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[letterhead] Goupil & Cie,
Paris, 6 July 1875
My dear Theo,
Many thanks for your letter. Yes, my boy, I thought as much.
You must let me know how your English is getting on. Have you
done anything about it? If not, it's not the end of the
world.
I'm renting a little room in Montmartre. I'm sure you'd like
it. It's small, but it looks out over a little garden full of
ivy and Virginia creeper. I'll tell you what prints I have on
the wall:
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Ruysdael
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Le buisson [The Bush]
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D'Blanchisseries [The Bleaching Ground]
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Rembrandt
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Bible Reading. (A large Old-Dutch room, evening, a
candle on the table. A young mother sits reading the
Bible beside her baby's cradle. An old woman is
listening. It reminds me of, `Verily I say unto you,
where 2 or 3 are gathered together in my name, there am I
in the midst of them.' It's an old copper engraving as
big as Le buisson, superb.
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Ph. De Champagne
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Portrait d'une dame
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Corot
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Soir
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Bodmer
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Fontainebleau
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Bonington
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Une Route
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Troyon
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Le Matin
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Jules Dupré
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The Evening (the Halt)
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Maris
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A Washerwoman
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The Christening
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Millet
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The Four Hours of the Day (woodcuts, 4 proofs)
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V. d. Maaten
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Funeral procession through the Cornfields
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Daubigny
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The Dawn (Cock crowing)
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Charlet
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Hospitality. (farm surrounded by pine trees, in winter
in the snow; a peasant and a soldier in front of the
door)
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Ed. Frère
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Seamstresses
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The Cooper
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Anyway, my boy, look after yourself, you know how, be as
meek and mild as you can. Let us always remain good
friends.
Goodbye, Vincent
At this time, Vincent was 22 year oldSource:
Vincent van Gogh. Letter to Theo van Gogh. Written 6 July 1875 in Paris. Translated by Mrs. Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, edited by Robert Harrison, number 030.
URL: https://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/3/030.htm.
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