BIB_ID
434857
Accession number
MA 1617.390
Creator
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917.
Display Date
Place of writing not identified, circa 1883.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 16.5 x 10.4 cm
Notes
On mourning stationery. Rodin's father, Jean Baptiste Rodin, died in 1883.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying that he has just read Henley's article on Victor Hugo, which [Jules] Dalou translated for him; asking him to send a copy of it to Hugo and giving his address (50 avenue Victor Hugo); expressing his approval of the article and the engravings; mentioning that he saw that Dalou, [Alphonse] Legros, [Léon Augustin] Lhermitte, and [Guillaume] Régamey all appear in an issue of the Magazine of Art; noting that the Ionides collection is attracting attention; sending him good wishes for the new year.
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