GALLE André (1761-1844) graveur français.

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GALLE André (1761-1844) graveur français.
Set of 4 L.A.S. to Adrien Vauthier-Galle (his grandson) Paris, from the week of November 30, 1843 to December 28, 1843. 6 pp.⅓ . in-folio. Two letters with addresses, postmarks, stamps (tears at the stamps). Amazing and interesting correspondence between André Galle (engraver and inventor of the link chain with gearing) and his maternal grandson The engraver and medalist André Vauthier-Galle (1818-1889). Like a report of the past week, these letters give a slight insight into the general politics of the time, the fine arts, and family news. The documents as a whole deal with the long-awaited shipment of a bas-relief and the return of André Vauthier-Galle. The first letter, numbered 136, dated from Thursday, November 30 to December 8, begins as follows: "This is, I think, the penultimate letter that I must address to you in Rome, unless circumstances that I cannot foresee force me to start a new ream of paper, that depends on your will and on the proposal in which Mr. Adrien Vauthier is engaged, I presume that the first one that will reach me will indicate to me the conduct that I must hold [...] Our Chamber of Deputies resumes its sittings on the 27th of next month. It seems that the minister will not be changed and that Mr. Laplagne will be kept at the finances, the stamp depends on his ministry it is always a good point for us [...]" he continues by evoking his return and shows his impatience "here is the first day of the last month when your respective engagements between the Government and you [...]" he announces that the model that he must receive still did not arrive "I still do not understand anything, did it get lost on the way? [...]" he tells about his last session at the Institute and insists on the model which is still absent. André Galle insists, he does not understand the silence of his grandson and adds "[...] This promised and expected model has not arrived and now it is almost useless to wait for it. How do you hope to replace this work [...]" on Thursday, December 7, he indicates to him "This letter will leave tomorrow and I presume that it is the second to last that I address to you, it is well time. Your presence fixes the term of this correspondence. For the present one bears the n° 136 and it is worthwhile and deserves to be rested [...]"; n°137 of December 9, 1843 to Monday December 18, he reproaches her for too short letters and evokes again "the small copy" that he awaits impatiently. He continues then with his activities, the Institute, the vote for the election of a mayor and a deputy, he is going "to go to the stamp to carry a claw", he is "convened to the currency, from there to the institute, or we must name a librarian (sic) in the place of this responsible Mr. Feuillet [...]" etc... he continues "I received yesterday a small letter which announces to me that you have sent me lately a case containing a small painting and two plasters [....]" and worries "How big is your model? if I have to reduce it by Colas, it will take time, then it will be necessary to melt this reduction which will take time, the () on steel I do not know what is your relief and to send it to you all that will take at least five or six weeks after that the time to engrave [....]"; n° 138 of December 20, 1843 to Monday 25, it is mainly question of this famous case "[...] what will I say to you if not to sing on the same pitch, I wait for the case, I wait for the case [...]"; n° 139 of December 26 to 28, "Finally this small case that we believe lost, was returned to us yesterday evening between eight and nine o'clock [....] now it is necessary to round the field, to make it melt and to reduce it, which will take a fortnight [...]" he concludes by chanting "Come back we wait; your small portrait which is very well done, is not enough for us it is the original that we need. Come back, come back, come back! [...]" The end of the letter is in the hand of J. Oudiné. He asks him a favor: "Mr. Constant Dufeux whom I saw yesterday asks me to ask you if you could bring him a shell to make a brooch [...] I read again what Papa Galle has just written to you about Blondel and Raoul Rochette; don't worry about all that and do what you want; your model is at the foundry and we will send it to you as soon as it is ready. Eugene will hurry to reduce it [...]". Various correspondences addressed to André Galle and Adrien Vauthier-Galle are enclosed. A letter with beautiful illustrations.
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