To Anthon Van Rappard. the Hague, Between About Tuesday, 24 and About Friday, 27 October 1882

To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882.

between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882

Metadata Source status: Original manuscript

Location: Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, inv. nos. b8361 a-b V/2006

Date: In letter 277, of Sunday, 29 October, Van Gogh writes: This week I received a letter from Rappard (l. 29). The present letter must have been an immediate response to that one from Van Rappard: Van Gogh had received the letter just now (l. 2). If he had received it on Saturday Van Gogh would have said yesterday in his letter to Theo, so it probably came a little earlier. But since we cannot know this for sure, we take on or about Friday, 27 October 1882 to be the terminus post quem. Based on the words this week, the earliest date would seem to be Monday, 23 October, but we assume that Van Rappards question about the monogram FD (see l. 88) refers to letter 273 with the list of monograms, which dates from on or about 22 October, so that the letter from Van Rappard probably dates from a little later in the week. The exact date cannot be established, so we give on or about 24 October 1882 as the earliest possible date.

Additional: Original [1r:1] Amice Rappard. Uw schrijven ontvang ik daareven, & is juist zoo als ik het bedoelde. Nu weet ik zoo ten naasten bij een & ander en bij gelegenheid kan ik er op werken er iets bij te vinden.1 Vooreerst That beautiful wretch3 heb ik NIET & is zeker zeer mooi en wil ik zoo mogelijk bijzonder graag hebben. Het Holiday No 82 waarin ook

1 As requested, Van Rappard2 sent Van Gogh a list of (duplicate) prints; he would also have told him which illustrated magazines he subscribed to (cf. l. 48 and letters 267 and 268). 3 Van Rappard4 must have written about the illustrated book That beautiful wretch. A Brighton story by William Black5 (New York 1881). This light-hearted novel is set in middle-class circles in and around the resort of Brighton. Vivacious and intelligent Anne (Nan) Beresford falls in love with Lieutenant Frank King. At ﬁrst she feels a strong urge to be independent, but in the end they marry. Van Gogh later mentions several prints from this book; see letter 311, nn. 8 and 9.

1 2 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882. van Caton Woodville, Knowles6 &c. zeer mooie illustraties zijn, 8 zend ik U heden of morgen. Benevens de volgende bladen. Lerolle. Au bord de la rivire16 Small. In the park.20 Spectators of cricket match.22 Robinson The Rescue24 Robertson Xmas on the wave.27 Renouf Un coup de main29 Portrait of Washington.32 Zeer mooi. Overend Hopes & fears.34 Morris The mowers.36 Koch Verbrecherspelunke.38 Koch Rudder regatta.40 Meyerheim Affenakademie42 Knaus Schweinchen.45 6 Very probably the American artist Davidson Knowles7. 8 Van Gogh means the 48-page Holiday Number of The Illustrated London News which according to an advertisement in the 24 June number (p. 606) had appeared on 27 June 1882. It contains illustrations to the novel They were married! by Walter Besant9 and James Rice10, among them designs by Richard Caton Woodville (ii)11 the picture on the cover, engraved by William James Palmer12 (Ill. 1961), also on p. 16 and by Davidson Knowles13, such as Maude and Virginie examining old prints at the towers, engraved by Richard14 and Edward Taylor15 (p. 28). Ill. 1962. (Copy Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum Library). 16 Henry Lerolle17, Au bord de la rivire (At the riverside), engraved by Jules Louis Laurent Langeval18, in Le Monde Illustr 25 (24 September 1881), p. 201. Ill. 1049. The print was also included in LUnivers Illustr 25 (20 May 1882), p. 313; Van Gogh may have had the engraving from this magazine, since he also had Une route Hong Kong (A road in Hong Kong) by Edward Hildebrandt19 from the issue of LUnivers Illustr that preceded it (t*647). 20 William Small21, In the park (source unknown most probably The Graphic). Ill. 1963. (London, Witt Library). 22 William Small23, An odd couple The Eton and Harrow cricket match, in The Graphic 12 (1875), Christmas number, p. 23. Ill. 1964. It is an illustration for the story An odd couple by Mrs. Oliphant. 24 C. Robinson25, The romance of a rescue, engraved by Joseph Swain26, in The Illustrated London News 65 (16 December 1874), Christmas number, p. 12. It is an illustration for the story The romance of a rescue by W.W. Fenn. Ill. 1283 (t*409). The title could also refer to C. Robinson, The Troedyrhiw colliery accident: Rescued!, in The Illustrated London News 70 (28 April 1877), p. 385. Ill. 1965. (t*686). The estate has one copy of each print. 27 Henry Robert Robertson28, Christmas on the Wave, in The Illustrated London News 65 (16 December 1874), Christmas number, p. 17. Ill. 1281. 29 Emile Renouf30, Un coup de main (A helping hand), engraved by Charles Baude31, in Le Monde Illustr 25 (22 October 1881), p. 265. Ill. 1265. 32 Given that Van Gogh cites several prints from volume 24 of LUnivers Illustr, among them Overend33s Le th dans la serre (see n. 27 below), here he probably means the anonymous portrait engraving George Washington, premier prsident des tas-Unis dAmrique (George Washington, first president of the United States of America) in LUnivers Illustr 24 (8 October 1881), pp. 688-689. Ill. 502. 34 William Heysham Overend35, Hopes and fears, in Harpers Weekly 25 (for the week ending December 17, 1881), Extra supplement, p. 860. Ill. 1212. 36 Philip Richard Morris37, The mowers, in The Graphic 12 (28 August 1875), p. 197. Ill. 1182. 38 In the estate there is the wood engraving Berliner Bilder; Ueberrumpelung einer Verbrecherspelunke durch die Polizei (Scenes from Berlin; The police surprise a den of thieves), after a design by Carl Koch39, from Illustrirte Zeitung 77 (24 September 1881), p. 259. Ill. 1967 (t*778). In volume 77 of this Wchentliche Nachrichten, which covered science, business and theatre as well as art, there are four prints that Van Gogh mentions, three in this letter and one in letter 311. 40 Carl Koch41, Berliner Bilder: Die Ruderregatta auf dem Langensee bei Grnau am 11. September (Scenes from Berlin; A rowing regatta on Langensee near Grnau on 11 September). In Illustrirte Zeitung 77 (1 October 1881), p. 288. Ill. 1966. 42 Paul Friedrich Meyerheim43, Affenakademie. Nach dem Gemlde von Paul Meyerheim auf Holz gezeichnet von R. Friese (Monkey Academy. After the painting by Paul Meyerheim, drawn on wood by Richard Friese44), in Illustrirte Zeitung 77 (5 November 1881), p. 405. Ill. 1153. 45 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882. 3

