Henri HARPIGNIES Autograph letter signed to Mr. Ducasse / Valenciennes

  

(1819 - 1916) - Landscape painter and engraver. Autographed letter signed to a Mr. Paris, on October 6, 1900 - 3 pp. Reflecting on the banquet in Valenciennes. "You were very kind to me, dear friend, at the banquet in Valenciennes.

I thank you wholeheartedly while looking forward to the pleasure of shaking your hand. I send you all my best wishes. I had just arrived from Brittany and I was suffering so much from those damned rheumatic pains that it was impossible for me to start on my pleasure/regret because I have been expected in Valenciennes for a long time where my family is. And I keep postponing this trip.