About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0289
  • TitleLafayette statue
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PARK 0288), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images in different sizes. 0288 inscription: "Lafayette statue, Prospect Park near 9th Street, gift of Henry Harteau, 1819-1895, descendant of a French Huguenot family who left $30,000 for a statue of Lafayette. Henry Harteau was a member of the Board of Education, Brooklyn, 1852, and Park Commissioner, 1886. This statue is the work of Daniel Chester French ... Unveiled, May 10, 1917, by Marshall Jolfe of France. Raymond Vail Ingersoll, Park Commissioner, Brooklyn, Chairman."
  • Date1917, 1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0289: 11 x 8 in. Title from inscription on verso of 0288.
  • SubjectFrench, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931 ; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 ; Statues -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Parks: Prospect Park: Sculpture: Lafayette