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Colonel Charles Veillon

Bex 1809 - Lausanne 1869
Vaudois statesman and colonel

(Hist. Lex. der Schweiz).

Eugène Grasset
1872

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

au colonel

CHARLES VEILLON

l'armee vaudoise

1809-1869

Signature

grasset

Sculptor

Eugène Grasset (Lausanne 1845 - Sceaux, France 1917), Swiss sculptor and painter (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Gazette de Lausanne, 23 Sept. 1872 (through Archives Historiques Le Temps).

Locatie (N 46°31'29" - E 6°38'7") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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