Louis Kossuth - Los Angeles, CA - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Taken from the website, "Dimensions:
Bust: approx. 3 ft. x 24 in. x 14 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. x 16 in. x 12 in.

Inscription:
A. FINTA 54 ROMAN BRONZES INC. NYC. (On front of base:) LOUIS KOSSUTH/1802-1894/HUNGARIAN PATRIOT VISITED.../AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES signed Founder's mark appears.

Description:
Upper torso and head of a bearded man in uniform."

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Taken from Wikipedia, "Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (pronounced ['l?jo? 'ko?ut], Hungarian: udvardi és kossuthfalvi Kossuth Lajos, Slovak: Ludovít Košút, anglicised as Louis Kossuth; 19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and governor-president of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–1849.

With the help of his talent in oratory in political debates and public speeches, Kossuth emerged from a poor gentry family into regent-president of the Kingdom of Hungary. As the influential contemporary American journalist Horace Greeley said of Kossuth: "Among the orators, patriots, statesmen, exiles, he has, living or dead, no superior."[2][3]

Kossuth's powerful English and American speeches so impressed and touched the famous contemporary American orator Daniel Webster, that he wrote a book about Kossuth's life.[4] He was widely honoured during his lifetime, including in Great Britain and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe. Kossuth's bronze bust can be found in the United States Capitol with the inscription: Father of Hungarian Democracy, Hungarian Statesman, Freedom Fighter, 1848–1849."

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TITLE: Louis Kossuth ARTIST(S): Finta, Alexander, 1881-1958?, sculptor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. DATE: 1954 MEDIUM: Bust: bronze; Base: granite. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 64480041 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Administered by City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Public Art Division, 433 South Spring Street, 10th floor, Los Angeles, California 90013 Located Exposition Park, 600 State Drive, Los Angeles, California DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noted

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