"Ce pauvre garçon voudrait entrer à l'Assistance publique"

Autograph letter from painter Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, requesting his correspondent's assistance in finding a position for a young clerk. 3 pages on a folded sheet.
Trained in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme, Dagnan-Bouveret received the second Prix de Rome. Of naturalist inspiration, he devoted himself to religious painting and had a prolific career as a portraitist at the end of his life. He received prestigious commissions from the Countess of Béarn and the New York Frick family.