Jean Antoine PINCHON (1772-1850) Letter to the Prince de Condé. April 28, 1829. In this letter, Pinchon applies to Louis Henri de Bourbon-Condé (1779-1830), the ninth and last Prince de Condé, for the title ad honores of genre and portrait painter to His Highness, arguing that he is the son of a building contractor to Louis Henri Joseph de Bourbon, eighth Prince de Condé (1736-1818) and secondly, that he had been genre and portrait painter to Empress Elisabeth Alexeïevna, wife of Alexander I in Russia during the emigration. In the left margin, the Prince's refusal: "I regret not being able to grant what he desires, but His Highness already has a patented painter in his house". 33.2 x 21.7 cm Provenance: Archives of Denis Roche. [russian art]