Frank Hol. Home again47 Rochussen. In het duin50 Edelfelt Chez lartiste52 a merry Xmas 55 Emslie nearing home.60 Vierge Exposition de lElectricit63 Kaufmann Maison decole de Wissembourg66 Heywood Hardy the village doctor.68 ? Xmas hymn.70 Overend Dans la serre.71 [1v:2] Ge hebt net twee, drie Frank Hols die ik mis maar wat is die van de twee lui in den wagon74 mooi en de andere ook en Bereaved76 ook. ik ken ze zeer goed. Die welke ik U stuur vult geloof ik de Summoned for

Ludwig Knaus46, Schweinchen. Gemlde von Ludwig Kraus. Nach einer Photographie aus dem Verlag von Fr. Hanfstngl in Mnchen (Piglets. Painting by Ludwig Kraus. After a photograph published by Franz Hanfstngl in Munich), in Illustrirte Zeitung 77 (29 October 1881), p. 374. Ill. 1014. The work was also known under the title Les petits cochons; see the engraving by Th. Knesing in Gazette des Beaux-Arts 25 (1882), 2nd series, p. 273. 47 Francis Montague Holl48, Home again, in The Illustrated London News 79 (3 September 1881), Extra supplement, between pp. 236 and 237. Ill. 945. A print by Eugne Fromentin49 appeared in Harpers Weekly 25 (for the week ending Sept. 3, 1881), pp. 600-601. 50 Possibly a print after the drawing Dans les dunes de Scheveningen (In the dunes at Scheveningen) 1848 (present whereabouts unknown). See Franken and Obreen 1894, p. 19, cat. no. 107. Cf. also cat. nos. 104a-107a. It is also possible that this refers to Rochussen51s lithograph Een landschap met figuren (A landscape with figures) which had been in Kunstkronijk 12 (1851), between pp. 8 and 9. Ill. 1287. 52 Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt53, Chez lartiste (At the artists), engraved by Charles Baude54 after the painting with the same title at the Salon of 1881, in Le Monde Illustr 25 (17 September 1881), p. 181. Ill. 90. 55 Merry Christmas is listed on the same line as the name Edelfelt56, but no work with this title has been found in his oeuvre. Van Gogh probably meant Charles Stanley Reinhart57, Merry Christmas to you, old barebones!, engraved by Frank French58, in Harpers Weekly 26 (16 December 1882), pp. 800-801. Ill. 1257. Moreover, the words A Merry Christmas are found on Francis Wilfred Lawson59, Children of the great city, in The Graphic 15 (14 April 1877), p. 337; there is one copy of this in the estate. Ill. 1968. (t*270). 60 Alfred Edward Emslie61, In sight of home: Christmas morning, engraved by Eugne Froment62, in The Illustrated London News 77 (1880), Christmas Number, p. 12. Ill. 813. 63 Samuel Urrabieta Vierge64, Autour de lexposition de llectricit (Around the electricity exhibition) in Le Monde Illustr 25 (22 October 1881), p. 269. Ill. 1396. Samuel was a brother of Daniel Urrabieta Vierge65; he did a portrait of Daniel for La Vie Moderne (TB). 66 Paul Adolphe Kauffmann67, Les lections en Alsace-Lorraine Maison dcole Wissembourg pendant le scrutin (The elections in Alsace-Lorraine School in Wissembourg during the count), in Le Monde Illustr 25 (5 November 1881), p. 301. Ill. 1008. 68 Heywood Hardy69, Le medecin de campagne (The village doctor), in LUnivers Illustr 24 (10 December 1881), p. 829. Ill. 919. The print may originally have been in The Illustrated London News, because various prints went from there to LUnivers Illustr. It is noteworthy that in the present letter Van Gogh refers to several other engravings from volume 24 of LUnivers Illustr in other words, he may have translated the title into English himself. 70 The title Christmas hymn is too general for the print to be identified. Cf. in this connection [Anonymous], Christmas in Canada Amateur carol singing at Longueuil on the St. Lawrence, in The Graphic 14 (30 December 1876), p. 645. 71 W.H. Overend72, Le th dans la serre (Teatime in the conservatory), engraved by William James Palmer73, in LUnivers Illustr 24 (8 October 1881), p. 693. Ill. 1210. The same print had also been in The Illustrated London News 79 (20 August 1881), p. 165 under the title Afternoon tea.

74 Francis Montague Holl75, Discipline and dissipation, in The Graphic 19 (26 April 1879), pp. 416-417. Ill. 1969. 76 Francis Montague Holl77,Bereaved, in The Graphic 25 (29 April 1882), Supplement, between pp. 436 and 437. Below it the following verse: By hope unsoothed, by comfort unbeguiled, / The widowed mother mourneth oer her child, / Talk not of joys the world may yet confer, / That tiny baby was all the world to her. Ill. 939. 4 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882. active service78 aan, daar het is Home again.80 Ik heb niet die van Hopkins die gij hebt, wel anderen (fancy ball81 & charit). 83 Wat mij zeer interesseert is Bckmann , Vor dem Asylhause is die uit een tijdschrift van t loopende jaar, wil me opgeven in welk dan zal ik het bestellen, ik weet niet wat het is doch ik ken zijn werk en vindt het prachtig dit sujet zal hij dunkt me buitengewoon mooi hebben opgevat.85 Herkomer Schwierigkeiten88 ken ik ook niet. Overend Gottesdienst Nordpool91 ,, ,,. Morin, Regamey, 93 Boulanger, 96 op t laatste lijstje van U, ook niet. Indien de roeiwedstrijd waarvan ge den teekenaar niet kent er een is met op den voorgrond een stuk boot waarin eene dame in t zwart, eene dame in t wit en een hond, zoo is die van niemand anders dan van Paul Renouard.98 Ik heb nu ook nog voor U een prachtig ding van Dagnan, Un charmeur au Jardin des Tuilleries, 101 en een van Montbard , Mendiants Arabes . 104 Welke twee ietwat gescheurd zijn geweest doch die ik heb gerestaureerd en opgezet, ze zijn beiden zeer groot en ik zend ze nu niet daar t pak zoo groot zou worden als ik ze plat zond want gevouwen kunnen ze nu niet meer worden. Bij gelegenheid als ge vroeger of later eens komt, zoudt

