Elizabeth Gardner BOUGUEREAU – Autographed letter signed.
Autographed letter signed.
« Dear Commander, My husband has asked me to write to you, and I wholeheartedly join him in telling you how proud and happy he will be
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Autographed letter signed.
« Dear Commander, My husband has asked me to write to you, and I wholeheartedly join him in telling you how proud and happy he will be
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(W.BOUGUEREAU) – Elizabeth GARDNER-BOUGUEREAU (1837-1922)
Autographed letter signed.
One and a half pages in-12°. Paris. May 11, 1902.
« Dear Commander, My husband has asked me to write to you, and I wholeheartedly join him in telling you how proud and happy he will be to present you with the insignia of your new decoration. Your old friend has just received your tie and Cross of the Grand Chancellery, and when you meet, you will arrange a time that suits you both. I can tell you that he intends to be at his workshop on Wednesday from 1:00 to 3:30. Please accept, Sir and friend, for you and your family, the assurance of our faithful affection. Elisabeth Gardner-Bouguereau
Elizabeth Gardner-Bouguereau , an American painter, learned drawing and watercolor at Lasell College. She was the first American woman painter to exhibit at the Paris Salon in 1866 and the first to win a gold medal in 1872. She studied with Ange Tissier, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, and then with William Bouguereau, whom she married in 1896. Influenced by her husband in her painting style, she confessed: " I would rather be known as the best imitator of Bouguereau than be nobody ."