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Telde
Gran Canaria

Plaza de San Juan

Fernando de León y Castillo

Telde, Gran Canaria 1842 - Biarritz, France 1918
Spanish politician and a diplomat
(Wikipedia)

Élisa Bloch
1900 (1964)

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

1842 1918

la provincia de
LAS PALMAS
A
Don FERNANDO de LEON y CASTILLO

30-XI-1964

Homenaje
del
Excmo. Cabildo Insular
de
Gran Canaria

Donacion de la Excma. Sra
Doña Margarita Pastor
Vda. de Leon y Castillo
II Marquesa del Muni

Signature

Elisa Bloch | 1900

Annotation

The bust is donated in 1964 by Margarita Pascual, 2nd Marquess of Muni.

Telde - Fernando de León y Castillo

Sculptor

Élisa Bloch, née Marcus (Breslau 1848 - 1904/05), French sculptress (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Telde.
La Estrella que nos guia, Telde.

Locatie (N 28°0'13" - W 15°24'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca253; Photograph: 10 January 2015
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