The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-31
FIRST EDITION
Notes of the War.
Dore and the Empire.
The Father of Grant
Good old Man, but will be Talking
Exploits of the Maryland Navy.
EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN MAILS.

Nj. Gustave Dore and the Late Empire.
A literary gentleman in Liverpool has received
a letter from the widow of a member of the
Paris press, who died from privations directly
attributable to the siege. The statement which
the lady desires to refute is the following which
lately appeared in the Daily NelcS:-"When
Napoleon III started on his military promenade
to Berlin, Offenbach composed triumphal
march for him, which will probably be attached
to the picture which NJ. Gustave Dore drew of
that sovereign crossing the Rhine at the head
of his victorious hosts" She writes as follows
my dear Mr.. --.-Yesterday had letter from
Paris one from Madame Dore (Inere); but II is not
to gossip that have taken up my pen 1t is to ask
you to help me refute paragraph OF the Daily Ne,cs
which enclose, and which is a libel on osr kindest
friend, the great artist Dore. l know you admire
him and appreciate him. II you knew all he was
during the siege to your dead friend you would feel
as do when caumny is propagated Gustave
Dore, as well as his whole family, has ever been
staunchly anti,lmperiaist. He gave the strongest
fused to accompany the Empress to the Inauguration
OF the Isthmus of Suez Canal as artist attached to
her suite. Gustave Dore was at one of her Lund
balls at the Tuileries. chamberlain informed him of
her Majestys wish to speak to him on the dais. The
Prince OF Wales was engaged In conversation with
her; but che turned from him to Dore, and made
him the tempting offer. He unhesitatingly declined
peror TO the somewhat recacitrant deputies at the
Palace OF St Cloud. The Empress met Dore In the
gardens and renewed her offer. Dore again re.
every sortie until Jules Fayre and General Trochu
personally begged OF him to make drawings Of
wished should he prese rived, to show future
generations what Paris had accomplished
for her defense. Knowing how
CALAMITY he acted throughout the siege in the de-
tense OF the TepublicI felt it duty to reue this
calumny. have often aeen tae drawing-not pic.
ture- in question:; ], moreover. possess a photo
graph OF II. / enclose you a copy OF the letter /
have addressed the editor Of the Daily Necs, but
do not know whether, as he does not know my
name, lie Will insert it. DO try and get Dore done
Justice do by the English press No report could
veX him and his family more"
The following is u copy of the letter to the
editor of the Daily Ne,cs, referred to above:-
'SIR:-HavIDg read in a paragraph of the Daiy
NeiCs of March 12, statement to the effect that
Gustave Dore has executed a picture of Napoleon
III crossing the Rhine, beg to give TO that state
ment the most unqualified denial. II you will ex-
anime the published Photograph of the chalk-draw-
ins-n0t picture-to which alluscnas made you viii
fail to discover any representation either OF Napo
leon III OF any OF his Staff. The French array ia
represented - marching -towards the Rhine, while
the armies of Louis NV, OF the Republic and of
the First Empire, rise from their graves and with
shot-riddled colorS salute the advancing troops.
saw the drawing at the resdepee of NJ. Dore. No.
73 Rue st. dominique. st. German, Paris, a few
weeks since. NJ. Gustave Dore has ever been a
staunch anti. lmperialist etc., =