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Marquis de Lafayette

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Artist

Jean-Antoine Houdon (French 1741–1828)

Date

before 1789

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

29 7/16 x 20 1/16 x 19 3/4 in. (74.7 x 51 x 50.2 cm) (integral base)

Credit Line

Athenæum purchase, 1828

Object Number

UH149