78 Francis Montague Holl79,Summoned for active service, in The Graphic 19 (11 January 1879), pp. 32-33. Ill. 952. 80 See for Home again : n. 18 above. 81 Arthur Hopkins82, A fancy ball on the ice, in The Graphic 19 (8 March 1879), pp. 232-233. Ill. 956. 83 Arthur Hopkins84, Charity en fte A sketch at the fancy bazaar in the aid of the Royal National Hospital for diseases of the chest, Ventnor, in The Graphic 19 (28 June 1879), pp. 624-625. Ill. 955. 85 Edwin Buckman86, People waiting for ration tickets in Paris, in The Graphic 2 (19 November 1870), p. 489. Van Gogh evidently managed to get hold of it, because there is a copy in the estate. Ill. 660 (t*143). Since Van Rappard87 gave the title in German, he probably saw it in a German magazine. 88 It is not clear which print Van Rappard89 meant by Hubert von Herkomer90s Schwierigkeiten (Hardships). The graphic work after Herkomer includes various examples of poor people who have a hard time of it. Cf. Lee MacCormick Edwards, Herkomer. A Victorian artist. Aldershot 1999. It may be the German version of In trouble. This is the title of an original etching published by Maison Goupil (Bordeaux, Muse Goupil). Ill. 180. Cf. the advertisement in their Publications nouvelles in April 1879, p. 2. 91 W.H. Overend92, The British arctic expedition Sunday morning on board the Alert, in midwinter. This print of the Sunday performance of divine service on board of the discovery ship Alert, on her way to the North Pole, was in Harpers Weekly 20 (9 December 1876), pp. 992-993 (quotation on p. 991) Ill. 1211. 93 Flix Rgamey94 or Guillaume Rgamey95. 96 Probably a reference to the illustrator Louis Boulanger97, who worked for LArtiste and Le Magasin Pittoresque among others. 98 Charles Paul Renouard99, Les rgates dautomne Argenteuil Les dernires courses la voile (Autumn regatta at Argenteuil The last sailing races), engraved by Frederick William Moller100, in Le Monde Illustr 23 (22 November 1879), pp. 332-333. Ill. 398. 101 Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret102, En automne Un charmeur au jardin des Tuileries (In autumn A bird charmer in the Jardin des Tuileries), engraved by Charles Baude103, in Le Monde Illustr 25 (5 November 1881), pp. 296-297. Ill. 736. 104 G. Montbard105, Mendiants algriens la porte dune mosquee (Algerian beggars at the door of a mosque), engraved by Eugne Froment106, in LUnivers Illustr 24 (24 September 1881), p. 656-657. Ill. 1176. To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882. 5 ge ze kunnen meenemen als dezen zomer. Daar het echter franschen zijn zoo hebt ge ze misschien reeds, is dit t geval dan houd ik ze. Ze zijn beiden bijzonder mooi, doe me t weten als ge ze niet hebt dan houd ik ze voor U apart. [1v:3] Ik heb toch nog eens gedacht over Uw scrupule om die ik zond aan te nemen, en ofschoon ik Uw gevoelen respecteer zoo geloof ik toch dat ge het niet als een goedheid van me moet beschouwen maar als iets natuurlijks. om deze reden. Ik hoop ge er niet op tegen hebt ik U als een vriend beschouw en gij zult van Uw kant mij ook wel als zoodanig beschouwen. En ik voor mij geloof dat ge t met mij eens zult zijn als ik eene vriendschap beschouw als moetende zijn een actie vooral, niet een gevoelen alleen. Gevolgelijk is t zeer natuurlijk ik er vanzelf toe kwam ik een & ander wat ik dubbel had & gij nog niet hadt voor U destineerde. Gij van Uw kant, b.v. te Brussel, hebt mij ook toen pleizier gedaan met dat ik van Uw atelier geproﬁteerd heb toen ik er nog geen had enz.107 Ge schrijft van Montbard hebt ge 7 maanden, als ik weet welke, kan ik misschien completeeren.108 Ik zie ik heb ook nog twee mooie Stanilands110 die ik bijvoeg, en een van Dollmann.112 Het monogram FD114 of wat dan ook zou ik moeten zien om te bepalen of ik t al dan niet kan ontcijferen aan de manier van doen. t Zou me niet verwonderen als t was F. Dadd . Dan, t monogram dat onder de Arrival of the coach stond kan ik niet ontcijferen, 116 ik heb evenwel nog een schets gevonden uit Schotland waar t ook onder stond, zalmvisschers.119 Caton Woodville is fameus knap dat zie ik meer & meer ik heb behalve die welke gij hebt, nightly visit, 121 nog meer groote dingen

107 This was in March 1881: see letter 164. 108 In volume 24 of LUnivers Illustr (1881) each month there was a print by Montbard109 with the current month as its subject. The engravings are on pp. 5, 84, 148, 244, 293, 372, 437, 540, 621, 669, 756 and 885. The month illustrated is March. Ill. 1177. 110 There are five prints by Charles Joseph Staniland111 in the estate: Landing fish at Billingsgate market , in The Illustrated London News 79 (12 November 1881), p. 484 (two copies: t*438 and t*595); The war, waiting at Le Mans for a train to Tours , in The Illustrated London News 57 (22 October 1870), p. 421 (t*596); The Risca colliery explosion The two widows, 1860 and 1880 , in The Graphic 22 (31 July 1880), p. 116 (t*135); and The land agitation in Ireland The widow and the assassin , in The Graphic 23 (1 January 1881), p. 4 (t*561). 112 In the estate there are two prints by John Charles Dollmann113, The distress in Ireland The Duke of Edinburgh and the officers of the relief squadron visiting the sick off the West Coast, in The Graphic 21 (15 May 1880), p. 496 (t*220), Ill. 1983, and London sketches, an opium den at East End (see letter 235, n. 38). 114 Frank Dadd115 indeed frequently signed with the monogram FD, but there were several other artists who also signed with these two letters. See Peter Nahum, Monograms of Victorian & Edwardian artists. Salisbury 1976, p. 97. 116 Below the print is John McL. Ralston117s monogram J.Mc.L.R. Sketches in Scotland: Arrival of the coach at the Fife Arms, Braemar; engraved by Joseph Swain118, in The Illustrated London News 77 (2 October 1880), p. 341. Ill. 1971. See also letter 359. The wood engraving also appeared as La saison de voyages Un relais de diligences en Ecosse in LUnivers Illustr 24 (16 July 1881), p. 501. This version is in the estate (t*650). 119 John McL. Ralston120, Sketches in Braemar: Salmon-spearing on the Dee, in The Illustrated London News 77 (6 November 1880), p. 452. Ill. 1972. 121 Van Goghs description large things from Ireland refers to Richard Caton Woodville122s double-page engraving 6 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882. uit Ierland van hem,124 die met anderen door OKelly 126en Gregory 131 & Dadd 133 eene serie vormen.[1r:4] Nu ik ben vandaag een bezoek gaan brengen aan de plaats waar de aschmannen het vuilnis &c. heenbrengen.138 Sapperloot wat was dat prachtig voor Buckmann b.v. Ik krijg morgen eenige interessante voorwerpen uit die mestvaalt o.a. kapotte straatlantaarns ter bezigtiging of te poseeren zoo als ge wilt, verroest en verwrongen de aschman zal ze me meebrengen. Het was iets voor een sprookje van Andersen, die collectie afgedankte emmers, manden, ketels, soldatenmenageketeltjes, oliekannen, ijzerdraad, straatlantaarns, kagchelpijpen...140 Ik zal er van nacht wel van droomen maar vooral dezen winter er wel werken. Als ge ooit te sHage komt recommandeer ik mij zeer U eens op dit en een paar andere plekjes te mogen brengen die, ofschoon zoo onaanzienlijk mogelijk, voor een artist een paradijs zijn. En nu wacht een teekening al een tijd op me, waar ik noodzakelijk aan moet tijgen. Ge ontvangt dus dezer dagen weer eenige bladen. En is het gij dubbelen

