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Quatremère de Quincy to the sculptor Claude Ramey
Antoine Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy (Paris, 1755/1849)Archaeologist, philosopher, art critic and politician (member of the Legislative Assembly), member of the Institute at its creation, perpetual secretary of the Academy of Fine Arts.
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Autograph letter signed by Antoine Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy, addressed to the sculptor Claude Ramey (1754-1838).
Ramey is elected to the Academy of Fine Arts.
“I am very pleased to announce that the Royal Academy of Fine Arts has just elected you to the seat left vacant by the death of Mr. Roland. I have immediately forwarded the minutes of your election to His Excellency the Minister of the Interior to obtain His Majesty’s approval […].”
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Ramey is elected to the Academy of Fine Arts.
“I am very pleased to announce that the Royal Academy of Fine Arts has just elected you to the seat left vacant by the death of Mr. Roland. I have immediately forwarded the minutes of your election to His Excellency the Minister of the Interior to obtain His Majesty’s approval […].”
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Brown ink on a double sheet of laid paper watermarked "HR". Printed letterhead of the Institut de France, with Minerva wearing a helmet, "The Permanent Secretary of the Academy". Address on the verso of the second sheet with postal markings.
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