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Three Balls

            The Postcard

A postcard bearing no publisher's name which was printed in Germany.

It was posted in Cardiff on Saturday the 31st. January 1914 to:

Staff Sergeant W. Adams,
24, Habershon Street,
Splott,
Cardiff.

(.... Splott?)

The message on the back of the card was as follows:

"27, Penywain Road,
Cardiff.
Dear Will,
Just a line to ask you if it's not
too wet on Sunday would you 
mind bringing up the bike for
me. Don't forget a lamp.
If you come, bring it dinner time
after you come home from
Sunday School as I want to
come home quickly.
Fondest love to all,
xxxxxx Gladys"

René Princeteau

So what else happened on the day that Gladys posted the card?

Well, the 31st. January 1914 was not a good day for René Pierre Charles Princeteau, because he died on that day.

René, who was born on the 18th. July 1843, was a French animal painter. René was born in Libourne into a noble family. He was deaf and mute from birth. 

He studied at the Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris. After attending sculpture classes with Dominique Fortuné Maggesi, he enrolled in 1865 at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under the direction of Auguste Dumont. He rented a studio at 233 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.

He was a friend of Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec, and tutored Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War, he enlisted in the artillery of the Army of the Loire. He then accumulated in his notebooks many notes and drawings.

He rose to prominence with his horse paintings in 1885. He painted numerous hunting scenes with hounds, racing, as well as landscapes and equestrian portraits.

In 1883, Princeteau left Paris for Libourne where he originated. This period marked the beginning of his great compositions celebrating rural life. He settled in the castle of Pontus near Fronsac on the banks of the Isle. He died in Fronsac in 1914.
   

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