Disturbed Ireland: A visit from Rory of the hills; engraved by William James Palmer123, in The Illustrated London News 78 (22 January 1881), pp. 80-81. Ill. 1428. The commentary talks about nocturnal visits (p. 82). 124 The estate has seven prints by Richard Caton Woodville (ii)125, all from The Illustrated London News 76-78 (1880-1881). Six sheets have Ireland as their subject, namely, in the series The State of Ireland: Scene outside the courthouse, Galway, in The Illustrated London News 76 (14 February 1880), p. 153 (Ill. 1973) (t*181), Serving a process near Headford Galway (t*820) and Women carrying home meal-sacks from the relief, in The Illustrated London News 77 (20 November 1880), p. 497 (Ill. 1974) (t*183); and also Irish sketches: a fishermans cabin in Connemara (t*182), An Irish obstructionist. A sketch on the road, Connemara, in The Illustrated London News 76 (21 February 1880), p. 169 (Ill. 1975) (t*819) and A private shave in County Galway (t*570). In addition, in letter 278 Van Gogh mentions The State of Ireland: Distributing relief tickets in the turf-market, Westport, County Mayo . 126 The estate has five prints after the work of Aloysius OKelly127, all on political Irish subjects. OKelly worked for The Illustrated London News as a special artist during the Irish Land War in the 1880s; some of his designs were engraved by Frank Dadd128. Three come from the series La ligue agraire en Irlande (The Irish Land League), engraved by William Michael Roberts Quick129: Dsarmement des habitants dun district en tat de sige ; Prison de Kilmainham, Dublin (Disarming the inhabitants of a district under siege; Kilmainham Prison, Dublin) (t*216) and Labourage de la terre dun fermier emprisonn (Working the land of an imprisoned farmer) (Ill. 1981) (t*449). They appeared in LUnivers Illustr 24 (18 June 1881). Two are from the series LOuverture de la session du tribunal agraire en Irlande (The opening of the session of the Irish Land Tribunal): Une propritaire venant au tribunal sous la protection de la police (A landowner comes to court under police protection) (t*33) and Une sance du tribunal Claremorris (A session of the Claremorris court) (t*35); engraved by Tilly130, from LIllustration 78 (3 December 1881), pp. 368-369. Ill. 1982. The last two prints were also in The Illustrated London News 79 (26 November 1881), pp. 525 (t*214), 528. Cf. Niamh OSullivan, Painters and illustrators: Aloysius OKelly and Vincent van Gogh, Irish Arts Review 14 (1998), pp. 134-139; see also n. 53 below. 131 The estate has 15 prints by Edward John Gregory132, all from The Graphic (1870-1875); but none has an Irish subject. 133 The estate has 12 prints by Frank Dadd134 on Irish themes. Some of them were engraved after designs by Aloysius OKelly135; sometimes there were prints by both artists on the same page. The wood engravings date from 1880-1881 and most are from The Illustrated London News, among them Posting the government proclamation in Connemara; engraved by Richard136 and Edward Taylor137, in The Illustrated London News 79 (19 November 1881), p. 493. Ill. 1976. (t*568). Van Gogh also had Tenanciers consultant leur cur from LIllustration 78 (3 December 1881), p. 368 (t*33) as Consulting the priest: A sketch at Claremorris, County Mayo, in The Illustrated London News 79 (26 November 1881), p. 525. Ill. 1977. (t*214). See also n. 51 above. 138 This rubbish dump was near to the gasworks, so just behind N.W. Binnensingel. The thought of Buckman139 must refer to A London dustyard (see letter 273, n. 5). Ill. 658 (see letter 273, n. 5). 140 Probably an allusion to H.C. Andersen141s fairy tale The old street lamp, in which a discarded lamp is put to use in the living room of two old folks. In numerous stories and tales by Andersen objects come to life. To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882. 7 hebt dan weet ge ik ze erg graag heb. adieu voorspoed met het werk vindt ge t weer niet prachtig dezer dagen. echt chill october.142 wat is het slijk mooi en het verleppende gras. Met een handdruk in gedachten. t. t. Vincent Ge zoudt op mijn atelier heel wat veranderd vinden sedert dezen zomer ik heb t veel ruimer en doelmatiger. en ik hoop het werk er niet minder op wordt. f. 3.50 voor jaargang London News is als t een interessante oude is waar veel in staat misschien niet exorbitant maar alles hangt af van den inhoud natuurlijk.144 [2r:5] Herinnert ge U de tablissements de bouillon te Brussel? Er werd er o.a. een geopend van Royer, 145 digt bij t Htel de ville, toen dien winter en ik heb toen die opening gezien als wanneer er smorgens vroeg kosteloos bouillon werd gegeven aan arme lui. Dit kwam mij dezer dagen in de gedachten en dat is de teekening waaraan ik op t moment werk.148 Ik heb modellen gehad van de Geest hier een straat die mijns inziens veel overeenkomst heeft b.v. met de Rue Haute of Rue Blaes in t Brusselsche Walenkwartier.149 En dan, natuurlijkerwijs wat ik zoek is wel zeer zeker de juiste typen doch nog veel meer het sentiment van t geheel. Of nu een Bouillon gratuit gelegenheid zij te Brussel, te London, te sHage, steeds is t karakter er van iets van dat wat zeker Buckmann wel heeft in Vor dem Asyl Hause. t figuur dat ik in vorig schrijven krabbelde is er o.a. een model voor.150 Wat is Wyllie , funeral of the late Napoleon? 151

142 An allusion to the painting Chill October by John Millais143: see letter 122, n. 19.

144 In 1881 odd issues of The Illustrated London News cost sixpence (then 0.30 guilders); a current volume in odd issues would thus cost 15.60 guilders. 145 The butcher Louis Vincent Royer146 and his wife Franoise Virginie Seynave147 had a Boucherie modle et bouillon at 15-17 rue Chapeliers (SAB). 148 No drawing of a soup distribution to the poor is known from this period. 149 The Walloon quarter of Brussels was named after place des Wallons, which had been there since the Middle Ages, close to rue Haute and rue Blaes; although the square no longer existed after 1853, the district kept its name. 150 Old man with an umbrella seen from the back (F - / JH 214), letter sketch in letter 268. 151 William Lionel Wyllie152, The funeral of the Late Prince Louis Napoleon, in The Graphic 20 (19 July 1879), p. 49 (cover). Ill. 1430. 8 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882.

