BIB_ID
224138
Accession number
MA 3950.3:139
Creator
Gille, Philippe, sender.
Display Date
Place of writing not identified, 1875?.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 20.9 x 13.5 cm
Notes
Forms part of the Tabarant collection, papers related to the artist Édouard Manet.
Pasted onto a larger sheet.
Pasted onto a larger sheet.
Provenance
From the collection of Adolphe Tabarant (1863-1950); by descent to his daughter Lucienne Tabarant and sold by her to Mina Curtiss (1896-1985) in 1960; purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard in 1974.
Summary
Thanking him for sending an example from his "Raven" (referring to Manet's illustrations for the poem by Poe) but saying that M. de Villemessant prefers not to run any more illustrations in Le Figaro until December.
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