BIB_ID
413599
Accession number
MA 13962.2
Creator
Daubigny, Charles François, 1817-1878.
Display Date
London, 1870 November 15.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) : illustration ; 20.8 x 13.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 8 letters from Charles Daubigny to Barbara Bodichon (see MA 13962.1-8).
With a small pen and ink sketch, possibly intended to represent the prow of a boat in a canal, on the verso.
With a small pen and ink sketch, possibly intended to represent the prow of a boat in a canal, on the verso.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Informing her that the sad events of the Franco-Prussian war have obliged him to leave France with his family and to rent a house in London. He had gone to Blandford Square to visit her but missed her, so he is going to try her other home. He expects to spend several months in London.
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