Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
London
Dear Theo,
I have received your gift, included in a letter to me, of a guilder intended for the purchase of a pair of cuff links. I thank you very cordially, old man, but you should not have, I have more money than necessary.
Thanks for the letter which I received this morning. I was very glad to hear that Mauve is engaged to Jet Carbentus. That is fine…I was pleased to hear that you are doing so well.
You have done well to read the book by Burger; you should devour books on art as much as possible, especially The Gazette de Beaux-Arts, etc. By all means try to get a good knowledge of pictures. That picture by Apol we have here now is good, but last year he painted the same subject and I thought it was better and brighter than this one.
I am glad that you go to see Uncle Cor now and then; he has pictures and prints which you can never see at the house in The Hague.
I, too, am very busy just now and am glad of it, for that is what I want. À Dieu, boy, keep in good spirits. I wish you well. Greetings to Iterson.
Vincent
Friday
Saturday
March 3, 1874
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to the Van Stockum - Haanebeek family
London
Dear Carolien and Willem,
Hearty congratulations.
I am afraid you are disappointed at not hearing from me sooner, but that's how I am, and you know that I mean well. But now you must return good for evil, and let me know at once how you are.
Now I have something new to tell you; perhaps our Anna will come here. You can well imagine how wonderful this would be for me. It is almost too good to be true. Well, we'll have to wait and see. If she comes, it will probably be in May; and perhaps it might be arranged for me to go and bring her back. I am longing to be closer to her than I am now. We have hardly seen each other once these last few years, and we only half know each other.
The best of luck to you, greetings to all in the Poten, and to anyone who asks after me.
Have you kept up your acquaintance with the Tersteeg family?
Yours truly, Vincent
London
Dear Carolien and Willem,
Hearty congratulations.
I am afraid you are disappointed at not hearing from me sooner, but that's how I am, and you know that I mean well. But now you must return good for evil, and let me know at once how you are.
Now I have something new to tell you; perhaps our Anna will come here. You can well imagine how wonderful this would be for me. It is almost too good to be true. Well, we'll have to wait and see. If she comes, it will probably be in May; and perhaps it might be arranged for me to go and bring her back. I am longing to be closer to her than I am now. We have hardly seen each other once these last few years, and we only half know each other.
The best of luck to you, greetings to all in the Poten, and to anyone who asks after me.
Have you kept up your acquaintance with the Tersteeg family?
Yours truly, Vincent
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