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Jules Verne French Bronze Sculpture Statue 19th #907393

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Jules Verne French Bronze Sculpture Statue 19th #907393
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Impressive, Must See, Must Own Bronze!</em></td>
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Signed Leon Pilet on the base with a nice
patina, high relief depiction of the famous French science fiction author Jules
Verne, debonairly dressed, gesturing with one
hand while leaning against several books a top a pedestal in the
midst of a passionate speech or a toast amongst his many inner circle
friends of the day.  Size: 34 inches
height.
 
Leon Pilet (1830-1916) (some books have him listed
as Pillet) is a listed French sculptor. This might possibly be one of the
largest works Pilet ever did. <BR>
<BR>Background:   Jules Verne (1828-1905) an enormously
popular French author, the founding father of science fiction with H.G. Wells.
Verne's stories, written for adolescents as well as adults, caught the
enterprising spirit of the 19th century, its uncritical fascination about
scientific progress and inventions. His works were often written in the form of
a travel book, which took the readers on a voyage to the moon in From the Earth
to the Moon (1865) or to another direction as in A Journey to the Center of the
Earth (1864). Many of Verne's ideas have been hailed as prophetic. Among his
best-known books is the classic adventure story Around the World in Eighty Days
(1873). <BR>"Ah - what a journey - ...
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<td>Reference
#: DA_104</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:19th Century</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Jules Verne French Bronze Sculpture Statue 19th</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Long Island, NY</td></tr>
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