Spanish Conquistador - San Diego, CA
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N 32° 43.908 W 117° 08.920
11S E 486070 N 3621564
This sculpture is located in the courtyard of the Casa de Prado in San Diego's Balboa Park.
Waymark Code: WMR75T
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2016
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This relief depicts a young to middle-aged man with a beard and long hair. He wears a large hat and a ruffled shirt. A placard at the site informs us that this is a plaster cast of the original statue that was on the southeast facade of the 1915 Exposition Building. It was probably not intended to depict a particular individual but was to serve as a medallion to represent a Spanish conquistador. In 1971 the building was re-named the Casa de Prado. The artist is Henry R. Schmohl and it is dated 1914.
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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1914
Where is this sculpture?:
Casa de Prado
Balboa Park
San Diego, CA USA
Sculptors Name: Henry R. Schmohl
Website for sculpture?: Not listed
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