Translation [1r:1] My dear friend Rappard153, I just received your letter and its precisely as I intended. Now I have a rough idea about this and that, and when an opportunity arises I can try to ﬁnd something to add.154 First of all That beautiful wretch,156 I do NOT have it and is surely very beautiful, and Id be delighted to have it if possible. Today or tomorrow Ill send you the Holiday No. 82, which has very beautiful illustrations by Caton Woodville159, Knowles160 161 &c.163 Together with the following prints. Lerolle171 At the riverside172 Small176 In the park.177 Spectators of cricket match.179 Robinson181 The rescue182 Robertson185 Xmas on the Wave186 Renouf188 A helping hand189

153 Anthon Gerard Alexander, ridder van Rappard (1858-1892) Dutch artist 154 As requested, Van Rappard155 sent Van Gogh a list of (duplicate) prints; he would also have told him which illustrated magazines he subscribed to (cf. l. 48 and letters 267 and 268). 156 Van Rappard157 must have written about the illustrated book That beautiful wretch. A Brighton story by William Black158 (New York 1881). This light-hearted novel is set in middle-class circles in and around the resort of Brighton. Vivacious and intelligent Anne (Nan) Beresford falls in love with Lieutenant Frank King. At ﬁrst she feels a strong urge to be independent, but in the end they marry. Van Gogh later mentions several prints from this book; see letter 311, nn. 8 and 9.

159 Richard Caton Woodville (II) (1856-1927) English artist 160 Davidson Knowles (ﬂ. 1879-1902) American artist 161 Very probably the American artist Davidson Knowles162. 163 Van Gogh means the 48-page Holiday Number of The Illustrated London News which according to an advertisement in the 24 June number (p. 606) had appeared on 27 June 1882. It contains illustrations to the novel They were married! by Walter Besant164 and James Rice165, among them designs by Richard Caton Woodville (ii)166 the picture on the cover, engraved by William James Palmer167 (Ill. 1961), also on p. 16 and by Davidson Knowles168, such as Maude and Virginie examining old prints at the towers, engraved by Richard169 and Edward Taylor170 (p. 28). Ill. 1962. (Copy Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum Library). 171 Henry Lerolle (1848-1929) French artist 172 Henry Lerolle173, Au bord de la rivire (At the riverside), engraved by Jules Louis Laurent Langeval174, in Le Monde Illustr 25 (24 September 1881), p. 201. Ill. 1049. The print was also included in LUnivers Illustr 25 (20 May 1882), p. 313; Van Gogh may have had the engraving from this magazine, since he also had Une route Hong Kong (A road in Hong Kong) by Edward Hildebrandt175 from the issue of LUnivers Illustr that preceded it (t*647). 176 William Small (1843-1929) English artist 177 William Small178, In the park (source unknown most probably The Graphic). Ill. 1963. (London, Witt Library). 179 William Small180, An odd couple The Eton and Harrow cricket match, in The Graphic 12 (1875), Christmas number, p. 23. Ill. 1964. It is an illustration for the story An odd couple by Mrs. Oliphant. 181 C. Robinson (?-1881) English artist 182 C. Robinson183, The romance of a rescue, engraved by Joseph Swain184, in The Illustrated London News 65 (16 December 1874), Christmas number, p. 12. It is an illustration for the story The romance of a rescue by W.W. Fenn. Ill. 1283 (t*409). The title could also refer to C. Robinson, The Troedyrhiw colliery accident: Rescued!, in The Illustrated London News 70 (28 April 1877), p. 385. Ill. 1965. (t*686). The estate has one copy of each print. 185 Charles Roberts (ﬂ. 1870-1897) English artist 186 Henry Robert Robertson187, Christmas on the Wave, in The Illustrated London News 65 (16 December 1874), Christmas number, p. 17. Ill. 1281. 188 Emile Renouf (1845-1894) French artist 189 Emile Renouf190, Un coup de main (A helping hand), engraved by Charles Baude191, in Le Monde Illustr 25 (22 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882. 9

Portrait of Washington.192 Very beautiful. Overend194 Hopes and fears.195 Morris197 The mowers.198 Koch200 Den of thieves.201 Koch Rowing regatta.203 Meyerheim205 Monkey academy206 Knaus209 Piglets.210 Frank Holl212 Home again213 Rochussen216 In the dunes217 Edelfelt219 At the artists220 A merry Xmas223

October 1881), p. 265. Ill. 1265. 192 Given that Van Gogh cites several prints from volume 24 of LUnivers Illustr, among them Overend193s Le th dans la serre (see n. 27 below), here he probably means the anonymous portrait engraving George Washington, premier prsident des tas-Unis dAmrique (George Washington, first president of the United States of America) in LUnivers Illustr 24 (8 October 1881), pp. 688-689. Ill. 502. 194 William Heysham Overend (1851-1898) English artist 195 William Heysham Overend196, Hopes and fears, in Harpers Weekly 25 (for the week ending December 17, 1881), Extra supplement, p. 860. Ill. 1212. 197 Philip Richard Morris (1836-1902) English artist 198 Philip Richard Morris199, The mowers, in The Graphic 12 (28 August 1875), p. 197. Ill. 1182. 200 Carl Koch (1827-1905) German artist 201 In the estate there is the wood engraving Berliner Bilder; Ueberrumpelung einer Verbrecherspelunke durch die Polizei (Scenes from Berlin; The police surprise a den of thieves), after a design by Carl Koch202, from Illustrirte Zeitung 77 (24 September 1881), p. 259. Ill. 1967 (t*778). In volume 77 of this Wchentliche Nachrichten, which covered science, business and theatre as well as art, there are four prints that Van Gogh mentions, three in this letter and one in letter 311. 203 Carl Koch204, Berliner Bilder: Die Ruderregatta auf dem Langensee bei Grnau am 11. September (Scenes from Berlin; A rowing regatta on Langensee near Grnau on 11 September). In Illustrirte Zeitung 77 (1 October 1881), p. 288. Ill. 1966. 205 Paul Friedrich Meyerheim (1842-1915) German artist 206 Paul Friedrich Meyerheim207, Affenakademie. Nach dem Gemlde von Paul Meyerheim auf Holz gezeichnet von R. Friese (Monkey Academy. After the painting by Paul Meyerheim, drawn on wood by Richard Friese208), in Illustrirte Zeitung 77 (5 November 1881), p. 405. Ill. 1153. 209 Ludwig Knaus (1829-1910) German artist 210 Ludwig Knaus211, Schweinchen. Gemlde von Ludwig Kraus. Nach einer Photographie aus dem Verlag von Fr. Hanfstngl in Mnchen (Piglets. Painting by Ludwig Kraus. After a photograph published by Franz Hanfstngl in Munich), in Illustrirte Zeitung 77 (29 October 1881), p. 374. Ill. 1014. The work was also known under the title Les petits cochons; see the engraving by Th. Knesing in Gazette des Beaux-Arts 25 (1882), 2nd series, p. 273. 212 Francis (Frank) Montague Holl (1845-1888) English artist 213 Francis Montague Holl214, Home again, in The Illustrated London News 79 (3 September 1881), Extra supplement, between pp. 236 and 237. Ill. 945. A print by Eugne Fromentin215 appeared in Harpers Weekly 25 (for the week ending Sept. 3, 1881), pp. 600-601. 216 Charles Rochussen (1814-1894) Dutch artist 217 Possibly a print after the drawing Dans les dunes de Scheveningen (In the dunes at Scheveningen) 1848 (present whereabouts unknown). See Franken and Obreen 1894, p. 19, cat. no. 107. Cf. also cat. nos. 104a-107a. It is also possible that this refers to Rochussen218s lithograph Een landschap met figuren (A landscape with figures) which had been in Kunstkronijk 12 (1851), between pp. 8 and 9. Ill. 1287. 219 Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt (1854-1915) Finnish artist 220 Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt221, Chez lartiste (At the artists), engraved by Charles Baude222 after the painting with the same title at the Salon of 1881, in Le Monde Illustr 25 (17 September 1881), p. 181. Ill. 90. 223 10 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882.

