DESBORDES-VALMORE Adolphe THIERS / Signed autograph letter / Fine Arts

  

Thiers" to Edmond Cavé S. In-8° on bifolium, in black ink. Stamp of Robert de Montesquiou (with his initials) in the upper left corner.

An admirer of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Thiers attempts to secure her a position with the head of the Fine Arts division at the Ministry of the Interior. I know the interest you have in Madame.

I want to remind you once again, and to ask you to do everything you can for her. You know how deserving she is of all the government's kindness due to her merits and personal qualities.

You know that she is the most respectable person in the world. And if we do not secure her a position in Paris, she will unfortunately go live in the provinces without being able to raise her child or make the most of her talents. So please listen to her with your old kindness towards her, and do everything that is possible.

Goodbye, a thousand sincere and affectionate compliments." Originally from Douai, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore enters the artistic life through a brief theatrical career during the Empire.

However, it is through romantic poetry that her genius reveals itself, becoming a central figure among her contemporaries. The numerous stylistic innovations contained in her poetry have a considerable influence on the Parnassians and Symbolists who follow her. Almost thirty years after her death, she is sanctified as a "damned" figure by Verlaine in the second edition of his works. Robert de Montesquiou's admiration for Desbordes-Valmore is well known. A collector of her manuscripts and all testaments of her life, the social poet dedicates a brilliant study to her in 1894, published by Lemerre.

Félicité - Study on the Poetry of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore. Montesquiou is also part of the collective for The Monument of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore. (Crépin, 1896), for which he writes a remarkable speech as President of the Committee. An ardent defender of her memory, he is also the one who will take care of the poetess's grave in the Montmartre cemetery.