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Letter from Édouard Manet, Paris, to Suzanne Manet, 1870 December 28 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
446401
Accession number
MA 3408.22
Creator
Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1870 December 28.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Henry T. Curtiss, 1971.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.8 x 13.4 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Dated "28 Xbre."
On fragile onion-skin paper.
Previously numbered MA 3408 (20).
Summary
Reassuring her that they (the three Manet brothers) are well, despite everything, and that they are taking precautions regarding their health; adding that she will have read about the military situation in the newspapers and it's useless for him to repeat it; sending greetings from Eugène and Gustave; adding in a postscript that he doesn't dare send money at the moment but that his mother can make use of "son coupon et sa pension à Bordeaux" and Suzanne should ask her for money if she needs it.