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Edmond de la Fontaine - 'Dicks'

Edmond de la Fontaine, pen name: Dicks
(Luxembourg 1823 - 1891)
national poet of Luxembourg
(Wikipedia)

Julien and Nina Lefèvre
1995

Luxembourg / Edmond de la Fontaine - 'Dicks'

Description

Bronze portrait relief.

Inscription(s)

am kulturjor 1995
en undenken an e merci
fir eisen nationaldichter
DICKS
actioun letzebuergesch - eis sprooch
staatsbeamten - cgfp

Signed: julien an nina lefevre

An older plaque above the portrait:

jci naquit
edmond de la fontaine
poète national
24 juillet 1823 - 24 juin 1891
geburtshaus fum dicks

Sculptor

Julien Lefèvre (Esch-sur-Alzette 1907 - Luxembourg 1984) and Nina-Victorine Lefèvre née Kestler (Tashkent 1904 - Luxembourg 1981), Luxembourgian sculptors and medailist (Wikipedia: Julien / Nina).

Locatie (N 49°36'39" - E 6°7'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lu008; Photograph: 16 June 2011
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