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Baró Eötvös József

József baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény
(Buda 1813 - Pest 1871)
Hungarian writer and statesman
(Wikipedia)

Huszár Adolf
1879

Description

Bronze statue of Eötvös in Hungarian dress.

Inscription(s)

báró EÖTVÖS JÓZSEF	emelte a nemzet 1879
Baron József Eötvös	Erected by the Nation 1879

Signed: huszar adolf / budapesten 1877.

In 1913, a the base a bronz laurel wreath was added with a plaque:

Ezt az emléktáblát
a magyar közepiskolák tanárai
és ifjúsága szenteltek
EÖTVÖS EMLÉKÉNEK
1913. október 26án
születése 100 éves fordulóján tartott
országos ünnepük
alkalmával.

This memorial plaque
is devoted by the Hungarian youth
and high school teachers
to the memory of Eötvös
on 26 October 1913
at the occasion of the celebration of
the 100th anniversary of his
birth

Sculptor

Huszár Adolf (Szentjakabfalva 1842 - Budapest 1885), Hungarian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Köztérkép.

Locatie (N 47°29'53" - E 19°2'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: hubp028; Photograph: 7 September 2012
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