902 - RAMBUTEAU, Claude Philibert Barthelot, Count of (1781–1869), politician and administrator. He modernized Paris, oversaw the construction of sewers, widened the streets, and installed gas lighting. Signed letter addressed to the sculptor Nicolas BRION. Paris, April 23, 1837. 1 folio page.

RAMBUTEAU, Claude Philibert Barthelot, Count of (1781–1869), politician and administrator. He modernized Paris, oversaw the construction of sewers, widened the streets, and installed gas lighting. Signed letter addressed to the sculptor Nicolas BRION. Paris, April 23, 1837. 1 folio page. Official correspondence from the Count de Rambuteau, then Prefect of the Seine, to the sculptor Isidore Hippolyte Brion. He announces Brion’s appointment to create the sculptures for the fountains at Place de la Concorde in Paris. "[...] I have the honor of informing you that, by decree dated the 16th of this month, I have designated you as one of the artists responsible for creating the sculptures for the monumental fountains at Place de la Concorde. A copy of this decree, which will be sent to you at a later date, will inform you of the subject you are to depict [...].” Isidore Hippolyte Nicolas Brion (1799–1863) collaborated with Jean-François-Théodore Gechter, François Lanno, and Honoré Jean Aristide Husson on the creation of the Fountain of the Rivers, installed on the Place de la Concorde in Paris.