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Place de l'Amiral Courbet

Amédée Courbet

Abbeville 1827 - Makung, Penghu Islands, 1885
French admiral; won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign (1883-86) and the Sino-French War (August 1884-April 1885).
(Wikipedia)

Alexandre Falguière & Antonin Mercié
1890

Description

Extravagant baroque statue of Courbet. The statue was damaged in a German bombing raid during the Second World War and not restored.

Inscription(s)

formose

les-pescadores

A
L'AMIRAL COURBET

ne à abbeville en 1827
mort à bord du bayard
aux iles pescadores en 1885

son-tay

fou-tcheou

monument mutile
par le
bombardement aérien
—
nuit du 31 mai 1918

Signed: A. Falguiere / A. Mercié

Sculptors

Alexandre Falguière (Toulouse 1831 - Paris 1900), French sculptor (his bust) (Wikipedia).
Marius Jean Antonin Mercié (Toulouse 1845 - Paris 1916), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 50°6'28" - E 1°49'56") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frpi047; Photograph: 24 May 2012
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