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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter with five sketches for "Hamlet". Verso: Lavastre's letter with single sketch

Jean Baptiste Lavastre
1839-1891

Letter with five sketches for "Hamlet". Verso: Lavastre's letter with single sketch

ca. 1860
16 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches (410 x 267 mm)
Pen and black ink on paper.
1982.75:392

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

Notes
This is a letter written in Paris from the designer Lavastre to the director Duflocq outlining his ideas with five pen sketches for a production of "Hamlet".
Inscriptions/Markings
Variously inscribed, recto and verso.
Associated names
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department