849 - FINE ARTS: PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, etc. Excellent collection.

FINE ARTS: PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, etc. Excellent collection. COROT, Camille (1796–1875). Letter from the author. Ville d’Avray, August 1, undated. 1 p.; in-8; GUILLAUME, Eugène (1822–1905). 2 letters to Paul Dalloz. 1865 and 1877; NADAR, Félix Tournachon, known as (1820–1910). Letter to Dalloz. No place, no date. 2 pp., in-8. Nadar complains about an article “unflattering to photography” in which his name is mentioned. “[…] I have always been in favor of American ideas […]”; GALLAND, Pierre-Victor (1822–1892). 5 letters to Paul Dalloz. 1878–1880. 8 pp., in-8. Envelopes preserved; DOUCET, Lucien (1856–1895). Letter addressed to the opera singer Conchita Gélabert (1858–1919); BURNEY, François-Eugène (1845–1907). Letter addressed to Jules Crépieux-Jamin. 1893. 1 p., in-8. “To engrave your portrait, I need a good source, whether a photograph or a drawing […]”; GAVARNI (1804–1866). 4 letters from the author. Undated. Regarding “machines” loaned to “have them reproduced,” etc.; DELAROCHE-VERNET, Horace (1836–1879). Letter from the author, 1872. 2½ pp., in-12; DEPAQUIT, Jules (1869–1924). Letter from the author, 1913. Regarding the illustration for an “amusing tale,” of which he sends a preview, etc.; BAUDRY, Paul (1828–1886). Letter from the author regarding “the exhibition of paintings from the foyer of the new opera house at the École des Beaux-Arts […],” organized by Baron Taylor, then “President of the Association of Painters,” etc.; DETROY, Léon (1859–1955). Letter from the author. No place, no date. 1 p. in-12. “[…] Tell Camille [Camille Forichon (1899–1994)?] to bring her paintbox. Since she drew so well, she’ll get a painting lesson as a reward […]”; TALUET, Ferdinand (1820–1904). Set of 2 documents: L.A.S. and C.A.S., 1880 and undated; HARO, Étienne-François (1827–1897). L.A.S., 1868. 1 p., in-8. “[…] It gives me great pleasure to offer you what I find most moving in my master’s work [he was a student of Delacroix and Ingres], convinced that artistic enjoyment is what best suits your nature […]”; DINET, Alphonse-Étienne or Nasreddine (1861–1929), Orientalist painter. Autograph letter. “He goes on to recount ‘artists’ gossip’ to his correspondent and feels ashamed of it; LAFORGE, Lucien (1889–1952) (most likely). Autograph letter. 1912. 1 p. in-12. An amusing letter written in phonetic spelling and signed with a rebus; DECAMPS, Alexandre-Gabriel (1803–1860), painter and engraver. Letter from the author, 1885. 1 p., in-8; JOB, Jacques Onfroy de Bréville, known as. Letter from the author, 1900. 1 p., in-8; POINTELIN, Auguste. 2 documents: a letter from the author and a postcard; envelopes preserved; HENRIOT, Henri Maigrot, known as (1857–1933). Autograph letter signed, 1902; LA GANDARA, Antonio de (1861–1917). Autograph signed letter. No place, 1910. 2 pp., in-8. He invites Bron to his studio to see “various portraits that I have just completed and will be exhibiting at the Salon”; HÉBERT, Ernest (1817–1908). Autograph signed letter, 1889; GUDIN, Théodore. Autograph letter signed, 1869; JUSSEAUME, Lucien. Set of 2 autograph letters signed, 1911 and 1913; FRANÇAIS, François-Louis. 2 signed autograph postcards. 1889 and undated. Regarding the Gobelins, etc.; ROTY, Oscar. 2 documents: handwritten letter and curriculum vitae; RIVIÈRE, Théodore. Handwritten letter, 1907. Regarding his *Alpin*, engravings, and drawings, etc.; VIERGE, Daniel. 2 documents: handwritten letter and curriculum vitae, both relating to the book *Pablo de Ségovie*, which he published at his own expense, etc.; GORGNET, Auguste-François. Letter from the author; NADAILLAC, Cécile Delessert, Countess of (1825–1887), watercolorist. Letter from the author; MARQUESTE, Laurent (1848–1920), sculptor. C.V.A.; ALLOUARD, Henri (1844–1929), sculptor. L.A.S. Enclosed is a letter containing a pen-and-ink drawing with measurements.