Letters received, 1855-1903.

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Letters received, 1855-1903.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80803933

Collection consists of letters addressed to Georges Petit or to his associates Hamman and Protais. The letters are from over forty correspondents and primarily concern business matters related to the sale of paintings, though there is some discussion of subject matter, work in progress, and upcoming exhibitions. A number of the letters are addressed to Petit in his capacity as vice president of the "Societe d'Aquarellistes Francais" or as a member of the organizing committee for a French exhibition in Copenhagen (1888). Correspondents include Jean-Charles Cazin, Meissonier, Mathilde Herbelin, Jules Breton, J. G. Vibert, Gustave Geffroy, Antonin Proust, Pierre Emmanuel Damoye, the watercolorist Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart, Martin Rico, Henri Gervex and Alphonse Moutte. In alphabetical order by correspondent.

ca. 100 items.

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Protais, Alexandre 1826-1890

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Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest, 1815-1891

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Painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270638345 French painter. From the description of Legal deposition, ca. 1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80569054 From the description of Letters and other papers, 1860-1890, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79088942 ...

Proust, Antonin, 1832-1905

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Antonin Proust was a French politician and author. Elected to high ranking positions, he fought for reform in the administration of the beaux-arts, which led to the creation of the national museum of decorative arts. From the description of La question des musées, 1892. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80333524 ...

Damoye, Pierre Emmanuel

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Mouette, Alphonse.

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Herbelin, Jeanne Mathilde 1820-1904

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Petit, Georges, art dealer.

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French art dealer. From the description of Clippings related to the "incident Corot-Trouillebert," 1883. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79625944 ...

Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand, 1837-1880

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Galerie Georges Petit

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Art dealership. From the description of Letters received, 1855-1903. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80803933 Art gallery; Paris, France. From the description of Exposition d'un group de peintres Americains : du 4 au 30 Juillet 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220206956 ...

Cazin, Jean-Charles, 1841-1901

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The French painter Jean-Charles Cazin was a professor, then the director of the Ecole des beaux-arts in Tours. In 1889 he was nominated officer of the Légion d'honneur. He received a gold medal in 1889, then the Grand Prix in 1900 at the Paris Expositions universelles. From the description of Letters to Edouard Detaille, 1881-1900. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79260726 ...

Gervex, Henri, 1852-1929

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Geffroy, Gustave, 1855-1926

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French art and literary critic, novelist and director (1908-1926) of the Gobelins tapestry works. From the description of Correspondence and manuscripts, 1884-1926. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82724463 French art critic. From the description of Le Statuaire Rodin : [n.p., probably Paris] : autograph manuscript signed, [n.d., ca. 1896]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269600558 ...

Vibert, J. G. 1840-1902.

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Rico, Martín, 1833-1908

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Breton, Jules, 1827-1906

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French painter. From the description of Letters and manuscript, ca. 1861-1895. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84029707 French painter and writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Hénin-Liétard, to his brother, Émile], [pm: 1863 May 6]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133401 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montgeron, to an unidentified recipient, 1886 May 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27013349...