Letters from Édouard Manet, Paris, to Suzanne Manet, Eugénie Manet, and Marthe Vibert, 1870 September 13?-1871 January 19 : autograph manuscript signed.

Consists of letters written by Édouard Manet during the siege of Paris to his wife, Suzannne; his mother, Eugénie; and his sister-in-law Marthe Vibert. Most letters are addressed to Suzanne. Manet discusses the political and military events of the siege and the Franco-Prussian War; provides updates on friends and family members including Jules de Jouy, Ferdinand and Rudolph Leenhoff, Léon Leonhoff, Eugène and Gustave Manet, and the Morisot family; and conveys his personal feelings about the separation from his family and the experience of living through the siege.