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Joseph Pobéguin

Cléguérec 1853 - Sahara 1881
participant of the Flatters expedition
died after a fight with the Touareg

Joseph Le Goff & Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Avoiron et Clement
1882

Description

Granite column with a a bronze portrait medallion of Pobéguin and on top a statue of libery. The monument was designed by the architect édouard Deperthes.

Inscription(s)

a
j^h pobeguin
m^al des logis
au 3 spahis
membre de la
mission flatters

ne
a
cleguerec
2 8^bre
1853

mort
au
sahara
31 mars
1881

eleve
avec
le concours
de l'etat
de la commune
de
ses amis
de ses
admirateurs
du 3^e spahis
et des eleves
du
lycee de pontivy

7^bre 1882

Signed: (statue) bartholdi Sculpteur
avoiron et clement fondeur

Sculptors

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (Colmar 1834 - 1904), French sculptor who is remembered mainly for designing the Statue of Liberty (Wikipedia).
Joseph Le Goff (Pontivy 1832 - Paris 1890), French sculptor.

Sources & Information

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

Locatie (N 48°7'26" - W 3°4'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbr106; Photograph: 30 May 2012
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