Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1807-1864.

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Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1807-1864.

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Collection consists of six letters to his teacher Charles Percier, and letters received, from Percier, Vaudoyer (another teacher), and the architects Francois Debret, Leon Dufourny and Eugene Heim. Seven additional letters (1821-1864) are addressed to various correspondents including Gaut, Delafontaine, Prestas, and Heim. The letters largely reveal the influence of his teachers and his years of study in Rome. With an incomplete form letter from the Academie royale d'architecture, a "Plan a rez-de-chaussee de la petite maison d'Auteuil," and a journal (10 p.) with expenses noted, of a journey to Milan from Paris, 1811 April 25-.

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Debret, Francois.

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Le Bas, Hippolyte, 1782-1867.

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French architect. From the description of Architectural drawings, ca. 1823-1829. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81157280 From the description of Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1807-1864. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84279539 ...

Dufourny, Léon 1754-1818

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The architect Léon Dufourny was born in Paris in 1754. Between 1782 and 1794 he worked in Italy, where he also collected antique marble. He was nominated member of the Institute de France in 1796, and professor at the Ecole des beaux-arts in 1803. From the description of Letter : to Madame Renard, Paris, 1807 February 7. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83749769 ...

Heim, Eugene.

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Vaudoyer, Antoine, 1756-1846

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Académie royale d'architecture (France)

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Percier, Charles, 1764-1838

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Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine were French engravers, draftsmen, and painters who specialized in architectural subjects. They were frequent collaborators. From the description of Design album [photographs], ca.1798-1804. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122649308 French architect. From the description of Choix des plus celebres maisons de plaisance de Rome & de ses environs, 1809. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id...