BARRE Auguste and Albert (1811-1896 and 1818-1878). 9 Sketchbooks; 9 oblong in-12 sketchbooks (8 x 12 to 8.5 x 14.5 cm), cardboard, cloth or morocco covers, the sketchbooks unevenly filled, mainly in graphite.
Sketchbooks and drawings by the two brothers, sculptors, draftsmen, engravers and medalists. From the archives of the BARRE dynasty, the last general and independent engravers at the Paris Mint and in France with private status. 3 notebooks by Auguste. - Group "1832 Mme Tremyn et sa fille", ornaments and decorative elements, heads of women and Ceres, draft medal of the French Republic, sketches of orators (including Odilon Barrot), jewelry...n - Head of a pope, sketch of the Rachel statuette, mother giving porridge to a child, embroidery, sword handles... - Vine leaves, loves, boat under construction, anvil and tools, papal emblems... 6 Albert notebooks. - Autograph notes (historical scenes, hairspray recipe), sketches of vignettes or paintings (antique or religious subjects, scenes from Diderot's youth, Jean-Jacques Rousseau...), imperial eagle, a woman in an interior, furniture... - Sketch of a woman in red chalk, plans of an apartment. - Brief notes on a trip to Italy (Amalfi coast, 1844); antique heads and statues; signs of the zodiac; views of Paestum and Sorrento... - Notes from trip to Ghent and Bruges, accounts (1847); painting subjects; an armchair; head and costume studies; landscape; ornaments and decorative elements... - Views of Saint-Malo and rocks, sketches of Mont Saint-Michel... - Recipes for bronzing copper, soldering tin or steel, making "cheese glue" (3 photos of statues enclosed, including Princess Mathilde). We enclose 21 letters addressed to Albert BARRE, 1858-1880, from José de Araújo Ribeiro, A. Brochon (with other members of the Société de progrès de l'Art industriel), General Malherbe, Ch. Masset, Natalis Rondot (3), Jean-Louis Ruau, Henry Uhlhorn (3), F.G. Wagner jeune, Bronislaw Zaleski, etc.; minute a.s. of a letter from Albert Barre to Hainol, Director of the Munich Mint; plus minute of a letter from his father Jean-Jacques Barre (and 4 letters to him).
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