Captain Don Gasper de Portola - Monterey, CA
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N 36° 36.077 W 121° 53.653
10S E 598901 N 4051211
A statue of Gaspar de Portola in Portola Plaza in Monterey, CA.
Waymark Code: WM7HFC
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2009
Views: 7
The statue sits in the middle of a large planter, surrounded by flowers. The planter serves as an island for the hotel's drop-off area.
The inventory describes it: "Full-length portrait of Captain don Gaspar de Portola. He wears eighteenth century Spanish military attire including tricorner hat. His proper left hand holds the handle of a sword which hangs from his proper left hip. He holds a rolled document in his proper right hand. The bronze sculpture stands on a concrete pedestal base."
The plaque reads: "Captain Don Gaspar de Portola of the army of King Carlos III of Spain. First Governor of California, 1768-1770. With Father Junipero Serra founded Monterey on June 3, 1770. Donated by H. M. King Juan Carlos I of Spain to the City of Monterey on the bicentennial of the United States of America. Fausto Blazquez - sculptor. Rededicated by H. M. King Juan Carlos I of Spain, October 3, 1987."
TITLE: Captain Don Gasper de Portola
ARTIST(S): Blazquez, Fausto, sculptor.
DATE: Rededicated Oct. 3, 1987.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA001652
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Located One Portola Plaza, Monterey, California
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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