Cheng in D27

 The carvings speak for themselves.

Jean Fourier in D18

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph baron Fourier (1768–1830). French physicist and mathematician.
Description: Bust of Jean; note the Egyptian serpent motifs at the top of the tomb as well as along the sides. This is a replica of the original. For many years the bust of Chaussier was incorrectly placed here.
Sculptor: Noël-Étienne Fessard (D56).
Street: Rond-Point Casimir Périer.
Division: 18.
Astrié 1865 p. 47 map no. 88.
Jouin 1897, p. 149.
Moiroux 1908, p. 162.

Le Declin lost and found

Sculpted by Clément Leopold Steiner, and once located in what was called Square Père-Lachaise, now Square Samuel de Champlain, overlooking Avenue Gambetta, this touching, and somewhat melancholic statue was removed many years ago. 

The good news is that Adam Roberts of the Invisible Paris blog has tracked down the story behind the statue and what became of it.

 Located not far from where Paul Moreau-Vauthier's Memorial to the Victims of Revolution now stands.

Two puzzles in Père-Lachaise Cemetery

OK, up front there are way more than just two puzzles to be found in those 107 hilltop acres on the east side of Paris. As some of you know, I've been working on identifying and locating all the artwork in Père-lachaise and right now I'm trying to identify two very specific and rather dramatic reliefs.

The first one is in D6, along the same line as the bust of Lapommeraye, and not far off of Chemin Lebrun. It's a unique stone with very same relief on both sides of the monument but aside from the word ordre there is no identifying inscription (as you can see one side is much eroded).

The second relief sits in D39 just along Avenue des Acacias where it becomes Avenue Transversale No. 1, close to the Turpin mausoleum and just up from Chemin Suchet.

(photos by Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, wikimedia)

Eastern Cemetery in Lille, France

Brasseur

Vermeulen-Dumouin

Saint-Venant

Doyenette

Quesnay

Doutrelon

Brack-Desourreaux

Assoignion-Maton

Maurice Planque

Druez

Willot

Paul Assoignion

Fernand Chapelle

Riquier-Delaunay

Wary

Manso

Hoyet

Decottignies

Jules Maertens

Francois

Sylvere Verhulst

Mulie

Darcq

Faidherbe

Lorthois-Heuze

Ghesquiere

Verlack

Gruson

Delebart Mallet

Deblock

Bonduel

Delestraint

Gibout

Josephine Verazzi in division 44 Pere-Lachaise - postcard

Square Pere-Lachaise sculpture

This dramatic and moving sculpture by Paul Moreau-Vauthier (buried in division 14), depicts the final moments of those 147 communards lined up against the mur des federes in division 76 and summarily executed, and whose bodies were dumped into a mass grave directly in front of the wall. One legend has it that the pieces of stone used here came from the original wall, although there does not appear to be any evidence to support such a  claim -- still, it makes for a great story.

This is located outside of the cemetery and is part of Square Samuel de Champlain (formerly called Square Pere-Lachaise) and runs along the northern wall of Pere-Lachaise parallel with Avenue Gambetta.

When you exit the Pere-Lachaise metro cross the street like you're heading to the cemetery but bear to the left onto the Avenue Gambetta.