Statue of the Marquis de Lafayette (Lafayette College)

Statue of the Marquis de Lafayette

Marquis de Lafayette statue
40°41′51.3″N 75°12′32.2″W / 40.697583°N 75.208944°W / 40.697583; -75.208944
Location	Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania
Designer	Daniel Chester French Henry Bacon (pedestal)
Builder	Gorham foundry
Material	Bronze Concrete (pedestal)
Beginning date	1921[1]
Completion date	1921[1]
Dedicated date	October 20, 1921
Dedicated to	Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

Marquis de Lafayette is a monumental statue on the campus of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. The statue, designed by Daniel Chester French and standing on a pedestal designed by Henry Bacon, was dedicated in 1921 in honor of the college's namesake, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. The statue is located at the south entrance of Colton Chapel. It is one of a number of sculptures made by French for universities, which includes the statue of John Harvard at Harvard University and Alma Mater at Columbia University.^[2]