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Letter from François Berard, Paris, to Léon Leenhoff?, 1885 January 2 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
444944
Accession number
MA 3950.3:13
Creator
Berard, François.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1885 January 2.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.5 x 11 cm
Notes
The banquet was held at the Père Lathuille on January 5, 1885.
On mourning stationery.
Signed "F. Berard" but identified in a later hand as François.
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
Asking that a place be reserved for him at the memorial banquet in Manet's honor, and explaining that he had been away from Paris and was unable to respond earlier.