The bronze bust of the writer and critic Désiré Nisard (1806-88) in Châtillon-sur-Seine (where he was born) is by Pech, and the medallions of his brothers Charles (a philologist, publisher and translator (1808-89)) and Auguste (an academic (1809-92)) are by Pech and Drouet. Désiré also has a street named after him, although he figures in none of the usual information by the Bureau de tourisme. (As I've not mentioned anything about Désiré, see my post on Éric Chevillard's novel Démolir Nisard!). Paradoxically, Nisard had been long forgotten until Chevillard came along.
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