Henri-Edmond CROSS (1856-1910). 4 original pencil drawings with autograph notes; 3 pages in-12 on 2 booklets. Two drawings, at different angles, of a lady sitting on a chair, the first one in front of a table on which a cup is placed; in the margin: "Japanese Tea". In the margin of the first sketch: "For pochades of costumes in watercolour, oil, for the boat. - Silk sample card"; in the margin of the second one: "light straw hat light blue bodice dark blue dress with white drawing"... The other sheet shows a sketch of a person sitting in an armchair, and on the back, two women in profile. Underneath, a draft of a letter: "You have given my father a house of your own, on condition that he pays the rent into your fund as compensation for the money advanced for me. Well, I ask to simply move the gratitudes "...