BUST OF WASHINGTON BY CERTAIN CITIZENS OF THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. PROCEEDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FORMAL PRESENTATION OF A REPRODUCTION OF A BUST OF WASHINGTON By Certain Citizens of the Republic of France. 58th Congress, 3d Session. Senate. Report No. 4397. "April 28, 1904, the bronze bust of Washington presented to the Congress of the United States by the Count de Rochambeau, Marquis de Lafayette, Marquis de Grasse, Mr. Henry Jouin, and other citizens of France, was placed in a conspicuous position in the Rotunda of the Capitol." 45 pp. including a "List of Subscribers to the Bust of George Washington Offered to the United States" and Appendices: A. Official Correspondence; B. George Washington, by David D'Angers. "Bronze Offered by France to the United States to Replace the Marble Destroyed by Fire in 1851."(Translation of the book deposited by the French ambassador in the bronze receptacle on the front of the pedestal of the Washington bust) 2 Plates of the bust, each protected by a tissue guard. David d'Angers, was a French sculptor. David's fame rests firmly on his pediment of the Pantheon, his marble Wounded Philopoemen in the Louvre and his monument to General Gobert in Père Lachaise Cemetery.. Paperbound. Very Good+. Illus. by Plates. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 10". George Washington.