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a book with a picture of a man on itmany old photos of men and women on a tablean open notebook with a pen and a piece of paper on itan old photo of a man in uniform in a folder
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167 - Colette DUMAS. Correspondence, photographic portraits…
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Estimate €250 - €300
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Colette DUMAS. Correspondence, photographic portraits… - 5 photographic portraits, visiting-card size: Le Jeune, Nadar (2, from the same series), Clément Lagriffe. - 2 photographic portraits, cabinet size: Benque and Klary, Gasc in Dieppe. - Photograph, visiting-card size: Colette, Alexandre and Maurice Lippmann. - Photographic portrait dated 1898. Alexandre or Serge. - Photographic portrait: Maurice Lippmann? - Visiting card thanking her for a ‘lovely article’. - Jules Claretie. Signed autograph letter to Colette Matza, 29 October 1897. 1 p. in-8. Regarding tickets she did not receive: ‘I am surprised that my instructions were not followed and that you were overlooked.’ - 2 telegrams to Count Primoli: the first announcing the birth of his son; the second from Jeannine announcing his death. - Serge Lippmann. 2 autograph signed letters to Maurice d’Hartoy, 1 envelope. 5 pp., in-8. - Death notice for Colette Dumas Matza, 17 November 1907. Jeannine DUMAS D’HAUTERIVE, the youngest daughter Jeannine DUMAS (1867–1943) was the youngest daughter of Alexandre Dumas the Younger and his first wife Nadine (Nadejda). Jeannine, a discreet yet determined woman, was not content merely to be ‘the daughter of’ and ‘the wife of’; even after marrying Ernest d’Hauterive, she carved out a life of her own. She trained as a nurse and became one of the first qualified Red Cross nurses. During the war, she was called up as a senior nurse with the Society for the Relief of Wounded Soldiers. Her dedication was recognised with the Cross of the Legion of Honour in 1921. Deeply proud of her paternal ancestry, Jeannine d’Hauterive, despite family tensions, was determined to preserve the memory of her grandfather and father, and she devoted herself to Villers-Cotterets…
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About the sale The World of Dumas Father & Son
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Auction time 10/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
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