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Size: 1 Page (on partial microfilm reel)
Summary: A letter from painter Henri Joseph Harpignies, in which he briefly discusses a painting he has done, a reproduction of which is attached. The letter is signed H J Harpignies.
Harpignies, Henri, 1819-1916
Painter
Size: 1 Page (on partial microfilm reel)
Summary: A letter from painter Henri Joseph Harpignies, in which he briefly discusses a painting he has done, a reproduction of which is attached. The letter is signed H J Harpignies.
Harpignies was a French painter; R. Horace Gallatin was evidently an art collector.
Donated 1978 by Mrs. Peter McBean.
Letter is in French.
35mm microfilm reel 2812 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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Henri Joseph Harpignies letter to R. Horace Gallatin, 1908. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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