Undated
Early February? 1869
LETTER TO THEODORE DURET

My dear Duret, I am sending you the little note you asked me for.

E. M.

We understand that M. Manet has been refused permission to print a lithograph that he has just made representing [the mas(sacre)-struck out] the execution of Maximilian. We are astonished at this act by the authorities of banning a purely artistic work.