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Georges Pléville Le Pelley

Granville 1726 - Paris 1805
the "privateer with the wooden leg", governor of the port of Marseilles, admiral, minister for the navy and the colonies, 1797-1798, and senator
(Wikipedia)

Serge Santucci & François Pougheol
2000

Description

Bronze statue on a granite rock.

Inscription(s)

AV CORSAIRE GRANVILLAIS
Georges PLEVILLE LE PELLEY
1726-1805

movsse · corsaire · officier de vaisseav
amiral · ministre · senatevr
qvebec · antilles · etats vnis
tvnis · marseille

Signature

Del. Pougheol | Sculp. Santucci | MM

Granville - Georges Pléville Le Pelley

Sculptors

François Pougheol, French architect.
Serge Santucci (Salernes 1944), French sculptor (Website – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres d'art de la Manche.
E-monumen.net.

Locatie (N 48°50'5" - W 1°36'30") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn065; Photograph: 4 August 2015
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