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Villers-Cotterêts
Aisne
Picardie

Place du Docteur Moufflier

Alexandre Dumas père

Villers-Cotterêts 1802 - Puys 1870
French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure
(Wikipedia)

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse & Jean-Loup Bouvier
Fonderie de Coubertin
1884/2005

Villers-Cotterêts / Alexandre Dumas père

Description

Bronze statue. On the socle a coat of arms with a crown and a dragon and the letters FH

Inscription(s)

A. DUMAS
1802 - 1870

On the statue a list of Dumas' works:

THEATRE
Paul Jones
Christine
Catherine Howard
les Mousquetaires
M^lle de Belle Isle
D^lles de S. Cyr
Louis XV
Kean
Charles VII
Louis XIV

Signed: A. Carrier Belleuse 1884
atelier.jl.bouvier
fonderie de coubertin 2005

Annotation

The 1884 statue was destroyed in 1942 during the Second World War. The new statue, on the original socle, was inaugurated 11 December 2005.

Old Postcard(s)

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Sculptors

Jean-Loup Bouvier, French sculptor of Les Angles
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (Anizy-le-Château 1824 - Sèvres 1884), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Société des Amis d'Alexandre Dumas, La statue de Dumas revient à Villers-Cotterêts (2005).

Locatie (N 49°15'15" - E 3°5'26") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frpi020; Photograph: 26 May 2011
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