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Nicolas Joseph Cugnot

Void Vacon 1725 - Paris 1804
French inventor, believed to have built the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle
(Wikipedia)

Désiré Fossé & Franz Mikorey
c. 1890/1969

Description

Obelisk with a relief portrait of Cugnot, on a pedestal with a bronze relief showing the "fardier de Cugnot".

La Grand-Mère Des autos
1769
Signed: Desiré Fosse

Inscription(s)

nicolas joseph cvgnot
promotevr
de l'avtomobile
mdccxxv
mdccciv

raymond poincaré
president de la republique
president du comite d'honneur
—
philippe martin president du
comite d'organisation
desire fosse
statuaire

Signed (portrait): f. mikorey

Information Sign

cet obelisque a ete erige
grace a la generosite des
associations automobiles
allemandes et francaises
avec l'aide des communes
meusiennes le 26 oct 1969

Annotation

The obelisk replaces since 1969 a statue of Cugnot, which was taken in the Second World War. The pedestal with the relief of the fardot is still original.

Old Postcard(s)

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Sculptors

Désiré-Célestin Fossé (Allonville, Somme 1851 - ... 1923), French sculptor.
Franz Mikorey (Dessau 1907-München 1986), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Philippe Boursin, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot.

Locatie (N 48°41'13" - E 5°37'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frlo025; Photograph: 12 June 2011
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