Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (1824-1898). L.A.S., Paris April 28, 1892, to a fellow artist; 1 page in-8 on the letterhead of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. "Monsieur le Président de la République does us the honor of inaugurating the Salon du Champ de Mars"; he therefore asks his correspondent to join the official procession... Attached is a L.A.S. from Edouard Detaille, on his arrival by train at Grainville-Ymauville.