Arrival of Marquette - Chicago, IL
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N 41° 54.696 W 087° 37.905
16T E 447607 N 4640154
Located in the Chicago History Museum.
Waymark Code: WMV1ZT
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 02/10/2017
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A Museum placard explains:
"Arrival of Marquette at the Chicago River, plaster
bas-relief panel, 1894. Created by Herman A. MacNeil
for the Marquette Building.
This scukpture depicts Father Jacques Marquette (seated in sled)
the French Jesuit priest and explorer, arriving in Chicago on
December 4, 1674. The previous year, he has passed through
Chicago with Louis Joliet as they returned from the lower
Mississippi River, but now, a harsh winter and poor health forced
Marquette to remain several months in a temporary shelter at
the South Branch of the Chicago River. Later that spring,
Marquette died from an intestinal infection on near the present
site of Ludington, Michigan."
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Where is this sculpture?:
Chicago History Museum
Chicago, IL USA
Sculptors Name: Herman A. MacNeil
Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: Not listed
Website for sculpture?: Not listed
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