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Letter from Gaston La Touche, Domfront, to Léon Leenhoff, 1884 December 31 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
445502
Accession number
MA 3950.3:170
Creator
La Touche, Gaston, 1854-1913.
Display Date
Domfront, France, 1884 December 31.
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 11.1 cm
Notes
La Touche gives the place of writing as "Domfront Arne."
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
Writing that, despite the best will in the world, he will be unable to attend the memorial banquet after all; sending his regrets.