	National Park Service
Statue of the Marquis de Lafayette
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Location	Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°53′56″N 77°2′7″W
Area	less than one acre
Part of	American Revolution Statuary
NRHP reference No.	78000256
Added to NRHP	July 14, 1978

Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette is a statue in Lafayette Square, by Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere.

It was cast in 1890, and installed in April 1891.

The inscription reads:
Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere
Marius Jean Antonin Mercie (Base, west side, on cannon:)
Maurice Denonvilliers, Foundeur Paris 1890 (Base, south side, on shield:)

TO
GENERAL
LA FAYETTE
AND HIS
COMPATRIOTS
1777-1783
DERVILLE FARBRE (Base, north side, on cartouche:)
BY THE CONGRESS
IN COMMEMORATION
OF THE SERVICES
RENDERED BY
GENERAL LAFAYETTE
AND HIS COMPATRIOTS
DURING THE STRUGGLE
FOR THE
INDEPENDENCE
OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA

As part of American Revolution Statuary in Washington, D.C. the statue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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See also

• List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2
• Listing of the works of Alexandre Falguière

External links

• "Statue Marquis de Lafayette", Wikimapia
• "Notes of Some Lafayette Monuments", Expédition Particulière Commenorative Cantonment, 5 October 2010
• "Suffrage protestors burn speech by President Wilson at Lafayette Statue in Washington, D.C.", Library of Congress