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MATHILDE BONAPARTE (1820-1904) Autograph letter signed 'Mathide' to Sylvestre de Sacy, Wednesday 17 May 3 pages in-12, double sheet, on blue paper, dry stamp monogram M with a crown, stamp 'ARM. S. DE SACY' on verso of 3rd page. Trace of fold inherent in the mailing. Good condition. 13.1 x 10.3 cm Including a copy of the letter, 1 p. 19 x 12.2 cm A vigorous letter of support for Eugène Fromentin's candidacy for the Académie, who was running 'for the same seat as M. Charles Blanc'... 'With no attachments of any kind, of an elevated character and the most cultivated mind, he is more artistic and more authoritative than his competitor'... but he needed her help and she hoped he would support him. Mathilde Létizia Wilhelmine Bonaparte, better known as Princess Mathilde. Representative of the House of Bonaparte. Niece of Napoleon I. Antoine-Isaac, baron Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838) French grammarian, philologist and Orientalist-Arabist. Eugène Samuel Auguste Fromentin (1820-1876) French painter and writer. He is one of the major representatives of orientalist painting. A member of the Académie des belles lettres, sciences et arts de La Rochelle, he failed to win election to the Académie Française in 1876, by 12 votes to Charles Blanc's 21.