1st Dec, 2023 13:00

Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents

 
Lot 531
 

531

BOUGUEREAU WILLIAM: (1825-1905)

BOUGUEREAU WILLIAM: (1825-1905) French painter. The personal printed black bordered oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Bouguereau, unsigned, featuring his printed name to the centre, as a Membre de l’Institut and President de la Societe des Artistes Francaisi, and address at Rue Notre Dame des Champs at the base, bearing three lines of text in his hand, in French, in the third person, ‘a le plaisir de prisiente a Monsieur De Cobbe Madame Champagne qui desiree des bancs de premiere’ (Translation: ‘has the pleasure of introducing Mr. De Cobbe Madame Champagne who desires first class seats’). Some light staining and minor age wear, G

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BOUGUEREAU WILLIAM: (1825-1905) French painter. The personal printed black bordered oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Bouguereau, unsigned, featuring his printed name to the centre, as a Membre de l’Institut and President de la Societe des Artistes Francaisi, and address at Rue Notre Dame des Champs at the base, bearing three lines of text in his hand, in French, in the third person, ‘a le plaisir de prisiente a Monsieur De Cobbe Madame Champagne qui desiree des bancs de premiere’ (Translation: ‘has the pleasure of introducing Mr. De Cobbe Madame Champagne who desires first class seats’). Some light staining and minor age wear, G