GERARD FRANCOIS: (1770-1837) Baron Gerard. French prominent Painter. Best known for his portraits of...

GERARD FRANCOIS: (1770-1837) Baron Gerard. French prominent Painter. Best known for his portraits of...
GERARD FRANCOIS: (1770-1837) Baron Gerard. French prominent Painter. Best known for his portraits of all the leading figures of the Empire and of the Bourbon Restoration, including Napoleon I, Josephine, Murat, Louis XVIII, among many others. A.L.S., `F. Gerard´, one page, 4to, n.p., 20th January, n.y., [1815], to Monseigneur, in French. Gerard requests an audience to a Government high-ranking official, and states `Monseigneur, I take the liberty to beg Your Excellence to let me know when will the right moment for me to have the honour… without being too intrusive.´ With blank integral leaf. Very small overall minor age wear and staining, otherwise G