Lot 61: LOUIS-PHILIPPE HÉBERT 1850 - 1917

LOUIS-PHILIPPE HÉBERT 1850 - 1917 DOLLARD DES ORMEAUX 1910 signed P. Hebert, titled DOLLARD DES ORMEAUX and dated 1910 on the base bronze 91.4 by 48.3 by 36.8 cm. 36 by 19 by 14½ in.

Daniel Drouin (ed.), Louis-Philipe Hébert, Québec, 2001, p. 295 and p. 296 for a related bronze and a drawing, reproduced

Leslie Hindman Auction, Chicago, May, 2009

Private Collection, Montreal

Adam Dollard des Ormeaux (c. 1636-1660) emigrated from France to Canada in 1657. He was appointed the Commander of the garrison at Ville-Marie (Montreal). In the Spring of 1660, he led a group of sixteen young men up the Ottawa River to attack the Iroquois. They were outnumbered and all killed; they became Quebec heroes. Until recently, Quebecers celebrated Dollard Day on the same day as Queen Victoria Day is celebrated in the rest of Canada.