Letter from Edmond Simon to Henry Clay Frick, 14 September 1897
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OFFICE OF
SEP 24 1897 Ans'd
H.C. FRICK
9, Rue Traktir
(Avenue du Bois)
Adresse Télégraphique
Invocation - Paris
14/9/97
Dear Sir
In going to Germany I stopped at Dagnan's and told him about your buying his picture. Coming back yesterday I found the enclosed letter from him. I have translated it so that you can see exactly what he says. Will you kindly allow me to give you an advice - you have the finest picture which has been painted
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for many many years past, and I believe that you ought to let him have the picture. I know it is a sacrifice for you but such a picture must be perfect and for that he wants his own time so please let it be so. You will not regret it. By the same post I send you a photo of the picture as it is - thinking that you will be pleased to have it.
As regard the Portrait of Your Boy I wish you could send me his photo as large as possible. I have had a long
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talk with Dagnan and he should like to study his his face so that when he comes next year he will be familiar to him for he intends to make a fine portrait but wants to show what your boy is - a boy who will be somebody one day.
Hoping to get a reply from you soon. I present mes hommages respectueuses a Madame Frick and believe me Dear Sir
Yours very truly
E. Simon
To
H. C. Frick Esqre
[intertwined "E.E.S." monogram]
OFFICE OF
SEP 24 1897 Ans'd
H.C. FRICK
9, Rue Traktir
(Avenue du Bois)
Adresse Télégraphique
Invocation - Paris
14/9/97
Dear Sir
In going to Germany I stopped at Dagnan's and told him about your buying his picture. Coming back yesterday I found the enclosed letter from him. I have translated it so that you can see exactly what he says. Will you kindly allow me to give you an advice - you have the finest picture which has been painted
[end page 1 of 2; left side]
[begin page 1 of 2; right side]
for many many years past, and I believe that you ought to let him have the picture. I know it is a sacrifice for you but such a picture must be perfect and for that he wants his own time so please let it be so. You will not regret it. By the same post I send you a photo of the picture as it is - thinking that you will be pleased to have it.
As regard the Portrait of Your Boy I wish you could send me his photo as large as possible. I have had a long
[end page 1 of 2; right side]
talk with Dagnan and he should like to study his his face so that when he comes next year he will be familiar to him for he intends to make a fine portrait but wants to show what your boy is - a boy who will be somebody one day.
Hoping to get a reply from you soon. I present mes hommages respectueuses a Madame Frick and believe me Dear Sir
Yours very truly
E. Simon
To
H. C. Frick Esqre
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“Letter from Edmond Simon to Henry Clay Frick, 14 September 1897,” Transcribe Frick, accessed May 6, 2024, https://transcribe.frick.org/index.php/items/show/418.