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Basse-Normandie

Cours des Fossés

Albert Sorel

Honfleur 1842 - Paris 1906
French historian
(Wikipedia)

J.C. Chaplain
Charles Taupinar (Villedieu-les-Poêles)
1922

Description

Stele with bronze relief portrait, ætatis svæ lxii (at the age of 62).

Inscription(s)

A
ALBERT SOREL

ses eleves
et ses amis

1842
1906

professeur a l'ecole libre
des sciences politiques
1872 - 1906
membre de l'academie des
science morales et politiques
1889
de l'academie française
1894

histoire diplomatique de la
guerre franco-allemende
1875
l'europe et la revolution française
1874-1904

Signed: j.c. chaplain / 1904
Taupinard Villedieu

Annotation

The relief is an enlargement of the medal sculpted by Chaplain offered to Sorel in 1905 to mark the completion of his book 'Europe and the French Revolution'. The monument was inaugurated 3 September 1922 by Raymond Poincare, President of the Council.

Sculptor

Jules-Clément Chaplain (Mortagne-au-Perche 1839 - Paris 1909), French sculptor and medallist (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

e-Monumen.net, le patrimoine monumental français en France et à l'étranger.

Locatie (N 49°25'9" - E 0°13'59") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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