Description of three colossal statues by General de Penhouet
Reference code
SAL/01/02/31/03
Title
Description of three colossal statues by General de Penhouet
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Notes written in French with a full translation (with some French annotations). There is also a painted wooden block with images of the statues painted on both sides. A paper description has been attached to this.
One statue is the Venus de Quinipily, an ancient statute of unknown origin on display in a public park in Brittany.
The paper lists the other two statues as being located in Locminé but no reference can be found online.
The paper doesn’t appear to have been published/read in England.
One statue is the Venus de Quinipily, an ancient statute of unknown origin on display in a public park in Brittany.
The paper lists the other two statues as being located in Locminé but no reference can be found online.
The paper doesn’t appear to have been published/read in England.
Creator
Penhouet (fl 1831)
Language
French