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 Captain Juan Bautista de Anza - San Francisco, CA Posted by:  DougK
N 37° 43.703 W 122° 29.616
10S E 544624 N 4175799
This equestrian statue of Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, founder of the City San Francisco, is located in a parking lot off Lake Merced Boulevard on the north shore of the Lake.
Waymark Code: WMBTJZ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2011
Views: 7
This equestrian statue of Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, founder of the City San Francisco, is located in a parking lot off Lake Merced Boulevard on the north shore of the Lake. A plaque, in both Spanish and English, on the statue base describes the significance of Juan Bautista de Anza and the officials at the dedication.
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CAPITAN JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA
Como Homenaje al ilustre Sonorense oue fundo
la Ciudad de San Francisco y con el proposito
de estrechar mas aun las relaciones amistosas
entre los Pueblos de Mexico y de los
estados unidos, el estado de Sonora, de la
Republica Mexicana, obseouio esta estatua
a la Ciudad de San Francisco.
Siendo Gobernador de Sonora el Lic. Luis Encinas
Gobernador de California el H. Ronald Reagan
y Mayor de la Ciudad el H. John F. Shelley
en Agosto de 1967.
As a high tribute to an illustrious historical
figure born in Sonora, founder of
the City of San Francisco and with the purpose of
strengthening the friendly ties between the
peoples of Mexico and of the United States,
the state of Sonora of the Republic of Mexico
presents this statue to the City of San Francisco
this month of August of 1967,
at which time Lic. Luis Encinas was governor
of Sonora, the Honorable Ronald Reagan
Governor of California and the Honorable
John F. Shelly mayor of the City
of San Francisco.
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The statue is described at the Smithsonian Art Inventory Catalog:
Portrait of Juan Bautista de Anza seated on a rearing horse. He holds the horse's reins in his proper left hand and reaches back with his proper right hand. On his head he wears a broad-brimmed hat with a feather in it. He is dressed in a long riding jacket with ornate cuffs, a buttoned vest, jodhpurs with buttons down the sides, and boots. A cape hangs around his neck and gathers on his proper right side. A sword is sheathed on his proper right side. The horse's saddle and saddle blanket are trimmed with calligraphic designs. The sculpture rests on a rectangular base.
TITLE: Captain Juan Bautista de Anza
ARTIST(S): sculptor: Julian Martinez (1921- )
DATE: August, 1967
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA000019
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Parking lot of Lake Merced Boulevard, near North shore of Lake Merced area
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
• Statue is no longer at Justin Miller Plaza, now at Parking lot off Lake Merced Boulevard
• Minor transcription errors of the statue plaque
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