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Genève (Canton)

Parc des Bastions

Henri Albert Gosse

Genève 1753 - Genève 1816
Swiss physicist; Founder of the Company of the naturalists (1803)
(Wikipedia)

Hugues Bovy
1886

Description

Boulder with a text and bronze relief portrait, with text henri albert gosse 1753-1816

Inscription(s)

6 oct. 1815.
la societe helvetique
des science naturelles
a son fondateur h.a. gosse
1886

Signed (portrait): hugeues bovy 1886

Annotation

Inaugurated 11 August 1886.

Sculptor

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

Sources & Information

Journal de Genève, 11 August 1886 (through Archives Historiques Le Temps).
Journal de Genève, 2 November 1928 (through Archives Historiques Le Temps).

Locatie (N 46°11'55" - E 6°8'44") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chge014; Photograph: 5 June 2013
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