Marie-Louise d'Autriche - Lettre autographe d'enfance à Victoire de Poutet - 1804

Autograph letter by Marie-Louise of Austria, future Empress of the French and Duchess of Parma, dated April 13, 1804.

Written in brown ink on laid paper. The document is presented in an antique frame with glass, accompanied by a handwritten descriptive notice and an original certificate of authenticity from Librairie Paul Cornuau (ex-Brunet collection).

In this letter addressed to her childhood friend and daughter of her governess, Victoire de Poutet, Marie-Louise of Austria, then 12 years old, mentions sending nibs for writing and recommends to her correspondent to keep a journal of her works so that they can compare their respective progress.

“I send you dear Victoire three good nibs as we agreed, I hope to see you this evening. I am glad that your good papa is feeling better; do not forget to write in the journal the works you make so that we may know afterward who has done the most. Adieu.”

- Dimensions: Frame size: 44.3 x 26 cm; Letter size: 11.2 x 17.8 cm
- Condition: See photos for more details.
- Number of pages: 1 page

- Marie-Louise Leopoldine Françoise Thérèse Josèphe Lucie of Habsburg-Lorraine, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary and Bohemia, born December 12, 1791 in Vienna and died December 17, 1847 in Parma, was Empress of the French from 1810 to 1814, then Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla until 1847. Wikipedia

- Napoléon Bonaparte, born August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio, Corsica, and died May 5, 1821 at Longwood on Saint Helena, was a French military leader and statesman. He was the first Emperor of the French from May 18, 1804 to April 6, 1814 and from March 20 to June 22, 1815, under the name Napoleon I. Wikipedia

Carefully shipped in a rigid, watertight carton.