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Louise Michel (1830–1905): French anarchist and feminist revolutionary, "the Red Virgin of Montmartre," prominent in the Paris Commune (1871). By 1881 she was a celebrity of the radical left. Marie and Julian apparently joked about her dramatic persona — hence the red tulip sent with the letter as a knowing reference. ↩
The Salon of 1881 opened in May; Marie is counting down the 32 days remaining to submit her entry. ↩
Galbeuse: Marie's invented or half-heard word from galbe (curve, contour); used admiringly of a shapely figure. She treats it with ironic pride. ↩