Emslie228 Nearing home.229 Vierge232 Exhibition of electricity233 Kauﬀmann236 A school at Wissembourg237 Heywood Hardy239 The village doctor.240 ? Xmas hymn.242 [1v:2] Overend243 In the conservatory.244 You have just two or three Frank Holl247s that I lack, but how beautiful the one with the two people in the wagon248 is, and the other one too, and Bereaved250 as well. I know them very well. The one Im sending you complements Summoned for active service,252 I believe, since its Home again.254 I dont have the one by Hopkins255 that you have, but I have others (Fancy ball256 and Charity).258

Merry Christmas is listed on the same line as the name Edelfelt224, but no work with this title has been found in his oeuvre. Van Gogh probably meant Charles Stanley Reinhart225, Merry Christmas to you, old barebones!, engraved by Frank French226, in Harpers Weekly 26 (16 December 1882), pp. 800-801. Ill. 1257. Moreover, the words A Merry Christmas are found on Francis Wilfred Lawson227, Children of the great city, in The Graphic 15 (14 April 1877), p. 337; there is one copy of this in the estate. Ill. 1968. (t*270). 228 Alfred Edward Emslie (1848-1918) English artist 229 Alfred Edward Emslie230, In sight of home: Christmas morning, engraved by Eugne Froment231, in The Illustrated London News 77 (1880), Christmas Number, p. 12. Ill. 813. 232 Samuel Urrabieta Vierge (?-?) Spanish artist 233 Samuel Urrabieta Vierge234, Autour de lexposition de llectricit (Around the electricity exhibition) in Le Monde Illustr 25 (22 October 1881), p. 269. Ill. 1396. Samuel was a brother of Daniel Urrabieta Vierge235; he did a portrait of Daniel for La Vie Moderne (TB). 236 Paul Adolphe Kauffmann (1849-1935?) French artist 237 Paul Adolphe Kauffmann238, Les lections en Alsace-Lorraine Maison dcole Wissembourg pendant le scrutin (The elections in Alsace-Lorraine School in Wissembourg during the count), in Le Monde Illustr 25 (5 November 1881), p. 301. Ill. 1008. 239 Heywood Hardy (1842-1933) English artist 240 Heywood Hardy241, Le medecin de campagne (The village doctor), in LUnivers Illustr 24 (10 December 1881), p. 829. Ill. 919. The print may originally have been in The Illustrated London News, because various prints went from there to LUnivers Illustr. It is noteworthy that in the present letter Van Gogh refers to several other engravings from volume 24 of LUnivers Illustr in other words, he may have translated the title into English himself. 242 The title Christmas hymn is too general for the print to be identified. Cf. in this connection [Anonymous], Christmas in Canada Amateur carol singing at Longueuil on the St. Lawrence, in The Graphic 14 (30 December 1876), p. 645. 243 William Heysham Overend (1851-1898) English artist 244 W.H. Overend245, Le th dans la serre (Teatime in the conservatory), engraved by William James Palmer246, in LUnivers Illustr 24 (8 October 1881), p. 693. Ill. 1210. The same print had also been in The Illustrated London News 79 (20 August 1881), p. 165 under the title Afternoon tea.

247 Francis (Frank) Montague Holl (1845-1888) English artist 248 Francis Montague Holl249, Discipline and dissipation, in The Graphic 19 (26 April 1879), pp. 416-417. Ill. 1969. 250 Francis Montague Holl251,Bereaved, in The Graphic 25 (29 April 1882), Supplement, between pp. 436 and 437. Below it the following verse: By hope unsoothed, by comfort unbeguiled, / The widowed mother mourneth oer her child, / Talk not of joys the world may yet confer, / That tiny baby was all the world to her. Ill. 939. 252 Francis Montague Holl253,Summoned for active service, in The Graphic 19 (11 January 1879), pp. 32-33. Ill. 952. 254 See for Home again : n. 18 above. 255 Arthur Hopkins (1848-1930) English artist 256 Arthur Hopkins257, A fancy ball on the ice, in The Graphic 19 (8 March 1879), pp. 232-233. Ill. 956. 258 Arthur Hopkins259, Charity en fte A sketch at the fancy bazaar in the aid of the Royal National Hospital for diseases To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882. 11

