Statues - Hither & Thither

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Elisabeth Empress and Queen of Austria-Hungary

Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Herzogin in Bayern
München 1837-Genève 1898
Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary as spouse of Francis Joseph I.
(Wikipedia)

António Augusto Lagoa Henriques
2000

Description

Bronze statue of Empress Elisabeth on pink marble base.

Inscription(s)

Around the base:

"gostaria de partir deste mundo como um passaro como uma nuvem de fumo"

SISSI

na madeira em 1860 e 1893

"I would leave this world as a bird as a cloud of smoke"

SISSI

on Madeira in 1860 and 1893

Signature

escultor lagoa henriques fundidor eduardo cosme canteiro mármores pardal, lda.

Sculptor

António Augusto Lagoa Henriques (Lisboa 1923 - 2009), Portuguese sculptor (Wikipedia – Website).

Sources & Information

Funchal Municipio, Funchal: Cidade com Arte (2010) (PDF on-line).
Arquipelagos, Image Bank.
Padre António Vieira, Estátuas Madeirenses: Fotos e apontamentos sobre estátuas madeirenses (Blogspot).
Igogo, Monumentos no Funchal

Locatie (N 32°38'41" - W 16°55'2") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptma046; Photograph: 7 January 2014
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