Lettre de Monsieur Haro adressée au Marquis de Monclare sur le boulangisme

4 feuillets ou Haro, marchand de tableau parle d'un séjour à Cuba, de Courbet à Abbeville, 100 lignes circa. François de Ripert-Monclar was born on 31 May 1844. He came from an aristocratic family: his ancestor Jean-Pierre-François de Ripert-Monclar (1711-1773) had been granted the marquisate of Monclar in 1769 by King Louis XV of France (inherited by all direct male heirs). Ripert-Monclar graduated from the École Nationale des Chartes in 1865, with a thesis entitled "Essai sur la domination des empereurs d'Allemagne en Dauphiné et en Provence au moyen âge" ("Essay on the domination of the emperors of Germany in the Dauphiné and in Provence in the Middle Ages"). Ripert-Monclar worked as a career diplomat. He served as embassy Secretary in Mexico, Lima and Santiago. He then served as Consul in Tiflis, Bremen, Stuttgart and Florence. Later, he served as Consul General in Montevideo, Amsterdam and Havana. He then served as plenipotentiary minister (similar to Ambassador) to Venezuela. Ripert-Monclar was a Commander of the Legion of Honour. He was also an amateur photographer, and his photographic work was exhibited posthumously. They are displayed in the Musée de Salagon.