National Museum of American History
Joan of Arc dungeon stone, Rouen, France, ca. 1200
Joan of Arc · 1915
On the eve of the First World War a statue of Joan of Arc was raised in New York City. The cast-bronze figure was placed atop a pedestal fitted with stones recently excavated from the castle in which Joan had been imprisoned and led to the stake in 1431. The statue and its symbolic pedestal were the inspiration of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, led by George Frederick Kunz, a gemologist with Tiffany and Company.
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