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Autograph Letter Signed ("Th. Rousseau") to Monsieur Tulesco, 1 page 8vo in French on thin paper, n.d.

Rousseau says that he will be in Paris on Monday evening and will wait for his correspondent on Tuesday afternoon. He goes on to say that he needs 500 francs for the end of the month and that "I am counting on you." In a postscript he adds that "the pictures are coming along (marchent)."Theodore Rousseau, the leader of the Barbizon school of painting, was one of the first artists to paint landscapes directly from nature.Old repair on verso to a tear, slightly affecting the j of "je", the first word of the letter.

ROUSSEAU,, Theodore 1812-1867. French Landscape Painter Stock Code: AU1046