Monument to Doctor Hamy

has description | a une description: The monument in honor of Doctor Hamy consists of a pedestal on which a bronze bust of Ernest Hamy is mounted, and in front of which an allegorical female figure in a long, full dress, holding a skull in her left hand and a measuring instrument in her right. Stylized ethnographic types are engraved on three sides of the pedestal: a Breton woman on the right, a North American First Nations man and an Asian man at the back, and a South American man on the left.
was commissioned by | a été commandé par: Committee for the construction of a monument to Doctor Hamy (national committee in Paris, and local committee in Boulogne-sur-Mer)
funded by | financé par: The cost of the monument is 14,000 F. It is financed by a national subscription launched by the central committee (12,000 F), a government donation (700 F), a subsidy from the town hall (1000 F), and a donation from a private patron. The Boulogne-sur-Mer local committee did not launch a local subscription, as one had already been opened for the Coquelin monument.; Private funding (subscription); Private funding (donation/grant); Public funding (city/town); Public funding (state)
has current owner | est actuellement possédée par: Public (City/Town)
has current location | a pour localisation actuelle: Boulevard Eurvin, in front of porte Gayol, Boulogne-sur-Mer; France

has inscription | a une inscription: TO / DOCTOR HAMY/ ANTHROPOLOGIST / ETHNOGRAPHER/ 1842-1908
Des types ethnographiques sont gravés sur le piédestal.
consists of | consiste en: stone
has time capsule | a une capsule temporelle: no

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