Letter from Édouard Manet, Paris, to Suzanne Manet, 1870 October 23 : autograph manuscript signed.

Writing of defeats and losses, including the death of the sculptor Joseph Cuvelier, as well as of the painter Louis-Eugène Leroux, who was wounded and, Manet believes, taken prisoner; mentioning the coming of smallpox and the restrictions imposed on meat and milk; describing how he misses her and how he has been looking at her photograph; referring to the possibility of the Prussians taking the city through famine; saying that he requested a posting attached to General Vinoy, but was turned down; sending greetings to his mother and saying that he hopes Léon is behaving well.