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Letter from Jules Guillemet, Paris, to Léon Leenhoff, 1885 January 5 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
444513
Accession number
MA 3950.3:158
Creator
Guillemet, Jules.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1885 January 5.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.5 cm
Notes
In purple ink.
The banquet was held at the Père Lathuille on January 5, 1885.
Forms part of the Tabarant collection, papers related to the artist Édouard Manet.
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
Explaining that his wife is very ill and he cannot attend the memorial banquet for Manet that evening; expressing his regrets to Léon and to Antonin Proust.