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Letter from Édouard Manet, Paris, to Suzanne and Eugénie Manet, 1870 October 5 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
446197
Accession number
MA 3408.7
Creator
Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1870 October 5.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Henry T. Curtiss, 1971.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 20.8 x 13.3 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Dated "5 8bre."
On fragile onion-skin paper.
Summary
Consisting of two distinct letters, both signed, one to his wife, Suzanne, and one to his mother, Eugénie. To Suzanne: writing of the difficulty of passing along news, since letters are sent out of the city by balloon and can fall into the hands of the enemy, and saying that he longs to see her. To Eugénie: writing about his efforts to get Eugéne a position.