Jean-François MILLET (1814-1875). L.A.S., Vichy June 29, 1867, to his "dear children"; 2pages in-8. He has received a letter from Sensier [Alfred Sensier (1815-1877), collector and art historian, friend and biographer of Théodore Rousseau and Millet] "who considers it essential that I go to Paris for the awards" [award of a first-class medal, on July 1, as part of the 1867 Universal Exhibition, where Millet presented nine paintings]. So he leaves the next morning to be in Barbizon in the evening, and asks Lejosne to pick him up at the Melun station. "Your mother instructs you to check my suit & pants for creases. Unfold them in any case to give them some air. See also if my gloves are in my pockets. See also if my white tie is clean enough, & clean it if it's not clean"...