Statues - Hither & Thither

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Ponta Delgada
(Fr. de São Sebastião)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Rua Dr. Carlos Machado ☐
(Jardim do Museu Carlos Machado)

Luís Leite de Ataíde

Luís Bernardo Leite de Ataíde
Ponta Delgada 1883 - Ponta Delgada 1955
Azorean art historian and ethographer
(Wikipedia)

Xavier Costa
1974

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

On the photo in Estatuária Micaelense is a sign visible:

dr. luis leite de athayde
1883-1955
fundador
two lines unreadable 2?-4-1974

Annotation

The garden was closed because the museum is being restored. We took the photo from the street through the gates.

Sculptor

Francisco Xavier de Viveiros Costa (1914 - ??), Azorean sculptor.

Sources & Information

João & Rita Freitas, Estatuária Micaelense (Ponta Delgada 2007) (also on-line in three parts at blogspot).

Locatie (N 37°44'34" - W 25°40'3") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac175; Photograph: 3 July 2016
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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