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The Hague, c. 2 March 1883
"Do you remember that last summer you brought me pieces of mountain crayon? I tried to work with it at the time, but it didn't work well. So a few piec..."
The Hague, c. 4 March 1883
"Will you do me a very great favour - send me a few pieces of that crayon by mail? There is a soul and life in that crayon - I think conté pencil is d..."
The Hague, c. 5 March 1883
"The lithographic crayon - likewise made expressly for this paper - is more expensive than the ordinary kind, and in my opinion much worse than the cra..." "Now something else. Do you know “black mountain crayon”? 1 Last year I got some big sticks about this size from my brother."
The Hague, 11 March 1883
"As to the crayon, I do not know whether the one you gave me came from the Plaats, but I am quite sure that you gave it to me on your visit of last sum..."
The Hague, c. 21 March 1883
"I'm very glad to hear you found the crayon. It didn't arrive in today's mail, however, though you wrote you had sent it. If you have forgotten it, I r..."
The Hague, 21-28 March 1883
"I believe I've already written to you that I was able to find some mountain chalk here in the city. I am at work with that, as well."
The Hague, 21-28 March 1883
"I have found the “black mountain crayon” I wrote you about here in this city too; it is something which was virtually unknown to me until recently..."
The Hague, 30 and 1 March-April 1883
"I received the crayon - many thanks - it is very good. But it is softer than the kind you gave me the first time, and the pieces are half as long. I a..."
The Hague, 2 April 1883
"Lately I have been working with printer's ink, which is diluted with turpentine and applied with a brush. It gives very deep tones of black. Diluted w..."
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