BIB_ID
444772
Accession number
MA 3950.3:335
Creator
Proust, Antonin, 1832-1905.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1900 June 16.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.3 x 13.7 cm
Notes
Date given as "le samedi 16 juin." A pencil note on the letter lists "1898" as a possible year of writing, but based on the contents and the fact that June 16th fell on a Saturday in 1900, the latter is a more likely year of writing.
Place of writing: "32 Blvd Haussmann."
Forms part of the Tabarant collection, papers related to the artist Édouard Manet.
Place of writing: "32 Blvd Haussmann."
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
Writing at length about his ill health and medical treatment.
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