Lot n° 177
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- Lot 177
[COOMANS Family ]- +/- 55 archival items (letters, portraits, documents...) relating to the Coomans, a family of Brussels artists and writers.
Various formats, in French. Good general condition.
Josse-Joseph Coomans (1787-1868), inspector of registration and domains, author of novels and poetry, had four famous sons: Jean-Baptiste (1813-1896), philosopher, novelist, journalist, and member of the House of Representatives from 1848 to 1896; Joseph (1816-1889), painter, engraver, and illustrator; Auguste (1825-1892), painter, restorer of paintings, and assistant curator at the Royal Museums of Painting in Brussels; and Charles (1826-1902), engraver. Joseph had a son, Oscar (1848-1884), writer and poet, and two daughters, Héva (1860-1939) and Diana (1861-1952), both painters based in New York. The best known, Joseph, was a pupil of P. Van Hanselaere in Ghent, then of G. Wappers and N. De Keyser in Antwerp. Having followed the French army in Algeria (1843-1845), he became one of the first Belgian orientalists. He lived in Naples (1856-1860) before settling in Paris from 1860 onwards.
- +/- 38 signed autograph letters addressed for the most part to Joseph Coomans and concerning his activity: requests relating to exhibitions, acquisition of paintings, various requests (visit of his studio, charity sale...). Brussels, Paris, London, Ghent, etc., c. 1832 - c. 1893. Various sizes, from 1 to 4 pp, some headers or figures printed or dry-stamped, some envel. cons. Signed by : E. de Garrault, cabinet of the general government of Algeria (2 l.a.s.); Raoul de Navery (pseud. of Eugénie-Caroline Saffray), French novelist (2 l.a.s.); Captain Sas, General Sanford, U.S. ambassador to Brussels (3 l.a.s.); Dr. H. van Holsbeek; Buon, inspector of Fine Arts at the French Ministry of Public Instruction; Gammon & Vaughan, "Belgian Gallery" in London; Storez in Paris; committee of the ladies of the "Secours aux Alsaciens lorrains émigrés en Algérie"; Alexandre Pothey, French man of letters and engraver; Louis Watteau, author of a biography of Wiertz; Mc Lean, publisher and print dealer in London (2 l.a.s, in English); Count de Mérode; Johan Michiel Dautzenberg, Flemish writer; Emile Lance, architect; Viscount de Caix de Saint-Aymour; Perrier & Lecadre, photographer; etc.
- 2 l. autogr. to the Coomans sisters in New York, one of which by "Aunt Henriette" to her "dear little saws". 1892, 1893.
- +/- 15 miscellaneous items:
- Becker, F.J., Portrait lithogr. of M. Coomans. 21 x 15 cm.
- "Coomans, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas", notice extracted from Annales de la Chambre des représentants, [Brussels], n.d. In-4°, 4 pp, lithogr. portr. in frontispiece, in ff.
- 4 political caricatures of Jean-Baptiste (press cuttings). +/- 28 x 23 cm, 1 coloured (tears and missing).
- Various printed or iconographic documents, including: Passport issued by the Belgian Consulate in Boulogne-sur-Mer to Joseph Coomans. Boulogne-sur-Mer, 2/10/1871. In-f°, signed and stamped. - 4 death announcements: Pierre Houvenaghel (1843, lithogr. ill.), Josse Joseph Coomans (1868), Jean-Baptiste De Cuyper, Antwerp statuary (1852), Jacques-Achille Le Roy de Saint-Arnaud, marshal of France (1854). - "La stella co la coda". Placard, 20,5 x 30 cm. Ill. of woodcuts. - "The Duke of Aumale in Africa", reprinted from the illustrated supplement of La Revue hebdomadaire, vol. VII, July 1915. - 2 sepia photographic prints reproducing paintings. - Fragments of a miniature. Oil on paper, +/- 7 x 6 cm.
- 2 manuscript notebooks of songs with musical scores: "Rondeau de la jeune femme en colère", "Le serment" by Mlle Sophie, "Les Belles" by Mr Alfred, "Le roseau" by J.J. Rousseau. [19th c.]. Gr. in-4°, [8], [11] pp. + 1 flyleaf in the same hand.
Bibliography: Th. Coomans, "Coomans, Pierre, Olivier, Joseph", in Nouvelle biographie nationale, 14, 2018, p. 61-63.
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