Autograph letter signed (draft), 2 autograph letters (draft), autograph memoir (draft), and 2 autograph lists, and autograph note signed (draft).

Favrat, Marc (Marquis de), painter, lover of Elisabeth of Romania (fl. 1950s).

Verlag: Cannes, 1956.

Beschreibung

4to and folio. Together ca. 5½ pp. on 6 ff. Two letters to a general with apologies for his late response due to Princess Elisabeth of Romania's worsened state of health, and with thanks for an article in the recipient's "Revue": "Malgré les tristes heures que nous traversons, je tiens à vous remercier très vivement aussi que votre collaborateur, d'avoir su, par l'article paru dans votre Revue, faire repouver davantage le Grand prestige que mérite la personnalité magnifique de Sa Majesté [.]" (11 Nov. 1956). - The longer letter to Baron Franz von Hallberg zu Broich about the recently-deceased Princess, her last resting-place, financial worries, the still-continuing adoption process, and rental debts paid by the Crown Prince of Hohenzollern, communicated through H. J. Oemichen: "Dans le soucis de respecter le voeux unanime de tous les amis de S. M. en France pays, qui fut comme une seconde patrie pour Elle [.] et enfin dans le but d'éviter des frais importants de transfert, je crois qu'il est nécessaire, dès moins pendant un certain temps de laisse S. M dans la crypte de l'Eglise Russe [.]" (no place or date). - A short memoir of Princess Elisabeth's life, the two lists noting family members and Royal Highnesses, the note announcing Elisabeth's death. - Marc Favrat gained fame through his relationship with Princess Elisabeth of Romania (1894-1956), who finally settled in Cannes some years after her expulsion from Romania in 1947, when the Romanian People's Republic had been proclaimed. The much younger aspiring artist Favrat became Elisabeth's lover, equerry, and adopted son in the year of her death. - Two leaves with printed monogram, memoir with blind-embossed letterhead "Maison civile en France de S. M. la Reine Elisabeth", slightly browned ib places. The two shorter letters crossed out in blue pencil. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 57775

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Titel: Autograph letter signed (draft), 2 autograph...

Verlag: Cannes, 1956.

Einband: Softcover