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Letter from Emmanuel Gonzalès, Paris, to Léon Leenhoff, 1884 December 10 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
445476
Accession number
MA 3950.3:141
Creator
Gonzalès, Emmanuel, 1815-1887.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1884 December 10.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 20.7 x 13.5 cm
Notes
On the stationery of the Société des Gens de Lettres, 5, Rue Geoffroy-Marie.
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
Accepting the invitation to the memorial banquet in honor of Manet; writing warmly of their friendship ("Manet savait combien je l'aimais et il m'avait voué une amitié vigilante dont j'étais fier").