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Place de la Gare

Gustave Gailly

Charleville 1825 - Charleville 1910
French industrialist and politician
(Wikipedia)

Aristide Croisy
1912/1927

Description

Bronze bust on a column.

Inscription(s)

a
GVSTAVE GAILLY
1825-1910
indvstriel
Pres^t dv Trib^l de Com^ce
Maire de Charleville
en 1870-1871
Depvte a l'Assem^blee N^le
1871-1876
a la Chambre des Depv^tes
1876-1880
Senatevr des Ardennes
1880-1902
Cheva^lier de la Le^gion d'Hon^nevr
de S^aint Olaf de Norwege

Hommages
de ses Concitoyens

Signed: a. croisy

Annotation

The present bust is the second:

1912, the original by Croisy, was taken c. 1917 by the Germans in the First World War.
1927, a copy is placed on the square. The copy was paid for by Gailly's widow.

Sculptor

Aristide Croisy (Fagnon 1840 - Fagnon 1899), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Gérald Dardart, Le square de la gare: Écrin de la Mémoire. Carolo mag. no. 144, nov. 2010 (PDF on-line).

Location (N 49°46'9" - E 4°43'28")

Item Code: frca006; Photograph: 12 June 2011
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