BIB_ID
445493
Accession number
MA 3950.3:356
Creator
Robbe, P.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1884 December 16.
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Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 15.7 x 10 cm
Notes
The writer of the letter may be the journalist Pierre Robbe.
Written from "15 rue de Clichy."
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.
Written from "15 rue de Clichy."
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 of his admiration for Manet and calling him "un grand peintre et un grand caractère"; saying that he has gotten a new job at the Journal, as well as another offer.
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