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Autograph letter signed with initials : Charnizay, to Gladys Deacon, [1901 Dec. 13].

BIB_ID
340864
Accession number
MA 3557.1
Creator
Montesquiou-Fézensac, Robert, comte de, 1855-1921.
Display Date
[1901 Dec. 13].
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Frederick R. Koch, 1981.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 16.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Addressed to "Chère Collaboratrice."
Date of writing inferred from postmarks.
Envelope with seal, stamp and postmarks, and addressed to "Miss Gladys Deacon / 30 Rue Jean Goujon / Paris."
Written on stationery embossed with "Charinzay / par Preuilly S/ Claise / Indre et Loire."
Provenance
Sale (London, Sotheby's, 13 May 1981, lot 438); purchased as the gift of Frederick R. Koch, 1981.
Summary
Sending a portrait of himself and asking for one from her in return, if she would permit such a favor to "un vieux philosophe (l'expression 'vieux poète' ayant paru pleine d'anomalie)."