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\title{To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 17 March 1873.}
\date{Monday, 17 March 1873}}
\maketitle
\selectlanguage{english}
\section*{Metadata}
\subsection*{Source status:}

Original manuscript

\subsection*{Location:}

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, inv. no. b5 V/1962

\subsection*{Date:}

Letter headed: ‘den Haag 17 Maart 1873’.

\subsection*{Additional:}

\section*{Original}
\selectlanguage{french}

\marginpar{[1r:1]}
\\
den Haag 17 Maart 1873

\\
Waarde Theo,
\\
Het wordt tijd dat \\je weer eens iets van mij hoort, \& \\ik ben ook verlangend om te \\hooren hoe het je gaat \& hoe \\of het met Oom Hein is, en hoop \\dus dat je mij als je tijd kunt \\vinden eens schrijven zult.
\\
\TeiAbV{Je hebt zeker al gehoord dat ik \\naar Londen ga, \& dat waar-
\\schijnlijk heel spoedig.\footnote[1]{\TeiAnchor{
The directors of Goupil \& Co. had decided, after consulting Uncle Vincent van Gogh\footnote{
Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Vincent or Uncle Cent)

(1820-1888) brother of Theodorus van Gogh, art dealer
}, to transfer Vincent to the London branch. Mrs van Gogh\footnote{
Anna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus

(1819-1907) wife of Theodorus van Gogh, mother of Vincent
} wrote to Theo: ‘our Vincent, whom Uncle Cent and the other Gentlemen have decided will go to London this summer’ (FR b2597, 1 February 1873).
}} Ik hoop \\zoo wij elkaar voor dien tijd \\nog eens zien zullen.}
\\
\TeiAbV{Als ik maar eenigzins kan, ga \\ik met Paschen naar Helvoirt,\footnote[2]{\TeiAnchor{
Vincent and Theo were both at their parents\footnote{
Anna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus

(1819-1907) wife of Theodorus van Gogh, mother of Vincent
}’ house in Helvoirt (North Brabant) for Easter (13 April) (FR b2617 and b2618).
}} \\maar dat zal afhangen van \\de nouveautés, waar Iterson \\mede op reis gaat.\footnote[3]{\TeiAnchor{
What is meant are the new editions issued by Goupil \& Co., in which Teunis van Iterson\footnote{
Teunis van Iterson

(1847-1925) employee at the Goupil gallery in The Hague
} tried to interest booksellers, printsellers and art dealers during a sales trip. Van Iterson was an employee of Goupil \& Co. in The Hague.
}} Voor hij 
\marginpar{[1v:2]}
\\terug is zal ik niet weg kunnen.–}
\\
\TeiAbV{Het zal te L. een heel ander \\leven voor mij zijn, daar \\ik waarschijnlijk alleen op een \\kamer zal moeten wonen \& \\dus voor veel zaken zal \\moeten zorgen waar ik \\nu geen last van heb.}
\\
\TeiAbV{Ik ben zeer verlangend om \\L. te zien, zoo als je wel denken \\kunt, maar toch spijt het mij \\van hier te moeten gaan. \\Nu het bepaald is dat ik weg \\moet merk ik pas hoe ik \\aan den Haag gehecht ben. \\Maar enfin, dat is nu niet \\anders \& ik ben van plan \\de dingen maar niet te zwaar \\op te nemen.– Ik vind het heerlijk \\voor het Engelsch, ik kan dat \\wel goed verstaan, maar spreken \\gaat toch lang zoo goed niet \\als ik zou willen.\footnote[4]{\TeiAnchor{

Mrs van Gogh\footnote{
Anna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus

(1819-1907) wife of Theodorus van Gogh, mother of Vincent
} reported to Theo: ‘Vincent writes that he finds it strange, always hurrying during the day and then afer 7 p.m. such a quiet evening. Didn’t we write to you about the two parrots at his house, one of whom spoke better English than Vincent himself? I wasn’t sure whether or not he meant the ladies, but Uncle Cent\footnote{
Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Vincent or Uncle Cent)

(1820-1888) brother of Theodorus van Gogh, art dealer
} says that having parrots in the drawing room is very common and further inquiry revealed that they were in fact birds’ (FR b2644, 19 July 1873).
}}
}
\marginpar{[1v:3]}
\\
\TeiAbV{Van Anna heb ik gehoord \\dat je je portret hebt laten \\maken,\footnote[5]{\TeiAnchor{
It is not known which portrait this refers to. Theo had sent the portrait to Anna\footnote{
Anna Cornelia van Houten-Van Gogh

