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Thanks R. Knoedler for making his painting available to someone interested in it, (1883 July 10)
Confirms his participation to the annual dinner offered by the Société des artistes français to the ministers and high rank
officers of beaux-arts, (1884 June 19)
Receipt for Fr. 200 given by Samuel P. Avery to the subscription for the monument to Alphonse de Neuville, signed by Detaille,
(1888)
Asks a friend to help an architect who has made restorations at the Louvre obtain the recognition he deserves, (1889 Oct.
17)
Thanks Olaf Halvorsen for his appreciation, (1890 Oct. 17)
Asks a friend to help with the official acquisition of a painting by Mme Amouroux, (1892? Jan. 28)
Calling card with congratulations apparently related to the celebration of Puvis de Chavannes' 80th birthday, (1895 Jan. 28)
Answers Vallet Monier's good wishes, (1897 Jan. 3)
Asks a friend to do what is necessary for placing an order with a painter who is offering to make his portrait, (1899 Sept.
29)
Informs the artist who will make his portrait about the size of the painting, his costume, and the days when he can sit for
it, (1899 Oct. 3)
Writes to Aimé Morot before the opening of the Exposition du Cercle [de l'union artistique] to express his pride in having
been painted by him (postcard illustrated with small exotic animals, 1900 Jan. 30)
Informs a friend of the day and time of his arrival in Paris, (n.d.)
Writes an artist commending the new art of French posters introduced by artists like Chiret, Urillette and Grasset, which,
he hopes, will eliminate the English and American "coloriages" displayed on the French walls, (n.d.)
Describes to an old friend [Alphonse de Neuville?] a festival with military parade, (n.d.)
Thank you note to a friend for a delicious dinner "en cabinet particulier", (n.d.)
Note exchanging friendly good wishes, (n.d.)