Hippolyte Valmore to Gustave Revilliod
French · Latin cursive · 30 Apr 1866 · to Geneva
As written
30[?] avril 1866.
Bien cher Monsieur
et ami, j'ai reçu vos deux
portraits avec plaisir et
reconnaissance. Vous ne
pouvez encore venir : c'est
vous voir, sinon vous
parler. On dirait que
le plus ancien a été fait
sur un dessin ; je préfère
le second, mais surtout
celui qui accompagne
Madame votre mère.
Translation · English
30[?] April 1866.
Very dear Sir
and friend, I have received your two
portraits with pleasure and
gratitude. You cannot yet come: this is
seeing you, if not speaking
with you. One would say that
the older one was made
from a drawing; I prefer
the second, but above all
the one that accompanies
Madame your mother.
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