Autograph letter signed.
Paris, 3. III. 1884.
Oblong 8vo. 2 pp.
$239.00
To an unidentified recipient addressed as "maître", informing him that a sculpture by Antonin Mercié is finished, and asking him for a meeting in order to discuss when and how this work should be offered to their "gracious sovereign": "Le groupe de Mercié est prêt ! Le plus tôt qu'il vous sera possible, veuillez donc passer à notre cabinet, que nous puissions nous entendre sur l'époque et sur la forme aux et sous lesquelles on pourrait offrir la chose à notre tant gracieuse souveraine [...]".
It can only be speculated that the work by Mercié was intended as a gift for an important female friend.
On stationery of "La Nouvelle Revue". Minor browning.
