BOUDIN Eugène Louis [Honfleur, 1824 - Deauville, 1898], Fren - Lot 174

BOUDIN Eugène Louis [Honfleur, 1824 - Deauville, 1898], French painter. Autograph letter signed addressed to Mr. Détrimont. Beaulieu S/Mer, April 22, 1898; 3 pages in-8° with its stamped envelope. "Not that I am very solid and well recovered, but I am much better than much better than when I arrived, where I could hardly get off the wagon, which was very difficult for me to look for a place to stay. I thought for a moment that I was going to go to a hospital because I was so weak and without strength. I waited to try to smear some pieces of canvas and especially to warm my bones because I was I waited to try to smear a few pieces of cloth and especially to warm up my bones because I was as cold as possible. I don't know if the war that is being prepared on the other side of the Atlantic I don't know if the war on the other side of the Atlantic will make everyone smile, especially if it is prolonged as some people think.