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.
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
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
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