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Alexandre DUMAS. To my friend Charpillon.
See original version (French)
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Alexandre DUMAS. To my friend Charpillon.
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
Alexandre DUMAS. To my friend Charpillon. *La Revue nocturne*.
Signed autograph poem, undated [c. 1848], surrounding an engraving by Raffet dated 1836. 57 x 46.50 cm. Framed.
22 quatrains. Faded ink. Minor imperfections to the frame.
‘When the hour of mourning has come / When midnight chimes in unison / And from the bronze in the clouds / The final tremor has died away […] // Such is the sombre spectacle / Which, at the stroke of midnight, it is said / As he reflects on his fallen greatness / The other Napoleon passes by.”
Louis Étienne Charpillon (1818–1894), a notary in the Yonne department, supported Dumas and hosted him at his home during his election campaign. The two men continued to maintain a friendly relationship, with Charpillon regularly opening his purse to the penniless Dumas. In 1865, as security for the sums he owed him, Dumas made the notary his sole heir.
See original version (French)
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