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Jean-Antoine Houdon was born in Versailles. As a sculptor, he became famous for his busts and statues of the great thinker s and doers of the time, including those of Denis Diderot (1771), Benjamin Franklin (1778), Thomas Jefferson (1789), Napoleon, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1778), Voltaire (1781), and George Washington (1788). The statue of Washington was the outcome of a specific invitation by Jefferson Franklin to come across the Atlantic Ocean to Mount VernonMount Vernon was the home of George Washington. Built of wood in neoclassical Georgian style, the estate is located in Alexandria, Virginia on the banks of the Potomac River. In 1674 John Washington and Nicholas Spencer came into possession of the land fr so that Washington could model for him.

He became a member of the Académie Royale in 1771Events January 22 Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to England. July 17 Massacre at Bloody Falls: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his arctic overland journey, massacre a group of unsuspecting Inuit. September 8 In Cali and a professor in 1778Events "The term Thoroughbred was first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick. January 18 Third Pacific expedition of Capt. James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Dis. He was out of favor during the French Revolution (although he escaped imprisonment), but came back into favor under Napoleon Bonaparte.

Jean Antoine Houdon died in Paris and was interred at the Cimetière du MontparnasseThe Cimetiere du Montparnasse is a famous cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, France. It is in the 14eme arrondissement. Created from three farms in 1824, the Montparnasse cemetery was originally known as Le Cimetiere du Sud. Cemeteries had bee.