Overview
Letters between French sculptor Auguste Préault and various correspondents.
Dates
- Creation: 1830-1877
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in French with some notes in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.5 linear feet (2 boxes)Chiefly letters from Préault to others, with an autograph manuscript concerning a portrait by Jean Baptiste Delestre.
Biographical / Historical
Préault was a French sculptor, born Antoine Augustin.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited by Charles W. Millard 3rd, Hirshorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Independence Avenue at Eighth St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20560; received on various dates; gift: 1997 September 10.
- Title
- Préault, Auguste, 1809-1879. Auguste Préault miscellaneous correspondence, 1830-1877: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01453
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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