Lettre autographe datée et signée concernant un don de trois tableaux fait au musée Carnavalet

Autograph letter dated and signed by Georges Cain, 16 lines in black ink on letterhead of the Carnavalet museum of which he was the curator.
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"Cher maître et ami.
Permettez-moi de me joindre - une fois par hasard ert exceptionnellement - à vos ennemis et de vous importuner en appelant votre bienveillance sur 3 envois fait à la société nationale par Mlle Germaine Kauffmann : portrait 857 Nature morte 858 Paysage 859. Merci d'avance à vous de respectueux attachement. Georges Cain." (Dear master and friend. Allow me to join - once by chance and exceptionally - your enemies and to importune you by calling your benevolence upon 3 submissions made to the national society by Miss Germaine Kauffmann: portrait 857 Still life 858 Landscape 859. Thank you in advance with respectful attachment. Georges Cain.)
Georges-Jules-Auguste Cain was a historical painter but also a writer who drew his inspiration from the history of Paris and its monuments. He was also curator of the Carnavalet museum from 1897 to 1919.