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Jean-Louis Hamon

Plouha 1821 - Saint-Raphaël 1874
French painter
(Wikipedia)

Frédéric Hexamer
Alexis Rudier Fondeur (Paris)
1906

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

1821-1874
au peintre
j.l. hamon
ses
compatriotes
et ses
admirateurs

ce monument
est dû
a l'initiative
des bleus
de bretagne

Sculptor

Frédéric Hexamer (Paris 1847- 1906), French sculptor.

Sources & Information

Glad: Le portail des patrimoines de Bretagne, Patrimoine architectural et mobilier en Bretagne (lists the sculptor erroneously as "Fishamer").
e-Monumen.net, le patrimoine monumental français en France et à l'étranger.
Charles Le Goffic, L'âme bretonne: La Bretagne et les pays celtiques, Volume 1 (2008), p. 101, n. 3 (Google books).

Locatie (N 48°40'28" - W 2°56'0") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbr008; Photograph: 27 May 2012
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