Esther Guimont Autographed Letter Signed Courtesan Guizot, Hugo. 1854

  

Autographed letter signed, Courtesan Guizot, Hugo... An autographed letter signed by the famous courtesan of letters, Esther Guimont?

Having likely started as a grisette, she later had several famous lovers, such as François Guizot, Victor Hugo, Sainte-Beuve, Alfred de Musset, Émile de Girardin, and Nestor Roqueplan. She is also said to have been an inspiration for the character Rosanette in Gustave Flaubert's "L'Éducation sentimentale." The letter, dated Wednesday, August 16, 1954, and stamped the same day, is addressed to Mademoiselle Georges, written in black ink on a double sheet of fine vellum paper. The author recounts an unfortunate incident that occurred the day before, intended to explain the unwelcoming reception given to her friend Tom at the Théâtre Français. Great among the greats, famous among the famous; this letter aims to explain to Tom the uncordial welcome he received from me when I met him yesterday at the Théâtre Français: here’s the fact: I had taken a carriage that I ordered to wait for me on Rue St.

Honoré, in this carriage I had forgotten my bag, in this bag there was a wallet, and this wallet contained five louis. I found everything intact and only afterwards did I remember how ungracious I had been towards my friend Tom. Please kiss him for me. Dimensions: 13.5 x 20.1 cm.

Condition: See photos and description for more details. Number of pages: 2 pages.

Marguerite-Joséphine Weimer, known as Mademoiselle Georges and later Mademoiselle George, was born on February 23, 1787, in Bayeux and died on January 11, 1867, in Passy. She was a French actress. François Guizot, born on October 4, 1787, in Nîmes and died on September 12, 1874, in Saint-Ouen-le-Pin, was a French historian and statesman, a member of the Académie française since 1836, and served multiple times as a minister. Victor Hugo, sometimes nicknamed "the Ocean Man" or, posthumously, "the Man of the Century," was a French romantic poet, playwright, writer, novelist, and illustrator, born on 7 Ventôse year X (February 26, 1802) in Besançon and died on May 22, 1885, in Paris.

He is considered one of the most important writers in the French language and world literature. Hugo was also a political figure and an engaged intellectual who played a significant ideological role and holds a prominent place in the history of French letters in the 19th century. Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve was a French literary critic and writer born on December 23, 1804, in Boulogne-sur-Mer and died on October 13, 1869, in Paris. A representative of romanticism, he is renowned for his literary critiques and the writing method he employed. Alfred de Musset was a French poet, playwright, and writer of the romantic period, born on December 11, 1810, in Paris, where he died on May 2, 1857.

He associated with the poets of Charles Nodier's Cénacle and published his first poetry collection, "Contes d'Espagne et d'Italie," at the age of 19. Émile de Girardin, born Émile Delamothe on June 21, 1802, in Paris, where he died on April 27, 1881, was a French journalist, businessman, and politician.

Victor-Louis-Nestor Rocoplan, known as Nestor Roqueplan, was a French journalist, writer, opera and theater director, born on September 14, 1805, in Montreal and died on April 24, 1870, in Paris. Autographed letters, old papers, antique books, photographs, engravings, stamps...

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