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November 14th, 1956 Dear Mr. Hamilton: It was my pleasure to show you yesterday the following paintings and sculpture: SCULPTURE: Atelier of JEAN GOUJON French Middle of 16th Century "MERCURY" - life size - metal, partly gilded - It is patined to look like bronze.- PAINTINGS: FRENCH 18th CENTURY TOCQUE, Louis "Portrait of the Duke of Chartres ...feeding bread to swans in a pool in the Park of Saint Cloud." FRENCH 19th CENTURY BARON GROS - Pair of Upright Lateral Panels - ordered to enlarge the painting: "Battle of the Pyramids" - Château de Versailles. BARON GROS - "Portrait of the Comte Chaptal" LEFEVRE, Robert - "Portrait of Napoléon in Coronation Robe" - full length BARON GROS - "Les Pestiférés de Jaffa" - First version sketch for the full-length final version in the Louvre Museum INGRES - "Stratonice and Antiochus" GERMAN 16TH CENTURY SCHAFFNER, Martin : "Portrait of Frau Schad Von Mittelbiberach" Yours Very Sincerely, Germain Seligman Mr. Carl W. Hamilton North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina GS