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Robert Emmet (Connor)

Bronze statue of Robert Emmet by Jerome Connor

Field	Value
image_file	Robert Emmet statue - Washington, D.C.jpg
caption	Robert Emmet statue in Washington, D.C.
title	Robert Emmet
artist	Jerome Connor
year	1916
type	Bronze
height_imperial	82
width_imperial	38
length_imperial	23
metric_unit	cm
imperial_unit	in
city	Washington, D.C. (1916); San Francisco (1919); Dublin; Emmetsburg, Iowa
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	13
coordinates
owner	Smithsonian Institution

| mapframe-zoom = 13 Robert Emmet is a bronze statue of Robert Emmet by Jerome Connor. There are four examples: Massachusetts Avenue and 24th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.; St Stephen's Green, Dublin; Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; Emmetsburg, Iowa.

The San Francisco example was dedicated on July 20, 1919. The Washington example was cast in 1916, and was dedicated on June 28, 1917. It was rededicated on April 22, 1966. The statue was a gift to the Smithsonian Institution on loan to the National Park Service.

The inscription reads:

(On right side of bronze base of sculpture:)

JEROME CONNOR

1916

(Front of stone base:)

Robert Emmet

Irish Patriot

1778–1803

"Lidia-saon-eine"

(On plaque, back of base:)

"I WISHED TO PROCURE FOR MY

COUNTRY THE GUARANTEE WHICH

WASHINGTON PROCURED FOR AMERICA

I HAVE PARTED FROM EVERYTHING

THAT WAS DEAR TO ME IN THIS LIFE

FOR MY COUNTRY'S CAUSE

WHEN MY COUNTRY TAKES HER PLACE

AMONG THE NATIONS OF THE

EARTH, THEN, AND NOT TILL THEN

LET MY EPITAPH BE WRITTEN"

Extracts from Emmet's speech

from the dock September 19, 1803

References

"Robert Emmet, (sculpture)". Siris-artinventories.si.edu.
(1917-06-28). "EMMET, Robert: Statue near Sheridan Circle in the Kalorama District of in Washington, D.C. by Jerome Connor located in James M. Goode's Massachusetts Avenue area". Dcmemorials.com.
"Robert Emmet Statue in Washington, DC". Robertemmet.org.
"Robert Emmet Statue in Dublin". Robertemmet.org.
"Robert Emmet Statue in Golden Gate Park San Francisco". Robertemmet.org.
"Emmet Statue". Celticcousins.net.
(1999-02-10). "An Essay on the Origin and Repatriation of the Emmetsburg's Statue". Robertemmet.org.
(1919-07-20). "Eamon De Valera Unveils Robert Emmet Statue – 1919". Sfmuseum.org.
(1998-03-13). "Another Irish Hero". Robertemmet.org.
"Monuments, Statues and Memorials – Rock Creek Park (U.S. National Park Service)". Nps.gov.

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