Paris, January 1876

Dear Theo,

In the first box going to The HagueThe Hague (Dutch: Den Haag). The Hague is one of the largest cities in the Netherlands and it is the capital of South Holland province. It is also one of the five constituent parts of the Randstad metropolitan area - the other being ...
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
you will find a few parcels; will you be so kind as to send them on? First, there is one for yourself, which contains Felix Holt. When you have read it, please send it to Etten; and when they have finished it, please have them return it here, for it does not belong to me. It is a book that impressed me very much, and I am sure it will be the same with you. There is also a parcel for Mr.

Tersteeg and one for his wife, and also one for Mauve and his wife. I wrote Mauve that someday he must ask you for that book on Michel; please show it to him when you have a chance. There is also a parcel for FatherFather - Vincent's father was Theodorus van Gogh (8 February, 1822 - 26 March, 1855), a priest of the Reformed Church of the Netherlands. He studied theology in Utrecht and in 1849 became a preacher in Groot Zundert village, where he was ...
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
. Try to send it to Etten in time for his birthday; perhaps you might add Felix Holt, and you can read it after it has been to Etten – maybe that will be the best. In the little roll addressed to you are three etchings after Jules DupreJules Dupre(April, 5, 1811–October, 6, 1889) - a French painter, one of the main representatives of the Barbizon school. Among his famous works are: "Cows at water", "Morning and Evening", "Crossing the Bridge".
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
– one for Uncle Jan van Gogh with my kindest regards and one for FatherFather - Vincent's father was Theodorus van Gogh (8 February, 1822 - 26 March, 1855), a priest of the Reformed Church of the Netherlands. He studied theology in Utrecht and in 1849 became a preacher in Groot Zundert village, where he was ...
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
. There is also a lithographLithograph - a print obtained with the help of lithography method, that is by etching the image on a small stone or a metal plate, then using ink, covering it with a sheet of paper and putting it under some pressure.
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
after BodmerKarl Bodmer (February, 6, 1809 – October, 30, 1893) - a Swiss painter who is most famous for his paintings depicting American West which he made while travelling down the Missouri River with German explorer M. zu Wied-Neuwied...
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
and an etchingEtching - is a design or a picture made from a metal place or glass that has had the design or the picture etched into it due to the corrosive action of an acid; an engraving.
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
by JacqueCharles-Emile Jacque (May, 23, 1813 - May, 7, 1894) - a French painter, member of the so-called Barbizon school, most famous for his paintings and engravings of animals and rural life...
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
for FatherFather - Vincent's father was Theodorus van Gogh (8 February, 1822 - 26 March, 1855), a priest of the Reformed Church of the Netherlands. He studied theology in Utrecht and in 1849 became a preacher in Groot Zundert village, where he was ...
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
. Another lithographLithograph - a print obtained with the help of lithography method, that is by etching the image on a small stone or a metal plate, then using ink, covering it with a sheet of paper and putting it under some pressure.
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
, after Cabat, is for you.

Cabat resembles Ruysdael. There are two beautiful pictures of his at the Luxembourg: one, a pond with trees around it in autumn at sunset; the other, a road along a waterside and a few large oak trees on a grey autumn evening. The etchingEtching - is a design or a picture made from a metal place or glass that has had the design or the picture etched into it due to the corrosive action of an acid; an engraving.
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
after Jules DupreJules Dupre(April, 5, 1811–October, 6, 1889) - a French painter, one of the main representatives of the Barbizon school. Among his famous works are: "Cows at water", "Morning and Evening", "Crossing the Bridge".
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
is beautiful. It is from an album of six which includes DupreJules Dupre(April, 5, 1811–October, 6, 1889) - a French painter, one of the main representatives of the Barbizon school. Among his famous works are: "Cows at water", "Morning and Evening", "Crossing the Bridge".
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
’s portrait. He has such a simple and noble face, it reminds me somehow of Mauve; but he is older, and perhaps in reality they do not look at all alike.

You are right to take English lessons; you will not be sorry. I should like to send you a LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow (February, 27, 1807, Portland - March, 24, 1882, Cambridge) - an American poet of "Fireside Poets" group most famous for his epic poem "The Song of Hiawatha"...
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
and Andersen’s Fairy Tales; I shall try to get them. If I send them, read especially LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow (February, 27, 1807, Portland - March, 24, 1882, Cambridge) - an American poet of "Fireside Poets" group most famous for his epic poem "The Song of Hiawatha"...
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
’s EvangelineA Tale of Acadie - a poem written by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1847. In its centre the love story of an Acadian girl Evangeline Bellefontaine and Gabriel Lajeunesse...
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
, Miles Standish, King Robert of Sicily, etc.

And now it is again time to say good-by, with a firmFirm - a business organization, providing services, making or selling products that are paid for; a managing structure representing a system of planned transactions, emerging and developing as a result of saving of transactional expenses; a company, corporation.
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
handshakeHandshake - a form of expression of greeting, farewell or gratitude and other positive emotions of one person towards another person manifesting itself in taking and shaking their right hands.
More info >>
Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>
. Regards to Roos, and to anybody who asks about me, and believe me always

Your loving brother, Vincent


Also give my compliments to friend Borchers.

© Copyright 2001 R. G. Harrison