President Carnot Biscuit - Chapu

Henri CHAPU (1833-1891)
President Sadi Carnot
Bust in Sèvres porcelain biscuit, signed by the sculptor, factory stamp and number.
Height 43 cm

Sadi Carnot
Born August 11, 1837 in Limoges and died June 25, 1894 in Lyon. He was President of the Republic from December 3, 1887 until his death. He completed his higher education at the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, then became an engineer in Haute-Savoie. Involved in politics with the Republican Party, he became deputy for Côte-d'Or, then prefect of Seine-Inférieure, under-secretary of state then minister of public works, as well as minister of finance. He is also Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies and Chairman of the Budget Committee. Once president, Carnot is confronted with a strong questioning of the republican institutions with the rise of anti-parliamentarianism, the rise of Boulangism, and the anarchist attacks It is at this moment that the Panama scandal bursts aimed following a some ministerial instability. His mandate is also marked by the centaur of the French Revolution and the Universal Exhibition in Paris. He is stabbed by the anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio in Lyon following the vote of the laws against anarchism.