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Letter from Auguste Rodin, Paris, France,, to W. E. Henley, 1901 December 23 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
434862
Accession number
MA 1617.395
Creator
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1901 December 23.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.4 x 11.1 cm
Notes
Rodin lists the place of writing at the end of the letter as "182 rue de l'université."
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Writing warmly about their friendship and the difficulty of living far from one's friends; sending Henley best wishes for the restoration of his health; referring to the death of Henley's daughter Margaret; writing about grief and Henley's inconsolability; sending his respects to Hannah Henley.