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Paris French WW1 Shooting Award / Marianne Silver Medal Henri Dubois 65gr

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    Silver MedalMarianne Republique FrancaisePrix Offert Par Le Minister Du Guerre Concours De Tir Design by Henri Dubois Mark: Argent + HallmarkMeasures: 2" Diameter Weight: 65 Grams Very Good Condition
    Graveur / Artiste
    : Ernest Henri DUBOIS (1863-1931).
    Ernest Henri Dubois
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    Ernest Henri Dubois
    (March 16, 1863 in
    Dieppe
    ; December 30, 1930 in
    Paris
    ), was a
    French
    sculptor
    . He enrolled in 1881 at the École des Arts décoratiif and then attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he studied under
    Alexandre Falguière
    ,
    Henri Chapu
    and Jules Chaplain. It was his award of the commission to carry out the sculptural work on the tomb of
    Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
    in
    Meaux Cathedral
    that gave his career a boost and saw him awarded a Medal of Honour and subsequently he became a Chevalier de la
    Légion d'honneur
    .
    Works
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    Name
    Date
    Notes
    The war memorial of
    Dieppe
    in
    Seine-Maritime
    1925
    The Dieppe memorial stands in Dieppe's Square Carnot. Not only are the hundreds of men born in Dieppe and killed in the two World Wars remembered, but also the civilians who lost their lives from 1939-1945 and all those deported by the Germans, often to an unknown fate. Dubois' compositions are in bronze. In the central bronze group, three French servicemen, an infantryman, a marine and an aviator are shown draping the French flag around a figure representing "Victory". This composition was shown at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français in 1925 under the title "Les poilus fixent la Victoire dans les plis du drapeau français".
    [1]
    [2]
    Dubois' central bronze composition on the Dieppe War Memorial
    Statue de
    Jules Méline
    at
    Remiremont
    A maquette of this work is held by the Musée Charles de Bruyères in Remiremont. Méline was French prime minister from 1896 to 1898.
    [3]
    [4]
    Monument to
    Eugène Fromentin
    in
    La Rochelle
    Dubois was the sculptor of the monument dedicated to Eugène Fromentin which stands in La Rochelle's place des Petits-Bancs. Eugène Fromentin was a writer and painter who came from La Rochelle. The work is in bronze and features a bust of Fromentin being saluted by a rider on a horse.
    [5]
    Monument to
    Jean Guiton
    1911
    The statue stands in front of the
    La Rochelle
    Town Hall. Guiton had been mayor of La Rochelle in the siege of 1628. A public subscription to cover the funding of the monument was organized in 1909. The American town of New Rochelle were recorded as having made a subscription.
    [6]
    Statue of
    Jules Hardouin-Mansart
    This bronze by Dubois stands in
    Les Invalides
    in Paris. Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646-1708) was the Chief Architect for
    Louis XIV
    and served as "Superintendant of Royal Works". Dubois' bronze sculpture depicts Hardouin-Mansart wearing a long wig and typical 17th century coat, ruffled shirt and leggings. He is standing with one foot raised a little higher on a step and studies a drawing (one suspects an architectural drawing).
    [7]
    Le Pardon
    This work by Dubois is one of his best known works.
    [8]
    Sculptural work on the tomb of Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet in Meaux Cathedral
    St Stephen's Cathedral in
    Meaux
    contains the tomb of the so-called "
    Eagle of Meaux
    ", Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet. The tomb has some elaborate sculptural work by Dubois.
    [9]
    Le Vengeur
    1908
    This complex piece in marble is located in the "Panthéon de Paris".
    La bataille du 13 prairial an II also known as the battle of Prairial or the third battle of Ouessant was an important naval battle between the fleets of France and Britain and took place between 28 May and 1 June 1794.
    [10]
    Monument aux Savoyards morts pour la patrie
    The bronze sculpture on this monument in the Place Monge in Chambéry is by Dubois.
    [11]
    Bust of
    Laurent-Honoré Marqueste
    the French sculptor
    A bust of Marqueste sculpted by Ernest Henri Dubois is held at the Musée des Augustins, Toulouse.
    [12]
    The monument to the Maistre brothers
    1899
    In the
    Chambéry musée des Beaux-arts
    , there is a maquette of this important work by Dubois, a statue of the brothers
    Joseph de Maistre
    and
    Xavier de Maistre
    .
    [13]
    Bust of Mathurin Guignard
    This work is held in the Bordeaux Musée des Beaux-Arts.
    [14]
    And several public monuments erected in
    Romania
    : * Monument to
    Ion Brătianu
    (
    Bucharest
    ), * Monument to George C. Cantacuzino, * Monument to George D. Palladius, * Monument to Eugene Carada in Bucharest, * Monument to
    Take Ionescu
    , * Bust of ion Brătianu, some of which were destroyed during the
    socialist period
    .
    Gallery
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    Statue of Jules Hardouin-Mansart. He studies an architectural drawing.
    Monument to the Maistre brothers Xavier de Maistre and Joseph de Maistre in Chambéry
    "Le Vengeur" a composition by Ernest Henri Dubois
    Bust of Eugène Fromentin the French painter and writer.
    The Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet monument in Meaux Cathedral
    Jean Guiton by Ernest Henri Dubois
    Dieppe War Memorial with one of Ernest Henri Dubois' sculptures