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Auvers, France: Paul Adolphe Rajon, 1885.. ALS by the 19th-century French engraver Paul Adolphe Rajon. On notepaper embossed "Auvers.Oise et Loire" (town of his last residence). Written in black ink and signed in pencil "Rajon." 3-7/8 x 6-3/8 inches.
Autograph Letter Signed ‘P.Rajon’, to Tom Taylor, the editor of Punch, saying that he now has in his possession a proof of his etching of Charles Darwin, discussing different ways of getting it to London by RAJON, Paul Adolphe
by RAJON, Paul Adolphe
Autograph Letter Signed P.Rajon, to Tom Taylor, the editor of Punch, saying that he now has in his possession a proof of his etching of Charles Darwin, discussing different ways of getting it to London
by RAJON, Paul Adolphe
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Auvers, 5 July, c.1875-76. In French. 2 pp. 8 x 5 inches, black borders, with an integral blank leaf (residue of corner mounts on verso). Paul-Adolphe Rajon (1843-1888), etcher. Rajon found a productive niche for himself in Britain where, from 1873, he came to spend six months of each year exhibiting at The Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and the Manchester City Art Gallery. His famous etching of Charles Darwin was after an oil by Walter William Ouless, exhibited Royal Academy, 1875.
- Bookseller Julian Browning Rare Books & Manuscripts (GB)
- Book Condition Used
- Place of Publication Auvers, 5 July, c.1875-76