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)

Carlos Machado

Carlos Maria Gomes Machado
Ponta Delgada 1828 - Ponta Delgada 1901
Azorean physician, naturalist, teacher, dean of the National College of Ponta Delgada and civil governor of the District of Ponta Delgada; founder of the Carlos Machado Museum
(Wikipedia)

Xavier Costa
date?

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

carlos maria gomes machado

(1828-1901)

fundador do museu

Signature

X. Costa ??

Annotation

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

Ponta Delgada - Carlos Machado

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: ptac176; 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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