Rochambeau Monument - Newport, RI
N 41° 28.612 W 071° 19.300
19T E 306151 N 4594297
This statue of Rochambeau is located in King Park along the waterfront at the south end of Newport, Rhode Island. Rochambeau led the French forces against the British at the decisive Battle of Yorktown that ended the American Revolutionary War.
Waymark Code: WMJYD0
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2014
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"Rochambeau Statue and Memorial is a monument to French nobleman and General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, who was a key commander of the French forces who assisted the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The monument is located on the waterfront in King Park, along the southern edge of Newport Harbor, near Brenton Cove and Fort Adams state park and was erected in 1934." SOURCE
The Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog describes all the statue as follows:
"Standing figure of Comte de Rochambeau on a rectangular base. He wears a colonial-era suit and hat with a unidentified object in his proper left hand. He points with his proper right hand and looks in the direction he is pointing. He stands in front of a small cannon. The sculpture is of bronze & approximately 8 feet x 31 inches². The base is of granite and is approximately 67.5 inches x 49 inches². The inscribed bronze tablet is approximately 20 inches in height and 31 inches in width.
The statue was a gift of A. Kingsley Macomber to the City of Newport and is a replica of a statue in Paris, which was seen by Perry Belmont of Newport who initiated the gift. A base was provided separately and the plaques, a gift of Forsyth Wickes, were provided by A. B. Tickell of Warwick, RI. The monument was originally installed in Vanderbilt Circle in Newport, the sculpture was moved in 1940 at the suggestion of John Howard Benson, then Director of the Newport Historical Society. The sculpture was cleaned in August 1993.
A special THANK YOU to Math Teacher for his insights and encouragement in helping me to waymark this sculpture in seven different departments.
Here is my list:
2 - Buildings – Rochambeau Statue WMHRKG SOURCE
4 - Culture - Rochambeau WMHR6C SOURCE
5 - Entertainment – “Rochambeau Monument (Newport, RI)” WMHR6G SOURCE
6 - History – The Count de Rochambeau Monument WMHRKM SOURCE
8 - Monuments - Rochambeau Monument WMHR6V SOURCE
9 - Nature – Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail WMHVAD SOURCE
14 - Technology – Rochambeau Monument WMHR69 SOURCE