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Picardie

Place de l ‘Hôtel de Ville

Maximilien Sébastien Foy

Ham 1775 - Paris 1825
French military leader, statesman and writer
(Wikipedia)

Ernest-Eugène Hiolle
Molz et Fils (Paris)
1879

Description

Bronze statue on a stone pedestal with three reliefs after paintings by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) (all signed "d'apres David") on the sides:

Battle scene

Foy as speaker

Foy's burial

Inscription(s)

au general
FOY
la
VILLE de HAM

Il y a de l'echo en France
quand on pronince ici les mots d'honneur et de patrie

Signed: E. HIOLLE
MOLZ fondeur

Sculptor

Ernest-Eugène Hiolle (Paris 1834 - Bois-le-Roi 1886), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 49°44'52" - E 3°4'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frpi005; Photograph: 24 May 2011
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