What greatly interests me is Buckman260, In front of the shelter if its from a magazine from this year, let me know which and Ill order it. I dont know what it is, but I know his work and ﬁnd it splendid I imagine that his treatment of this subject is extraordinarily beautiful.261 Herkomer264, Hardships265 is also unknown to me. Overend268, Divine Service North Pole269 Morin271, Rgamey272,273 Boulanger276 277 on your last list also. If the boat race by a draughtsman you dont know is one with, in the foreground, a part of a boat in which there are a lady in black, a lady in white and a dog, then its by none other than Paul Renouard279 .280 I also have for you a splendid thing by Dagnan283 , A bird charmer in the Tuileries Gardens,284 and one by Montbard287, Arab beggars.288 These two were slightly torn, but Ive restored and mounted them. Theyre both very large, and Im not sending them now because the parcel would be so big if I sent them ﬂat, for they can no longer be folded. When theres an opportunity next time you come here, at some point, you could take them with you like last summer. But since theyre French, you may already have them. In that case, Ill keep them. Theyre both particularly beautiful. Let me know if you dont have them and Ill keep them apart for you. [1v:3] of the chest, Ventnor, in The Graphic 19 (28 June 1879), pp. 624-625. Ill. 955. 260 Edwin Buckman (Buckmann) (1841-1930) English artist 261 Edwin Buckman262, People waiting for ration tickets in Paris, in The Graphic 2 (19 November 1870), p. 489. Van Gogh evidently managed to get hold of it, because there is a copy in the estate. Ill. 660 (t*143). Since Van Rappard263 gave the title in German, he probably saw it in a German magazine. 264 Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914) English artist 265 It is not clear which print Van Rappard266 meant by Hubert von Herkomer267s Schwierigkeiten (Hardships). The graphic work after Herkomer includes various examples of poor people who have a hard time of it. Cf. Lee MacCormick Edwards, Herkomer. A Victorian artist. Aldershot 1999. It may be the German version of In trouble. This is the title of an original etching published by Maison Goupil (Bordeaux, Muse Goupil). Ill. 180. Cf. the advertisement in their Publications nouvelles in April 1879, p. 2. 268 William Heysham Overend (1851-1898) English artist 269 W.H. Overend270, The British arctic expedition Sunday morning on board the Alert, in midwinter. This print of the Sunday performance of divine service on board of the discovery ship Alert, on her way to the North Pole, was in Harpers Weekly 20 (9 December 1876), pp. 992-993 (quotation on p. 991) Ill. 1211. 271 Edmond (Edward) Morin (1824-1882) French artist 272 Guillaume Urbain Rgamey (1837-1875) French artist 273 Flix Rgamey274 or Guillaume Rgamey275. 276 Louis Boulanger (1806-1867) French artist 277 Probably a reference to the illustrator Louis Boulanger278, who worked for LArtiste and Le Magasin Pittoresque among others. 279 Charles Paul Renouard (1845-1924) French artist 280 Charles Paul Renouard281, Les rgates dautomne Argenteuil Les dernires courses la voile (Autumn regatta at Argenteuil The last sailing races), engraved by Frederick William Moller282, in Le Monde Illustr 23 (22 November 1879), pp. 332-333. Ill. 398. 283 Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (1852-1929) French artist 284 Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret285, En automne Un charmeur au jardin des Tuileries (In autumn A bird charmer in the Jardin des Tuileries), engraved by Charles Baude286, in Le Monde Illustr 25 (5 November 1881), pp. 296-297. Ill. 736. 287 Charles Auguste Loye (G. Montbard) (1841-1905) French artist 288 G. Montbard289, Mendiants algriens la porte dune mosquee (Algerian beggars at the door of a mosque), engraved by Eugne Froment290, in LUnivers Illustr 24 (24 September 1881), p. 656-657. Ill. 1176. 12 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882.

Ive again given some thought to your scruples about accepting those I sent and, while I respect your feelings, I still believe you shouldnt see it as a kindness by me but as something natural. For this reason. I hope you have no objection to my regarding you as a friend, and you in turn will regard me in the same way. And for my part I believe that youll agree with me in regarding a friendship as having to be an act above all, not just a feeling. Consequently, its entirely natural that, of my own accord, I reserved a few things for you that I had in duplicate and you didnt yet have. You, for your part, in Brussels for example, did me a favour when I was able to make use of your studio when I didnt yet have one, and so on.291 You write that you have 7 months of Montbard292; if you let me know which I may be able to complete them.293 I see that I also have two beautiful Staniland295s,296 which Im adding, and one by Dollmann298.299 I would have to see the monogram FD301 or whatever it is to see whether I could decipher it from the way it was done. It wouldnt surprise me if it was F. Dadd303 . Next, I cant decipher the monogram under the Arrival of the coach.304 But Ive found another sketch from Scotland which also has it, Salmon ﬁshers.307 Caton Woodville309 is extraordinarily clever I see that more and more in addition to what you have, Nightly visit,310 I have more large things from Ireland by him,313 which form a series

291 This was in March 1881: see letter 164. 292 Charles Auguste Loye (G. Montbard) (1841-1905) French artist 293 In volume 24 of LUnivers Illustr (1881) each month there was a print by Montbard294 with the current month as its subject. The engravings are on pp. 5, 84, 148, 244, 293, 372, 437, 540, 621, 669, 756 and 885. The month illustrated is March. Ill. 1177. 295 Charles Joseph Staniland (1838-1916) English artist 296 There are five prints by Charles Joseph Staniland297 in the estate: Landing fish at Billingsgate market , in The Illustrated London News 79 (12 November 1881), p. 484 (two copies: t*438 and t*595); The war, waiting at Le Mans for a train to Tours , in The Illustrated London News 57 (22 October 1870), p. 421 (t*596); The Risca colliery explosion The two widows, 1860 and 1880 , in The Graphic 22 (31 July 1880), p. 116 (t*135); and The land agitation in Ireland The widow and the assassin , in The Graphic 23 (1 January 1881), p. 4 (t*561). 298 John Charles Dollmann (1851-1934) English artist 299 In the estate there are two prints by John Charles Dollmann300, The distress in Ireland The Duke of Edinburgh and the officers of the relief squadron visiting the sick off the West Coast, in The Graphic 21 (15 May 1880), p. 496 (t*220), Ill. 1983, and London sketches, an opium den at East End (see letter 235, n. 38). 301 Frank Dadd302 indeed frequently signed with the monogram FD, but there were several other artists who also signed with these two letters. See Peter Nahum, Monograms of Victorian & Edwardian artists. Salisbury 1976, p. 97. 303 Frank Dadd (1851-1929) English artist 304 Below the print is John McL. Ralston305s monogram J.Mc.L.R. Sketches in Scotland: Arrival of the coach at the Fife Arms, Braemar; engraved by Joseph Swain306, in The Illustrated London News 77 (2 October 1880), p. 341. Ill. 1971. See also letter 359. The wood engraving also appeared as La saison de voyages Un relais de diligences en Ecosse in LUnivers Illustr 24 (16 July 1881), p. 501. This version is in the estate (t*650). 307 John McL. Ralston308, Sketches in Braemar: Salmon-spearing on the Dee, in The Illustrated London News 77 (6 November 1880), p. 452. Ill. 1972. 309 Richard Caton Woodville (II) (1856-1927) English artist 310 Van Goghs description large things from Ireland refers to Richard Caton Woodville311s double-page engraving Disturbed Ireland: A visit from Rory of the hills; engraved by William James Palmer312, in The Illustrated London News 78 (22 January 1881), pp. 80-81. Ill. 1428. The commentary talks about nocturnal visits (p. 82). 313 The estate has seven prints by Richard Caton Woodville (ii)314, all from The Illustrated London News 76-78 (1880-1881). Six sheets have Ireland as their subject, namely, in the series The State of Ireland: Scene outside the courthouse, Galway, in The Illustrated London News 76 (14 February 1880), p. 153 (Ill. 1973) (t*181), Serving a process near Headford Galway (t*820) and Women carrying home meal-sacks from the relief, in The Illustrated London News 77 (20 November 1880), p. 497 (Ill. 1974) (t*183); and also Irish sketches: a fishermans cabin in Connemara (t*182), An Irish obstructionist. A sketch on the road, Connemara, in The Illustrated London News 76 (21 February 1880), p. 169 (Ill. 1975) (t*819) and A private shave in County Galway (t*570). In addition, in letter 278 Van Gogh mentions The State of Ireland: Distributing relief tickets in the turf-market, Westport, County Mayo . To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882. 13 together with others by OKelly315 316 and Gregory321 322 and Dadd324 .325 [1r:4] Well, today I paid a visit to the place where the dustmen bring the rubbish &c.330 By Jove, how splendid that was for Buckman332 , for example. Tomorrow Ill get some interesting objects from the rubbish dump, including broken lamp-posts, to view or to pose if you like, rusting and twisted the dustman is going to bring them. It was something out of a fairy tale by Andersen333, that collection of discarded buckets, baskets, kettles, soldiers mess-tins, oil-cans, wire, lamp-posts, stovepipes...334 Ill no doubt dream of it tonight, but above all Ill work there this winter. If you ever come to The Hague, I would very much welcome taking you there and to a couple of other spots which, although as humble as could be, are a paradise for an artist. And now a drawing has been waiting for me for some time and I really must set to work on it. So youll shortly receive some more prints. And if you have any duplicates, you know I would be very pleased to have them. Adieu may your work prosper dont you think the weather is splendid these days? Really Chill October.336 How beautiful the mire is, and the withering grass. With a handshake in thought. Ever yours, Vincent You would find a great deal changed in my studio since last summer its much more roomy and efficient. And I hope the work is none the worse. 3.50 guilders for a volume of the London News is perhaps not exorbitant if its an interesting old one with a lot in it, but everything depends on the contents of course.338 [2r:5]

