Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		Statue of Christiaan de Wet Bloemfontein, Free State Coert STEYNBERG: Sculptor Chrysostomos Savonarola DANEEL: Architect

Date: 1954 Type: Statue Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 29°06'55.19" S 26°13'02.96" E Alt: 1389m

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