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Letter from Charles François Daubigny, France, to Barbara Bodichon, 1869 September 13 : Autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
413601
Accession number
MA 13962.1
Creator
Daubigny, Charles François, 1817-1878.
Display Date
France, 1869 September 13.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.8 x 13.5 cm
Notes
Place of writing suggested by internal evidence; Daubigny divided his time between France and England during this period, but references to a possible return to England and to his return home during his current illness strongly suggest that he is writing from France.
Part of a collection of 8 letters from Charles Daubigny to Barbara Bodichon (see MA 13962.1-8).
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Regretfully declining her invitation for him to visit her and her husband because of illness; informing her that he has moved and that his daughter is getting married, and expressing his hopes to be able to go to England the following year to see his good friends there.