BIB_ID
446367
Accession number
MA 3408.14
Creator
Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1870 November 7.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Henry T. Curtiss, 1971.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 13.4 x 10.3 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Dated "7 Nov."
On fragile onion-skin paper.
Previously numbered MA 3408 (13-2).
Dated "7 Nov."
On fragile onion-skin paper.
Previously numbered MA 3408 (13-2).
Summary
Referring to the postponement of the armistice and the recommencement of the war; mentioning the extreme shortage of food; saying that he is going to join the artillery, and that Eugène is with the National Guard volunteers; adding that, this morning, they are going to the burial of Picard (a farmer who farmed land owned by the Manets).
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