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Dreux
Eure-et-Loir
Centre

Rond-Point de la Gare

Louis Terrier

Annecy 1854 - Paris 1895
French politician, maire of Dreux (1888-1895)
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
Val d`Osne (Paris)
1899/

Description

Stone bust on a column with the coat of arms of Dreux. At the foot of the column a bronze sculpture of an admiring boy.

Inscription(s)

A
Lovis TERRIER

—

ses AMIS
et ses
concitoyens

—

1854-1895

maire de drevx
depute
ancien ministre dv commerce et de l'ind^trie

Signed (the admiring boy): val d'osne paris

Annotation

The monument was originally placed on the Place Métézeau. The bust was originally in bronze and destroyed during World War II, and later replaced by a stone bust sculpted after the original mould.

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Locatie (N 48°43'54" - E 1°22'12") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frce003; Photograph: 29 August 2011
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