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The Tomb of Victor Noir
Last updated: 03.11.2001
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The Tomb of Victor Noir |
The Tomb of Victor Noir |
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Victor Noir (closeup) |
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Photographs of the tomb of Victor Noir, Père-Lachaise, Paris, taken in 1996.
Victor Noir was a 19th-century journalist (1858-1870), shot in a duel for having either criticized (or perhaps cuckolded) a relative of Napoléon III. The statue on his tomb, by Dalor, shows him as he fell. In life he enjoyed a reputation as a playboy; in death, he has become a fertility symbol, the statue permanently surrounded by flowers left by his 'admirers'.
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