(1855-1930) sister of Vincent, wife of Joan Marinus van Houten
}, via his parents\footnote{
Theodorus van Gogh

(1822-1885) husband of Anna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus, father of Vincent, clergyman
}, shortly before 19 February (FR b2604).
}} als je er nog een \\missen kunt recommandeer \\ik mij.}
\\
\TeiAbV{Hoe gaat het met Oom Hein, \\zeker wel niet beter \& hoe \\maakt Tante het. Kan \\Oom zich nog al bezig houden, \\\& heeft hij veel pijn. Groet \\hen hartelijk voor mij, ik \\denk zoo dikwijls aan hen.}
\\
\TeiAbV{Hoe gaat het in de zaak, zeker \\zal het wel druk zijn; bij ons \\ook.─ Je zult nu al zoo wat \\op de hoogte komen.}
\\
\TeiAbV{Hoe is het in je kosthuis, blijft \\dat bevallen, dat is een voornaam \\ding.─ Je moet mij vooral \\meer schrijven wat je alzoo ziet. \\Ik ben Zondag voor 14 dagen \\naar Amsterdam geweest, om \\eene tentoonstelling te zien \\van de schilderijen die van hier naar \\Weenen gaan.\footnote[6]{\TeiAnchor{
On 2 March Van Gogh visited the Dutch exhibit going to the ‘Internationale Tentoonstelling te Wenen’ (International Exhibition at Vienna), which was held from 19 February to 2 March 1873 in Arti et Amicitiae. See J.J. Heij, Een vereeniging van ernstige kunstenaars. 150 jaar Maatschappij Arti et Amicitiae 1839-1989. Amsterdam 1989, p. 143. The paintings were exhibited from 1 May to 1 November 1873 in the Dutch pavilion at the World Exhibition in Vienna; the Netherlands was represented by 167 works of art out of a total of 6,600. See Jutta Pemsel, Die Wiener Weltausstellung von 1873. Das gründerzeitliche Wien am Wendepunkt. Vienna and Cologne 1989, p. 67. Cf. also Sweetman 1988, p. 43.
}} Dat was zeer \\interessant \& ik ben nieuwsgierig 
\marginpar{[1r:4]}
\\wat voor figuur de Hollanders \\te Weenen maken zullen.} \\
Ik ben zeer nieuwsgierig naar \\de Engelsche schilders, wij zien \\daar zoo weinig van, daar bijna \\alles in Engeland blijft.
\\
\TeiAbV{Te Londen is van Goupil geen winkel \\maar er wordt alleen aan den \\handel geleverd.\footnote[7]{\TeiAnchor{
The London office of Goupil \& Co., 17 Southampton Street, was at first only a stockroom without a shop, an outlet for the wholesale trade of the reproductions published by Goupil. In 1875 the London branch established a gallery open to the public; \href{let027.xml}{see letters 27} and \href{let029.xml}{29}. Works of art were also sold there, however (\href{let015.xml}{letter 15}). See also exhib. cat. Nottingham 1974, p. 8.
}} }
\\
\TeiAbV{Oom Cent komt in ’t laatst van deze \\maand hier, ik verlang zeer van \\hem nog een \& ander te hooren.}
\\
\TeiAbV{Bij Haanebeek \& Tante Fie\footnote[8]{\TeiAnchor{

Sophia (Fie) Cornelia Elisabeth Carbentus-Van Bemmel\footnote{
Sophie (Fie) Cornelia Elisabeth (Tante Fie) Carbentus-Van Bemmel (Aunt Fie)

(1828-1897) wife of Arie Carbentus, brother of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
}.
}} vragen \\zij gedurig naar je \& laten zij \\je groeten.}
\\
\TeiAbV{Wat heerlijk weer tegenwoordig, ik \\profiteer er maar zooveel van \\als ik kan, verl. Zondag ben ik al \\met Willem\footnote[9]{\TeiAnchor{

Willem Marinus Valkis\footnote{
Willem Marinus Valkis

(1853-1935) boarder with Willem Marinus Roos in The Hague
} was, like Van Gogh, a boarder at W.M. Roos\footnote{
Willem Marinus Roos

