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Thomas Hickling

Boston, Massachusetts 1745 - Ponta Delgada 1834
American businessman, vice-consul of the United States (1795-1834) to the islands of São Miguel. One of the pioneers in the development Hydrotherapy of Furnas, where he built the Yankee Hall, initial core of the current Parque Terra Nostra
(Wikipedia)

Álvaro Raposo de França
1970

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

A
THOMAS HICKLING
iniciador deste parque

homenagem
da
junta geral do distrito
de
ponta delgada
1970

Signature

r. frança | 70

Artist

Álvaro Raposo de França (Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores, 1940), Azorean sculptor (Wikipedia – Escultor.com.pt).

Sources & Information

João & Rita Freitas, Estatuária Micaelense (Ponta Delgada 2007) (also on-line in three parts at blogspot).

Location (N 37°46'15" - W 25°18'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac031; Photograph: 21 June 2016
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