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Place Dominique Martin Dupuy

Dominique-Martin Dupuy

Toulouse 1767 - Cairo, Egypt 1798
French revolutionary general of brigade
(Wikipedia)

Bernard Griffoul-Dorval
1834

Description

Column (19.2 m high) with on the top a gilded bronze statue of winged "Dame Tholose". At the base a relief portrait of and texts. On the corners griffons.

Inscription(s)

à
DUPUY
et
AUX BRAVES
de
la 32^me demi brigade
morts au champ d'honneur

ARMÉE D'ORIENT
SOUMISSION DE CAIRE
j'ai perdu un ami
et la france
un de ses plus généreux défenseurs

ARMÉE D'ITALIE
COMBAT DE LONATO
j'etais tranquille,
la 32^me était là

Signed: (marble portrait): Griffoul-Dorval / fecit 1833
(the four griffons) Griffoul-Dorval / fecit 1829
(base of the column) fonderies de terre-noire

Artist

Bernard Griffoul-Dorval (Toulouse 1788 - Toulouse 1861), French sculptor.

Sources & Information

Bruno Tollon & Louis Peyrusse, "«Dame Tholose» et la colonne Dupuy." Mémoires de la Société Archéologique du Midi de la France 65 (2005): 243-257 (PDF on-line).
Chantal, Fontaines de Toulouse.

Location (N 43°36'0" - E 1°27'13") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frmp039; Photograph: 2 September 2011
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