Title: Letter to Samuel P. Avery with a drawing of a military figure
Object type: Drawing, Letter
Date: 1880
Artist:  Ernest Meissonier 
Artist bio: French, Lyons 1815–1891 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and ink with washed in gray, black and brown, with gouache
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 15/16 × 4 5/8 in. (17.7 × 11.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Emma Avery Welcher and Amy Ogden Welcher, 1965
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Military, term: Men