Statue of Thomas Starr King, Bronze statue in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, US

The statue of Thomas Starr King is a bronze figure by Daniel Chester French, installed in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park in 1892 and set on a granite base. Its front bears an inscription praising King's eloquence, strength and virtue, devoted with fearless courage to truth, country and his fellow men, with the dates 1824–1864.

Daniel Chester French created the bronze statue in 1892, and it was placed in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on a granite base. The front of the base carries an inscription praising Thomas Starr King's eloquence, strength and virtue, with the dates 1824–1864.

The bronze figure stands in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, not in Sacramento. Its front carries an inscription praising Thomas Starr King's eloquence, strength and virtue, devoted to truth, country and his fellow men, with the dates 1824–1864. The lettering uses V for U, as in ELOQVENCE and COVRAGE.

The bronze figure on its granite base stands in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, at the coordinates 37.77229, -122.46628. Visitors reach it on foot along the park's paths; the inscription faces the front of the statue, so walk around to read the 1824–1864 dates and the lines on eloquence, strength and virtue.

The front of the granite base carries an inscription praising King's eloquence, strength and virtue, with the Latin-style lettering using V in place of U, as in ELOQVENCE and COVRAGE. The dates 1824–1864 are carved below the words.