Louis-François, baron LEJEUNE (1775-1848), general, painter and politician. L.A.S., [1816], to Octave Lecoq; 2 1/2 pages in-4, addressed; engraved portrait enclosed. Proposal for the funeral monument of General Compans' wife in Père-Lachaise. "I dreamed for a moment yesterday about the request you made [...]. I thought that the monument that records regrets should be as simple as true sorrow [...] I propose an unadorned plinth, surmounted by an urn of the heaviest form to ensure its duration. This ensemble will present the sad aspect that is appropriate", and will allow the addition of two details: a medallion representing Mme Compans "eyes directed towards heaven with the expression of a sweet bliss that has not yet wiped away her tears", and below the portrait, on the plinth, a bas-relief representing a nest of warblers whose mother has been pierced by an arrow, dying with wings spread over her three "poor little ones who will be forever deprived of her care. This allegory will be simple and touching, and I believe it will explain everything"... He also suggests adding a snake biting its tail around the pine cone that serves as the urn's lid, a symbol of eternity...