VERNET Horace [Paris, 1789 - id., 1863], French painter and - Lot 108

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VERNET Horace [Paris, 1789 - id., 1863], French painter and - Lot 108
VERNET Horace [Paris, 1789 - id., 1863], French painter and draftsman. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages in-8°. "You will find enclosed the approximate list of the paintings that I intend for the Universal Exhibition. Let this list not frighten you, because without doubt I would be far from obtaining them all from their owners. There is only the number of those belonging to the government and on this point I count on your benevolence, so that it is granted to me to expose them. List of the paintings belonging to the government: the smala, the battle of Islu, Judith, The barrier of Clichy, Mazeppa [...] List of paintings belonging to private individuals : Moufflon hunting, return from lion hunting, wild boar hunting in Africa, episode of the 1814 campaign, the last cartridge, Shaman and Judas, Rebecca, Workshop interior, Battle of Montmirail, Battle of Hanau, Brother Philippe, Marshal Vaillaut, Mazeppa with wolves, Cholera on board the Melpomène, Hunting in the Poitou marshes, The farewell of the emperor at Fontainebleau, The bridge of Arcole, Bivouac of Colonel Moncey".
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