Statue of Christiaan de Wet Bloemfontein, Free State Sculptor: Coert STEYNBERG Architect : Chrysostomos Savonarola DANEEL

Front elevation Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2018

Date: 1954 Type: Statue Status: Extant

Coordinates: 29°06'55.19" S 26°13'02.96" E Alt: 1389m

Notes: Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (7 October 1854 – 3 February 1922) was a Boer general, rebel leader and politician. He was born on the Leeuwkop farm, in the district of Smithfield in the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State.[2] He later resided at Dewetsdorp, named after his father, Jacobus Ignatius de Wet. (Wikipedia) Transcript of plaque: HIERDIE STANDBEELD VAN GENERAAL DE WET IS ONTHUL OP SY 100E VERJAARSDAG 7 OKTOBER 1954 DEUR SY SEUN IZAK Translation: THIS STATUE OF GENERAL DE WET WAS UNVEILED ON HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY 7 OCTOBER 1954 BY HIS SON IZAK

Side elevation Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2018 Name and date in lettering on sandstone pedestal Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2018 Plaque Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2018 Names of contractors Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2018