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Genève
Genève (Canton)

Place de Neuve

Général Guillaume-Henri Dufour

Konstanz 1787 - Genève 1875
Swiss army officer, bridge engineer and topographer
(Wikipedia)

Alfred Lanz
Thiébaut (Paris)
1884

Description

Bronze equestrian statue of General Dufour in uniform raising his right arm.

Inscription(s)

G.H. DUFOUR
HELVET. DUX
mdcclxxxvii
mdccclxxv

érigé
par
souscription
nationale
mdccclxxxiv

Signed: A. LANZ
THIéBAUT FRERES Fondeurs

Annotation

Unveiled 2 June 1884.

Sculptor

Karl Alfred Lanz (La-Chaux-de-Fonds 1847 - Bern 1907), Swiss sculptor and painter (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Journal de Genève, 2 June 1884 (through Archives Historiques Le Temps).
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 46°12'4" - E 6°8'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chge005; Photograph: 5 June 2013
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