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Jardin Anglais

Alexandre Calame

Arabie, Corsier-sur-Vevey 1810 - Menton 1864
Swiss painter
(Wikipedia)

Charles Iguel
E. Gruet jeune (Paris)
1880

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

alexandre
CALAME
1810-1864

erige
en
1880

Signed: A. CALAME / genève 1879 / c iguel st. / gruet j^ne Fondeur (paris)

Annotation

Inaugurated 3 April 1880, donated by Calame's widow.

Sculptor

Charles Iguel (Paris 1826/27 - Plainpalais GE 1897), Swiss sculptor (SIKART Lexikon).

Sources & Information

Journal de Genève, 4 April 1880 (through Archives Historiques Le Temps).
Journal de Genève, 2 November 1928 (through Archives Historiques Le Temps).

Locatie (N 46°12'14" - E 6°9'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chge026; Photograph: 5 June 2013
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