Tombstone of the Drouet and Roman families and Pierre Franquet, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.
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Tombstone of the Drouet and Roman families and Pierre Franquet, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.
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Tombstone of the Drouet and Roman families and Pierre Franquet

Père-Lachaise Cemetery
ID: NGR-019316-P/194016

Tombstone of the Drouet and Roman families and Pierre Franquet

On the pedestal is a thin, slightly sloping slab with a box-like jardiniere on the front, at the head on a multi-sided base a tall vertical stele topped with a Gothic ogive with a faceted panel, surmounted by a cross; on the pedestal is a low cast-iron enclosure with motifs of flaming torches and poppies.

Inscriptions: on the stele at the top (1), on the stele in two columns - left (2) and right (3) and on a marble plaque attached to the base of the stele (4).

Inscription:

1. ICI REPOSENT //.
2. LOUISE MARGUERITE / ALPHONSINE / DROUET / DÉCÉDÉE LE [.] MARS 1871. / À L’ÂGE DE 13 MOIS. / ---- / MARIE LOUISE / ROMANSKI. / DÉCÉDÉE LE 2[.] AVRIL / 1876, / À L’ÂGE DE 65 ANS. / ---- / MADAME VVE MOREL / NÉE JOSÉPHINE / ROMANSKI, / DÉCÉDÉE À ST LÔ / LE 5 FÉVRIER 1895 / DANS SA 88ÉME ANNÉE / ---- //.
3. EMIL HENRI VICTOR / DROUET, / NÉ LE 16 JUIN 187[.] / DÉCÉDÉ LE 31 MAI / 1877. / ---- / PIERRE AUGUSTIN / FRANQUET, / DÉCÉDÉ LE 8 MARS / 1892, / À L’ÂGE DE 71 ANS. / ---- / MME DROUET, / NÉE ELISA LOUISE / MOREL. / DÉCÉDÉE À PAU / LE 28 AOÛT 1901 / DANS SA 64 ÉME ANNÉE / ---- / CAPITAINE / H. DROUET / CHEVALIER / DE LA LÉGION D’HONNEUR / 1835 - 1914. //.
4. Docteur chirurgien Franquet. / Je vi[...]s remercier dernière fois / 
[...] pour / ambulance et des 150 blesses / [...] les champs de battaille aux [...] de Paris / [...] soignés par vous pendant / terrible 70 - 71 Merci une de [...] / et adieu 10 mars / 1892 Midoux //.


 

Tombstone location:

Sector number 52 Tomb number 159

Dimensions:

305 x 100 x 200 cm

Additional dimensions:

height: front: 49 cm, rear: 250 cm, cross: 54 cm, fence: 55 cm

Materials:

limestone, cast iron

Additional Information about materials:

cast iron (fencing)

Additional information:

concession no: CONCESSION À PERPÉTUITÉ N° 1811 C.C. 1876.

The concession was purchased on 26 April 1876 by Henri Adolphe Drouet for Marie Louise Romanesque

location: div. 52, row 10 av. Feuillant (div. 51), gr. 12 ch. du Bastion (gr. 11 from div. 53)

Date of documentation:

2025

Publication:

27.09.2025

Last updated:

27.09.2025

Author of the documentation sheet:

prof. Sławomir Górzyński
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Gravestone of the Drouet and Roman families with Gothic arch and cross, surrounded by a cast-iron fence with torch and poppy motifs, located in the cemetery. Photo showing Tombstone of the Drouet and Roman families and Pierre Franquet Gallery of the object +1
Tombstone of the Drouet and Roman families and Pierre Franquet, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.
Tombstone of the Drouet and Roman families and Pierre Franquet. Gothic style stele with cross, surrounded by a cast iron fence with torch and poppy motifs. Visible inscription on the stele. Photo showing Tombstone of the Drouet and Roman families and Pierre Franquet Gallery of the object +1
Tombstone of the Drouet and Roman families and Pierre Franquet, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.

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