Charles Geoffroy-Dechaume correspondence, 1907-1960.

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Charles Geoffroy-Dechaume correspondence, 1907-1960.

This collection contains letters and postcards to Charles Geoffroy-Dechaume and to Geneviève Geoffroy-Dechaume from various correspondents, from the Geoffroy-Dechaumes to Sydney Cockerell and Dorothy Walker and others, and between the Geoffroy-Dechaume children and the Cockerell family and Dorothy Walker. The correspondence concerns mostly family and social matters, but also discuss the wars, Charles Geoffroy-Dechuame's injury, and his art and art in general.

1 box (.84 linear ft.)

fre,

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 8119391

Houghton Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Geoffroy-Dechaume, Charles.

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Charles Geoffroy-Dechaume (1877-1944) was a French artist, born in Paris. He was educated at the Lycée Henry IV and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts where he met Neville Lytton, who became a close friend. In 1907, Geoffroy-Dechaume and his wife, Geneviève, went to live in England near Crabbet Park, the home of Lytton and his wife, Judith. Although exempt from military service, Geoffroy-Dechaume returned to France in 1914 to join the army as a volunteer. He was wounded in his first engagement which ...

Geoffroy-Dechaume, Genevieve.

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Walker, Dorothy

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Unidentified person. From the description of Letter, 1938 Mar. 25. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 27077427 ...

Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962

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English museum director, art historian and collector. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge to Hugh W. Davies, 1911 Jan. 05. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899880 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hammersmith, to Mackenzie Bell, 1896 Nov. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899382 From the description of Autograph letter signed (retained copy) : Cambridge, to Lord Henry Bentinck, 1909 Feb. 17. (Unknown). ...