Albert Gallatin is a bronze statue by James Earle Fraser."Albert Gallatin, (sculpture)". SIRIS It commemorates Albert Gallatin, who founded New York University and served as United States Secretary of the Treasury.
It is located north of the Treasury Building (Washington, D.C.), at 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. It was authorized by Congress on January 11, 1927. It was dedicated on October 15, 1947.James M. Goode, Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, , p. 370
The inscription reads: (Base, front:) ALBERT GALLATIN SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY GENIUS OF FINANCE SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE COMMISSIONER FOR THE TREATY OF GHENT MINISTER TO FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN AND STEADFAST CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY 1761–1849
See also List of memorials to Albert Gallatin List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2
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Albert Gallatin Washington DC: Department of Treasury - Albert Gallatin