Eugène Fromentin fonds. Correspondence. Set of autograph letters addressed to Eugène Fromentin by Yvan Tourgueniev, Marie Taglioni, Eugène Thirion and by Auguste Toulmouche.

This fonds contains the correspondence of French painter and writer Eugène Fromentin, including a letter to his second wife, Marie Cavellet, from Marie Taglioni, dated 7 March 1870. Marie Taglioni (1804–1884) was a Swedish-born ballet dancer partially of Italian descent and a central figure in the history of Eu-ropean dance. She settled in Venice and in London and finally in Marseille, where she died.

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Original source name : Fonds Eugène Fromentin. Correspondance. Ensemble de lettres autographes adressées à Eugène Fromentin par Yvan Tourgueniev, Marie Taglioni, Eugène Thirion et par Auguste Toulmouche.
English translation : Eugène Fromentin fonds. Correspondence. Set of autograph letters addressed to Eugène Fromentin by Yvan Tourgueniev, Marie Taglioni, Eugène Thirion and by Auguste Toulmouche.
Creator : personal fonds
Document- type 1 : correspondence
Reference number : SM. 3040 / 9200519_Ag_BnF_Gallica_typedoc_manuscrits
Language(s) : French
Geographical coverage : France
Time range : 19thc.
Year(s) : 1870
Theme 1 : family
Link to the item in the catalogue : https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b101099242

Archive name : Médiathèque Michel-Crépeau
Archive name (English) : Michel-Crépeau Media Library
Archive address : Avenue Michel Crépeau 17000 La Rochelle
City : La Rochelle
Country : France
Official website and institutional resources : https://www.agglo-larochelle.fr/vie-culturelle-et-etudiante/mediatheque-et-reseau-des-bibliotheques?article=la-mediatheque-michel-crepeau

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