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 adver- tisement 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.