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Monument de la Clairon

Monument for La Clairon

Claire-Josèphe Léris, said Mademoiselle Clairon, or La Clairon Condé-sur-l'Escaut 1723 - Paris 1803
French actress
(Wikipedia)

Henri Gauquié
1901

Condé-sur-l'Escaut / Monument de la Clairon

Description

Stone bust on a baroque pedestal with a putto offering a laurel branch to Clairon, and with text shields:

A Clairon 1723-1803
Vaire - Tancrède - Semiramis - Didon

Artist

Henri Gauquié (Flers-lez-Lille 1858 - Paris 1927), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Monument de la Clairon.

Location (N 50°26'51" - E 3°35'28") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frnp111; Photograph: 17 October 2017
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