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Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Seine-Maritime
Haute-Normandie

Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville

Jean Jaurès

Castres, Tarn 1859 - Paris 1914 (assassinated)
French Socialist leader
(Wikipedia)

Luc James
Susse Frères (Paris)
1926/1947

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

jean JAURES
1859-1914

Offert par
souscription publique
en 1926
enlevé par
les nazis
en 1943
replacé par
souscription publique
en 1947

Signed: Luc. James / Rouen 1944
susse f^res / paris / cire perdue

Annotation

The bust stands on the right side of the stairs to the Hôtel-de-Ville, on the other side is a bust of Marianne by the same sculptor.

Sculptor

Luc James,French sculptor.

Locatie (N 49°16'59" - E 1°1'5") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frhn050; Photograph: 29 August 2011
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