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Genève (Canton)

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Jean Daniel Colladon

Genève 1802 - Genève 1893
Swiss physicist
(Wikipedia)

Hugues Bovy
1897

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

1802-1893
JEAN DANIEL
COLLADON
ingenieur
prof^r de l'academie
de geneve

inaugure
le 14 avril
1897

Signed: hugues bovy 1895

Sculptor

Hugues Bovy (Genève 1841 - Hernance 1903), Swiss sculptor (SIKART Lexikon).

Sources & Information

Journal de Genève, 2 November 1928 (through Archives Historiques Le Temps).

Locatie (N 46°11'56" - E 6°8'44") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chge013; Photograph: 5 June 2013
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