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100 - [MONET].– HOSCHEDÉ (Anne Jeanne Coralie Boulade)
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[MONET].– HOSCHEDÉ (Anne Jeanne Coralie Boulade) Three autograph, signed letters to Ernest Hoschedé. A fine collection of letters from Ernest Hoschedé’s mother to her son.   – Autograph letter to her son Ernest. Boulogne-sur-Mer, 5 September 1870. 2 pp. in-8 on a double-leaf sheet of blue tissue paper, with seal and stamp. ‘What have I done, my son, to deserve such indifference on your part?’ She writes: ‘I am doing my utmost to ensure that your wife and your little grandchildren are happy here with us, insofar as that is possible given our difficult circumstances.’ ‘I am delighted to hear that you dine with your father-in-law every Sunday; you had never mentioned it before, though I would have been so happy to know.’ – Letter to Mr Hoschedé. Dieppe, 7 October 1870. 3 pp. in-12 on a double-leaf sheet of pelure paper, with seal and stamp. Mr Lejeune must leave on business and ‘this new separation is a heavy blow for me, all the more so as this poor friend was in a state of emotion impossible to describe. ’ He is carrying a letter from Alice. Mrs Hoschedé asks her son for news: ‘To write constantly without ever receiving a reply or any news from those one loves so dearly and whom one knows to be exposed to constant torment. ” – Letter to Mr Hoschedé. Boulogne-sur-Mer, 8 October 1870. 3 pp. in-8 on a double sheet of tissue paper, with seal and stamp. They have just learnt of the rejection of the armistice and are overcome with great sadness. ‘Shall I write to you of my anguish on your behalf, trembling at the thought of you lacking the necessities of life, thinking of you day and night and speaking of nothing else? ” She ends her letter by giving news – some good, some bad – of everyone. ENCLOSED   – HOSCHEDÉ (Alice). Letter to Ernest Hoschedé. Boulogne [sur Mer], 19 December 1870. 2 pp. in-8 on a double-leaf of tissue paper, with seal and stamp. She regrets not being with him: “For the first time since that blessed day when I gave you my heart, you are alone on such an anniversary [Ernest’s]. You have not had my kisses, my love, nor the caresses of our children. Every year at this time I am so happy to be able to tell you once again that I love you, that my soul is yours, and that your love makes me the happiest of women.” She gives news of their children: “Our little angels have kissed your picture a thousand times whilst sending you their best wishes. Is not our reunion the dearest thing to your heart? Your Jacques called out for you all day long, and his voice broke my heart.” She has “good news from Lucy, who would very much like to persuade me to go to London. To spend Christmas and New Year’s Eve alone again—I cannot bear the thought of it.” – HOSCHEDÉ (Marie). Letter to Alice Hoschedé. Paris, 24 November 1870. 1 p. small in-12 on ‘balloon-mounted’ tissue paper, postmarks. Alice’s sister writes this note to her, ‘though I am convinced it will not reach you’. She also asks: ‘Ernest is well; is the same true of you?’ On the reverse, Ernest Hoschedé expresses concern at not having received a reply to his two previous letters and enquires after ‘my dear Coalas, who are no doubt very kind and affectionate towards their dear mother and who help you bear the worries caused by the absence of your dear husband’. A note signed G. Boulard.   From 1873 onwards, Ernest Hoschedé supported the Impressionist movement, notably by commissioning paintings from Monet and Manet. In 1876, he commissioned panels from Claude Monet to decorate his château in Rottembourg.   In the summer of 1878, Alice, Ernest Hoschedé’s wife, and their children moved to a house in Vétheuil, alongside Claude Monet and the painter’s first wife, Camille Doncieux, as well as the two sons they had together, Jean and Michel. According to some sources, Claude Monet and Alice Hoschedé began a relationship as early as 1875, or in 1876. They continued to live together after the death of Monet’s wife, and went on to marry in 1892, just over a year after the death of Ernest Hoschedé.
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