Description

Description: In this contrite two-page letter Pérignon writes “My dear sir, Believe well that it is not because your invitation arrived a little late that I was not at your event. I had a concert which I could not miss and which kept me busy the entire evening…”

Written on two sides of a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of stationery. Item #A02010

Alexis Joseph Pérignon (1806-1882)  exhibited in Paris at the Salon from 1834 to 1881 obtaining a third class medal in 1836, a second class in 1838 and a first class in 1844. His talent as a portrait painter, working in the spirit of Ingres, was very quickly recognized. In 1856 he became concurrently director of the School of Fine Arts in Dijon and the Museum of Fine Arts in Dijon until he resigned in 1859. He was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1856 (officer in 1870).

Condition: Mailing fold line, otherwise very good condition.