Statues - Hither & Thither

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Ponta Delgada
(Fr. de São Sebastião)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Rua de São Joaquim
(Cemitério São Joaquim)

José Cordeiro

Arrifes, São Miguel 1867 - Ponta Delgada 1908
Azorean engineer, pioneer of the electrification of the Azores
(Wikipedia)

Artur dos Anjos Teixeira
c. 1911

Description

Bronze bust on a tombstone. The bust is identical to the statue in Ponta Delgada.

Inscription(s)

a memoria de
josé cordeiro
ingéneur
des Arts et Manufactures (E.C.P.)
nasceu em 27 de fevereiro de 1867
falleceu
em 29 de novembro de 1908

Artist

Artur Gaspar dos Anjos Teixeira (Lisboa 1880 - 1935), Portuguese sculptor, father of Pedro dos Anjos Teixeira (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

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

Location (N 37°44'50" - W 25°40'26") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac038; Photograph: 22 June 2016
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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