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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