Gustave Adolphe Désiré CRAUK (1865-1945), after. - Lot 21

Gustave Adolphe Désiré CRAUK (1865-1945), after. Bust of General Eugène SAGET. Large bronze subject with patina, unsigned. Presented on a red marble pedestal with square base and circular doucine. Bust height: 29 cm. Total height 45 cm. Base: 16 x 27 x 27 cm. (wear and patina, small chips on the base, good condition). Note: General Eugène SAGET (1813 - 1875) École spéciale militaire 1829. Second lieutenant in 1831, then captain on March 5, 1838. Employed on the Carte de France, he was sent to Algeria for topographical work in 1845. Aide-de-camp to Marshal BUGEAUD, then on the staff of the Minister of War in 1849. Colonel in 1855, brigadier general in 1864, then major general in 1871. Military Governor of Paris in 1875. He took part in numerous campaigns in Algeria, Italy and with the Army of the Rhine. Decorated with several orders, he was Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor (May 22, 1873).