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Letter from J. Thomasset, Paris, to Léon Leenhoff, 1884 December 12 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
445494
Accession number
MA 3950.3:369
Creator
Thomasset, J.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1884 December 12.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.1 x 13.3 cm
Notes
The banquet was held at the Père Lathuille on January 5, 1885.
On the stationery of L'Éclat de Rire.
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; saying that he will add a notice about it in L'Éclat de Rire; referring an image of Polichinelle that Leenhoff had promised him and discussing how he might get it, as well as asking for the address of Leenhoff's framer; asking whether Leenhoff receives L'Éclat de Rire regularly.