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Am Warmer Damm

Kaiser Wilhelm I

Berlin 1797 - Berlin 1888
King of Prussia, 1861 - 1888, and the first German Emperor, 1871 - 1888
(Wikipedia)

Johannes Schilling
1894

Description

Marble statue, with on the sides of the pedestal allegorical representations:

Music (winged woman in chair and three putti playing musical instruments)
(river goddes with laurel wreath and the crowned letter W)
(hero bathed by two servants?)
(The fourth side had the text below):
Kaiser Wilhelm I.
die dankbare Stadt
Wiesbaden.

River goddess - Kaiser Wilhelm I (Wiesbaden)

Signature

Johannes Schilling
in dresden

Old Postcard(s)

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Sculptor

Johannes Schilling (Mitweida 1828 - Dresden 1910), German sculptor, his portrait is on the Fürstenzug (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Kaiser-Wilhelm-I.-Denkmäler.

Location (N 50°4'55" - E 8°14'48")

Item Code: dehs017; Photograph: 7 September 2010
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