Jacques Jouvenal was an American sculptor.

He immigrated to the United States in June 1853.
He married Mary Houser, on August 17 1853, in New York City

New York City

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They moved to Washington D.C. in 1855.
He is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery

Rock Creek Cemetery

Rock Creek Cemetery — also Rock Creek Church Yard and Cemetery — is an cemetery with a natural rolling landscape located at Rock Creek Church Road, NW, and Webster Street, NW, off Hawaii Avenue, NE in Washington, D.C.'s Michigan Park neighborhood, near Washington's Petworth neighborhood...

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Works

He sculpted a statue of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (Jouvenal)

Benjamin Franklin is a Carrara marble statue by Jacques Jouvenal. It is located at Old Post Office Pavilion, at 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. It was a gift by Stilson Hutchins, a founder of the Washington Post....

 for Stilson Hutchins

Stilson Hutchins

Stilson Hutchins was an American newspaper reporter and publisher, best known as founder of the Washington Post.Hutchins was born in Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire, on 14 November 1838, the son of Stilson Eastman and Clara Eaton Hutchins...

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He sculpted portrait busts of Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster was a leading American statesman and senator from Massachusetts during the period leading up to the Civil War. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests...

, Aaron Burr

Aaron Burr

Aaron Burr, Jr. was an important political figure in the early history of the United States of America. After serving as a Continental Army officer in the Revolutionary War, Burr became a successful lawyer and politician...

, and General von Steuben

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben , also referred to as the Baron von Steuben, was a Prussian-born military officer who served as inspector general and Major General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War...

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He sculpted many gravestones including the Force Memorial.