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Genève (Canton)

Quai Wilson

François-René de Chateaubriand

Saint-Malo 1768 - Paris 1848
French writer, politician, diplomat and historian
(Wikipedia)

David d'Angers & Alphonse Camille Terroir
1935

Description

Stele with a bronze relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

a chateaubriand
qui aima dans geneve
une cite libre
inspiree du christianisme

sejours a geneve: 1805 . 1831 . 1832

Signed: a. terroir d'apres david d'angers =19334=

Annotation

Inaugurated 16 September 1935.

Sculptors

Pierre-Jean David, usually called David d'Angers (Angers 1788 -Paris 1856), French sculptor (Wikipedia).
Alphonse Camille Terroir (Marly 1875 - Paris 1955), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Journal de Genève, 15 September 1935 (through Archives Historiques Le Temps).

Locatie (N 46°12'58" - E 6°9'4") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chge041; Photograph: 5 June 2013
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