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The Duke of Bordeaux to General Claparède
Frame containing t…
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273
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The Duke of Bordeaux to General Claparède
Frame containing t…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
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Description
The Duke of Bordeaux to General Claparède
Frame containing three souvenirs:
- Autograph letter from the Duke of Bordeaux, aged 7, to General Claparède: "General, Lavilatte would like to know the result of the steps you have kindly taken on his behalf, I hope they will be favourable. Henry ce 30 Xbre 1827" 17 x. 15 cm.
- Autograph letter signed by the Count of Maupas: "My Lord has asked me, General, to send you the drawing he made last night for you, which he is delighted to give you. I take this opportunity to thank you once again for all your kindnesses to me and to assure you, my good General, of my complete devotion and my respectful attachment. Cte de Maupas. Pavillon de Marsan, 12 January 1828. 13.5 x 11 cm.
- Envelope addressed to Madame Lafontan Paris, inscribed "Lettre du Duc de Bordeaux et de Mr le Comte de Maupas février 1828, écrite au général Claparède Pair de France". 8 x 14 cm.
Frame: Height. 40 Width. 45 cm.
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Provenance: direct descendants of Count Michel Claparède (1770-1842), French general during the Revolution and the Empire, Count of the Empire in 1808 and Peer of France in 1819; private collection, Charente.
Three handwritten recollections linking the Duke of Bordeaux to General Claparède, preserved in the family.
Joseph de Lavilatte (1780-1858), an officer in the Royal Guard, became the military tutor of Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, Duke of Bordeaux (1820-1883). Auguste Marie de Maupas (1786-1862), assisted the Marquis de Rivière in his role as governor of the Duke of Bordeaux. A strong friendship developed between the officer, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, and the royal child, better known by his courtesy title of Count de Chambord.
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