Theodore GUDIN (1802-1880). 3 L.A.S., 1836-1863; 3 pages in-4 and 6 pages in-8. 1st May 1836, to a general, regretting not being able to go and pay his respects to the King... Beaujon 17 December 1852, to Jean-François Mocquart. He had a dream in which the Emperor was as good to him as he had been in the past. "However, I imagine that I was served with him and that the friendship that Abd el Kader showed me when he engaged me to him in his box at the Opera and invited me to lunch at his house the next day excited against me some storms that the Prince assured me that he would then, with his usual benevolence, try to dissipate. [......] you may also remember that, obedient to the feelings of my heart, two years ago I offered the Prince a small painting representing an eagle crossing space, and since then I have presented to the Prince in my enthusiasm an allegory of December 2nd ; Finally, on the day of his feast day he deigned to accept a small painting representing a kind of mystical vision in front of the island of Elba as a souvenir of one of my journeys"; he would like to offer him "the last page of my allegorical work at the moment when the fulfilment of all our hopes has just been realized", but does not want to be bothered. He evokes the fate of his paintings of Versailles that he wants to complete with those that follow... Château Beaujon December 3, 1863, to a duke. "I have just finished a large painting which represents the landing of the Emperor in Genoa at the time of the Italian War; this capital work which took me several years of work pleased the Emperor and the vote of some friends of the arts make me believe in its success"...