Charles VACQUERIE - Autograph letter signed to his mother.

» My dear mother, You know that when I was in Villequier…”

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Charles VACQUERIE (1817-1843)

Autograph letter signed to his mother.

One page ½ in-4°, address, postmark

No place [Le Havre], Monday July 6 [1840]

Views of Villequier by Raymond Noël Esbrat for the Vacquerie family.

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« My dear mother, You know that when I was in Villequier , I said that Mr Esbrat would come back to do several watercolors that he would leave for dad, for you and for me. You didn't tell me anything about this and as was agreed Esbrat, after finishing the painting that Mr. Regnault ordered from him, was to leave for Villequier to do his paintings. Arsène, to whom I spoke about it yesterday, took me aside and told me that she thought I was wrong to arrange it like this, because Dad had already complained about our stay in Villequier last time and he wouldn't be happy. I come to ask you to tell me if this will really bother Dad; I am very keen not to do anything that could be unpleasant to him and as nothing has yet been positively decided, I could easily, under one pretext or another, arrange things so that Esbrat does not go to Villequier.

Yesterday I received a letter from Auguste announcing his departure from Paris for next Saturday or Sunday. He does not yet know if Mr. Boulanger will come with him. This circumstance makes me ask you to tell me sincerely if the trip from Esbrat to Villequier will bother you or Dad in the least. I have very little interest in him going there and as he himself only does so with the thought of pleasing us by giving us views of Villequier, it will be very easy to arrange. Goodbye, my good mother, kiss Dad for me and answer me right away so that I can take action. Arsène and his children are doing well. Mr. Lefèvre's gardener is getting married today; the servants all go to the wedding. Try to respond to me by return mail. I `m kissing you with all my heart. Your son who loves you Ch. Vacquerie Monday July 6 »

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A shipowner in Le Havre in the company run by his father, Charles Vacquerie (1817-1843) was in love with Léopoldine Hugo, the poet's eldest daughter, since he met her in Villequier in 1838. The two young people married February 15, 1843: they were to drown shortly after in the Seine at Villequier, September 4, 1843.

The painter invited to the Vacquerie family property was Raymond Noël Esbrat (1809-1856).