• Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, Lafayette and Washington, 1890. Morningside Avenue. Photo copyright © 2013 Dianne L. Durante

    Sculptor: Frederic-August Bartholdi
  • Date: 1890
  • Location: 114th St. and Manhattan Ave., at Morningside Ave. 

Washington & Lafayette

From a letter of Washington to Lafayette:

When a people shall have become incapable of governing themselves, and fit for a master, it is of little consequence from what quarter he comes.

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  • The other sculptures by Bartholdi in New York are the Lafayette at Union Square and, of course, the Statue of Liberty.
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