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  • On each side of the arcade, which contains this statue, are four cariatides crowned with flowers, and representing: the two to the right, prudence and glory; those to the left, victory and faith.

    Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers Th��odore Licquet 1809

  • The eight gigantic cariatides which are there seen, were sculptured by SARRASIN.

    Paris as It Was and as It Is Francis W. Blagdon 1798

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