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Hector Malot

La Bouille 1830 - Fontenay-sous-Bois 1907
French writer; his most famous work is Sans famille (English: "Nobody's Boy", German: "Heimatlos", Dutch: "Alleen op de wereld") (1878)
(Wikipedia)

Henri Chapu
1866/1967

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

Signed:

M^r Hector Malot
Temoignage affectueux
H. Chapu

Information Sign

Hector Malot
Auteur de "Sans Famille"
né a la bouille
1830 - 1907

Annotation

The bust was made for the town of Rouen and was placed in La Bouille in 1967.

Sculptor

Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu (Le Mee, Seine-et-Marne 1833-Paris 1891), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 49°21'7" - E 0°55'51") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frhn043; Photograph: 28 August 2011
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