Author: GRENET-DANCOURT, Ernest, à NADAR (= G.F. Tournachon)
Title: Autograph Letter Signed by Ernest Grenet-Dancourt to "mon cher Nadar".
Description: Handwritten in purple ink on p. 1 and 3 of 4. 17,6 x 11.5 cm. On better paper watermarked "vergé blanc grenier superieur". 33 lines, signed "Tibi/ GrenetDancourt". Grenet-Dancourt (1854?-1913), a theatre author, writes a very friendly letter about portraits of him made by the famous photographer, balloonist and caricaturist Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, better known as Nadar (1820-1910). "Merci, mon cher Nadar, c'est parfait. Les deux que je préfère: dont celles où je lis et où je tiens un livre fermé dans la main. J'ai sur toutes l' air un peu sévère, mais c'est ma faute et non celle de l'opérateur." Also about a piece of bad news that Nadar has given to Grenet. "Avez-vous, comme je te l'avais conseillé, une nouvelle circulaire? Il faut absolument le faire afin que nous soyons couverts et puissions vouer aux gimonies tous ceux qui auront fait preuves de mauvais vouloir." It's about a 'comité' both are members of. Also about a 'Société' where possibly foreign artist are going to be shown. A photo of Grenet-Dancourt from Nadar's studio is known. It is undated, but the writer is probably in his early thirties. In later years, Grenet was president of Le Cornet, a "Société artistique et littéraire".

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