. Rheims and the battles for its possession . lle and his wife. allegorical figures, which are supposed to be portraits of the sculptor and hiswife, alone are original. The original statue of Louis XV. was removed at the time of the Revolution(August 15, 1792), and sent to the foundry. It was first replaced by apyramid surmounted by a Fame, in memory of the defenders of thePatrie, then by a plaster Goddess of Liberty, and in 1803 by a trophy ofarms and flags. The present statue, erected under Louis XVIII. (1818).is due to the sculptor Cartellier, and is an exact replica of the originalone. It
. Rheims and the battles for its possession . lle and his wife. allegorical figures, which are supposed to be portraits of the sculptor and hiswife, alone are original. The original statue of Louis XV. was removed at the time of the Revolution(August 15, 1792), and sent to the foundry. It was first replaced by apyramid surmounted by a Fame, in memory of the defenders of thePatrie, then by a plaster Goddess of Liberty, and in 1803 by a trophy ofarms and flags. The present statue, erected under Louis XVIII. (1818).is due to the sculptor Cartellier, and is an exact replica of the originalone. It was on the steps of the monument that the Conventionist Ruhl smashedthe Sacred Ampulla under the Revolution. 80 From the Place Royale, return to the Market Square, cross over to the Rue</<• Tambour {parallel with the Hue Colbert). Tin- line ilc Tambour owes its name cither to the statue of a tambourine-playei on one oJ it^ houses, or in the presence of the town-drummer wholived in it. It was first damaged, then burnt, in \pril, THE STATUES OF THE MUSICIANS HOUSEThe house ivas destroyed by bombardment, but the statues zverc saved. Previous to 1918, old houses in this street were still numerous. The mostcelebrated was the now completely destroyed Musicians House (photo above),the true origin of which is unknown. It has variously been supposed to have been the house of a rich burgess,of the Tom Fiddlers Brotherhood, and the Mint of the Archbishops of first story of the facade had been preserved intact since the 13th the Gothic niches which separated the mullioned and transomed windows,five large seated figures on carved consoles {photo above) represented atambourine and flute player, a piper, a falconer with crossed legs, a harpistand an organ-grinder crowned with a garland of flowers. The falcon on thewrist of the central figure was removed by the organisers of the consecrationof Charles X., as it was feared that the royal banners might get ca
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