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Detmold
(Stadt Detmold)
Kr. Lippe
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Ameide 4
(Vor dem Haus Ameide)

Heinrich Drake

Lemgo 1881 - Detmold 1970
Minister-President of the Free State of Lippe from 1920-1933 and again from 1945-1947, until Lippe was incorporated into the new state of North Rhine-Westphalia
(Wikipedia)

Heinrich Drake
1971

Description

Bronze head.

Inscription(s)

HEINRICH
DRAKE
1881
1970

Signature

Monogram HD

Annotation

The sculptor and the depicted person have the same name, but we haven't found any information about their family relation, if any (they are certainly not father and son).

Sculptor

Heinrich Drake (Ratsiek/Lippe-Detmold 1903 - Berlin 1994), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 51°56'13" - E 8°52'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw328; Photograph: 7 April 2014
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