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L’Acteur Grec - PARIS-2018-57 by Andrew Priest, on Flickr

L’Acteur Grec (The Greek Actor) by Baron Charles Arthur Bourgeois was first presented at the 1878 World Fair, where he was awarded a third-class medal. The actor, a mask raised on the forehead, repeats his role by reciting his text written on a parchment.

First erected at the theatre of the Odeon, it is réérigé in the garden of Luxembourg where I photographed him.
 

Looking to the sky - Hughie Edwards by Andrew Priest, on Flickr

Air Commodore Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards, VC, KCMG, CB, DSO, OBE, DFC (1 August 1914 – 5 August 1982) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force, Governor of Western Australia, and an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. Serving as a bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force (RAF), Edwards was decorated with the Victoria Cross in 1941 for his efforts in leading a bombing raid against the port of Bremen, one of the most heavily defended towns in Germany. He became the most highly decorated Australian serviceman of the Second World War.

The statute is by Andrew Kay.
 
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