{"product_id":"two-original-ink-drawings-on-postal-cards-signed-cte-maurice-de-dombasle-new-york-january-1903","title":"Two Original Ink Drawings on Postal Cards — Signed ‘Cte Maurice de Dombasle’ — New York, January 1903","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"font-family:Garamond,'EB Garamond',Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:17px;line-height:1.65;color:#111;max-width:820px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;color:#A31D1D;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:14px;\"\u003eTwo courtship drawings posted across New York in January 1903, signed ‘Cte Maurice de Dombasle’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;color:#A31D1D;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:26px;\"\u003eThe signer is very probably Maurice Garreau-Dombasle, who resigned from the French Embassy in 1940 and became de Gaulle’s representative in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGARREAU-DOMBASLE, Maurice (attributed). Two original pen and blue ink drawings on United States one-cent postal cards, each signed and inscribed ‘Cte Maurice de Dombasle’ to Miss Pauly M. de Lacoste. New York, 23 and 26 January 1903.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 postal cards (approximately 82 x 140 mm), addressed on the stamped sides to 373 West 116th Street, New York, and postmarked 23 and 26 January 1903, with added 2-cent and 1-cent adhesives (light soiling).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:12px;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.14em;color:#111;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;padding-bottom:4px;margin-top:26px;\"\u003eNotes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pair of courtship cards. On the first a young woman in a plumed hat reaches for the stars above a bar of music headed “For I am the girl from Mars”, and the writer asks “Why shouldn’t we spend our honeymoon in Mars!”. On the second, a young woman waits at a settee, and the inscription tells ‘ma chère Pauly’ not to despair because ‘he’ will soon come. The signer is very probably Maurice Garreau-Dombasle, later commercial attaché at the French Embassy in Washington, who resigned in 1940 and became de Gaulle’s representative in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLight soiling. Very good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:12px;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.14em;color:#111;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;padding-bottom:4px;margin-top:26px;\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeign Relations of the United States, 1935, vol. I, doc. 283, and 1939, vol. II, doc. 438.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:14px;color:#555;margin-top:26px;\"\u003eOffered by Atelier Zweig LLC. Shipped insured, with signature on delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Atelier Zweig","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48418173059260,"sku":"AZ-2610-10","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/1285\/3436\/files\/1310349.jpg?v=1791779333","url":"https:\/\/atelierzweig.com\/products\/two-original-ink-drawings-on-postal-cards-signed-cte-maurice-de-dombasle-new-york-january-1903","provider":"Atelier Zweig Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}