"je vais faire mon possible pour vous envoyer aujourd'hui mon tableau"

Signed autograph letter by the painter Théodore Rousseau, one page on a folded sheet.

“My dear Sir,

I shall do my utmost to send you my painting today; by early tomorrow morning it will be fully framed, ready to hang. Believe me, if I kept you waiting, it was not out of vanity; I had a difficult task to complete in a limited time. until tomorrow morning, and thank you for all the kindness I have experienced from the administration. Yours entirely devoted,
Th. Rousseau”