France - Dallas, TX
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N 32° 46.877 W 096° 45.851
14S E 709396 N 3629253
Located at the north portico of the Automobile Building in Fair Park.
Waymark Code: WM11NHP
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2019
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Smithsonian Art Inventories"Allegorical female figure representing France stands with fleur-de-lis on her chest and grapes in her left hand."
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" She wears a fleur-de-lis emblem and in her hand holds a bunch of grapes - symbolic of the wine for which the French are celebrated. France's claim to Texas was short-lived. In 1685, Robert Cavalier, Sieur De La Salle, established a settlement on the coast of what is now Southeast Texas. It was called Fort St. Louis. When the Spanish heard of it they went to investigate but by 1689, when they found it, Fort St. Louis was a ruins, its inhabitants slaughtered by Indians. La Salle himself had killed earlier by some of his own men."
TITLE: France
ARTIST(S): Raoul Josset
DATE: 1936
MEDIUM: Cast Stone
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 63760043
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
1010 1st Ave, Dallas, TX 75210
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