[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: [DREYFUS AFFAIR]: PICQUART GEORGES: (1854-1914)

[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: [DREYFUS AFFAIR]: PICQUART GEORGES: (1854-1914)
[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: PICQUART GEORGES: (1854-1914) French Army officer who served as Minister of War 1906-09. Picquart played a key role in the Dreyfus Affair, in 1896 discovering (whilst chief of the army's intelligence section) that the memorandum used to convict Dreyfus had actually been the work of Major Esterhazy. After Emile Zola's trial Picquart was himself accused of forging the memorandum and he was subsequently arrested. A.L.S., G. Picquart, two pages, 8vo, Paris, 21^st April 1901, to a gentleman, in French. Picquart writes on the subject of photography and states, in part, 'Je suis a peu pres sur que Baudelaire n'existe plus. D'ailleurs les vues Strasbourg n'ont pas ete seulement publiees par lui mais encore par d'autres photographes de la ville.....La derniere photographie d'E. Valentin a ete faite par E. Carjat, 10 rue N.D. de Lorette a Paris. La photographie du tableau representant l'entrevue entre Valentin et Uhlrich a ete faire par Braun. Le tableau original est a St. Cyr' (Translation: 'I'm pretty sure that Baudelaire no longer exists. Besides, the Strasbourg views were not only published by him but also by other photographers of the city…..The last photograph of E. Valentin was made by E. Carjat, 10 rue N.D. de Lorette in Paris. The photograph of the painting representing the interview between Valentin and Uhlrich was taken by Braun. The original painting is in St. Cyr'). With blank integral leaf. Some light age toning and a neat split at the base of the central vertical fold. About VG