315 Aloysius O’Kelly (1853-1892) Irish artist 316 The estate has ﬁve prints after the work of Aloysius OKelly317, all on political Irish subjects. OKelly worked for The Illustrated London News as a special artist during the Irish Land War in the 1880s; some of his designs were engraved by Frank Dadd318. Three come from the series La ligue agraire en Irlande (The Irish Land League), engraved by William Michael Roberts Quick319: Dsarmement des habitants dun district en tat de sige ; Prison de Kilmainham, Dublin (Disarming the inhabitants of a district under siege; Kilmainham Prison, Dublin) (t*216) and Labourage de la terre dun fermier emprisonn (Working the land of an imprisoned farmer) (Ill. 1981) (t*449). They appeared in LUnivers Illustr 24 (18 June 1881). Two are from the series LOuverture de la session du tribunal agraire en Irlande (The opening of the session of the Irish Land Tribunal): Une propritaire venant au tribunal sous la protection de la police (A landowner comes to court under police protection) (t*33) and Une sance du tribunal Claremorris (A session of the Claremorris court) (t*35); engraved by Tilly320, from LIllustration 78 (3 December 1881), pp. 368-369. Ill. 1982. The last two prints were also in The Illustrated London News 79 (26 November 1881), pp. 525 (t*214), 528. Cf. Niamh OSullivan, Painters and illustrators: Aloysius OKelly and Vincent van Gogh, Irish Arts Review 14 (1998), pp. 134-139; see also n. 53 below. 321 Edward John Gregory (1850-1909) English artist 322 The estate has 15 prints by Edward John Gregory323, all from The Graphic (1870-1875); but none has an Irish subject. 324 Frank Dadd (1851-1929) English artist 325 The estate has 12 prints by Frank Dadd326 on Irish themes. Some of them were engraved after designs by Aloysius OKelly327; sometimes there were prints by both artists on the same page. The wood engravings date from 1880-1881 and most are from The Illustrated London News, among them Posting the government proclamation in Connemara; engraved by Richard328 and Edward Taylor329, in The Illustrated London News 79 (19 November 1881), p. 493. Ill. 1976. (t*568). Van Gogh also had Tenanciers consultant leur cur from LIllustration 78 (3 December 1881), p. 368 (t*33) as Consulting the priest: A sketch at Claremorris, County Mayo, in The Illustrated London News 79 (26 November 1881), p. 525. Ill. 1977. (t*214). See also n. 51 above. 330 This rubbish dump was near to the gasworks, so just behind N.W. Binnensingel. The thought of Buckman331 must refer to A London dustyard (see letter 273, n. 5). Ill. 658 (see letter 273, n. 5). 332 Edwin Buckman (Buckmann) (1841-1930) English artist 333 Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) Danish writer 334 Probably an allusion to H.C. Andersen335s fairy tale The old street lamp, in which a discarded lamp is put to use in the living room of two old folks. In numerous stories and tales by Andersen objects come to life. 336 An allusion to the painting Chill October by John Millais337: see letter 122, n. 19.

338 In 1881 odd issues of The Illustrated London News cost sixpence (then 0.30 guilders); a current volume in odd 14 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882.

Do you remember the soup kitchens in Brussels? Among others, Royer339 opened one340 close to the town hall that winter and I saw the opening, when early in the morning soup was given free to poor folk. I remembered that lately, and this is the drawing Im working on at the moment.343 Ive had models from Geest here a street which in my view strongly resembles rue Haute or rue Blaes in the Walloon quarter of Brussels, for example.344 And then what Im looking for, of course, is certainly the right types, but much more than that the sentiment of the whole. Whether a free soup place is in Brussels, in London or in The Hague, its character is always rather like what Buckman345 certainly has in In front of the shelter. The ﬁgure I sketched in my last letter is, among other things, a model for that.346 What is Wyllie347, Funeral of the late Napoleon? 348

issues would thus cost 15.60 guilders. 339 Louis Vincent Royer (1831-1882) butcher in Brussels 340 The butcher Louis Vincent Royer341 and his wife Franoise Virginie Seynave342 had a Boucherie modle et bouillon at 15-17 rue Chapeliers (SAB). 343 No drawing of a soup distribution to the poor is known from this period. 344 The Walloon quarter of Brussels was named after place des Wallons, which had been there since the Middle Ages, close to rue Haute and rue Blaes; although the square no longer existed after 1853, the district kept its name. 345 Edwin Buckman (Buckmann) (1841-1930) English artist 346 Old man with an umbrella seen from the back (F - / JH 214), letter sketch in letter 268. 347 William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931) English artist 348 William Lionel Wyllie349, The funeral of the Late Prince Louis Napoleon, in The Graphic 20 (19 July 1879), p. 49 (cover). Ill. 1430.