(1816-1893) lodging-house keeper in The Hague
}’s.
}} uit roeien geweest. \\Wat zou ik dezen zomer nog graag \\hier gebleven zijn, maar wij moeten \\het maar nemen zoo als het is. \\En nu, adieu, heb het goed \& schrijf \\mij eens. Zeg Oom \& Tante, \\Schmidt \& Eduard\footnote[10]{\TeiAnchor{

Edouard Hamman\footnote{
Edouard Michel Ferdinand Hamman

(1854-1952) son of Edouard Jean Conrad Hamman
}.
}} voor mij goeden \\dag. Ik hoop maar op Paschen. Steeds}

\\
je liefh. broer
\\
Vincent

\\
Mijnheer \& Jufvr. Roos \& Willem laten je ook groeten.

\\
Daar juist ontvang ik je brief, dank er voor. \\Ik ben zeer in mijn schik met het portret, het is \\best uitgevallen. Als ik iets naders hoor over \\mijn naar Helvoirt gaan schrijf ik het je \\dadelijk; ik zou het heel aardig vinden \\als wij op den zelfden dag kwamen. Adieu.

\\
Theo ik moet je toch nog eens recommandeeren om pijpen te gaan
\\
rooken, dat is zoo goed als je het land eens krijgt; zooals mij dat tegenwoordig \\nog al eens overkomt.

\selectlanguage{english}
\section*{Translation}

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The Hague, 17 March 1873

My dear Theo,

It’s time you heard from me again, and I’m also longing to hear how you are and how Uncle Hein\footnote{
Hendrik (Hein) Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Hein)

(1814-1877) brother of Theodorus van Gogh
} is doing, so I hope you’ll write to me when you can find the time.

\TeiAbIII{You’ll have heard that I’m going to London, and probably very soon.\footnote[1]{\TeiAnchor{
The directors of Goupil \& Co. had decided, after consulting Uncle Vincent van Gogh\footnote{
Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Vincent or Uncle Cent)

(1820-1888) brother of Theodorus van Gogh, art dealer
}, to transfer Vincent to the London branch. Mrs van Gogh\footnote{
Anna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus

(1819-1907) wife of Theodorus van Gogh, mother of Vincent
} wrote to Theo: ‘our Vincent, whom Uncle Cent and the other Gentlemen have decided will go to London this summer’ (FR b2597, 1 February 1873).
}} I do hope we’ll be able to see each other before then.}

\TeiAbIII{I’ll go to Helvoirt at Easter\footnote[2]{\TeiAnchor{
Vincent and Theo were both at their parents\footnote{
Anna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus

(1819-1907) wife of Theodorus van Gogh, mother of Vincent
}’ house in Helvoirt (North Brabant) for Easter (13 April) (FR b2617 and b2618).
}} if I possibly can, but it will depend on the nouveautés that Iterson\footnote{
Teunis van Iterson

(1847-1925) employee at the Goupil gallery in The Hague
} takes along on his trip.\footnote[3]{\TeiAnchor{
What is meant are the new editions issued by Goupil \& Co., in which Teunis van Iterson\footnote{
Teunis van Iterson

(1847-1925) employee at the Goupil gallery in The Hague
} tried to interest booksellers, printsellers and art dealers during a sales trip. Van Iterson was an employee of Goupil \& Co. in The Hague.
}} I won’t be able to leave 
\marginpar{[1v:2]} until he gets back.}

\TeiAbIII{Life in L. will be very different for me, for I’ll probably have to live alone in lodgings, and will therefore have to deal with many things that I needn’t trouble myself with now.}

\TeiAbIII{I’m looking forward to seeing L. very much, as you can imagine, and yet I’m sorry to have to leave this place. I’m only just noticing how attached I am to The Hague, now that it’s been decided I must go away. Still, it can’t be helped, and I intend not to take things too hard. I think it’s wonderful for my English, which I understand well, though I don’t speak it nearly as well as I’d like.\footnote[4]{\TeiAnchor{

Mrs van Gogh\footnote{
Anna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus

(1819-1907) wife of Theodorus van Gogh, mother of Vincent
} reported to Theo: ‘Vincent writes that he finds it strange, always hurrying during the day and then afer 7 p.m. such a quiet evening. Didn’t we write to you about the two parrots at his house, one of whom spoke better English than Vincent himself? I wasn’t sure whether or not he meant the ladies, but Uncle Cent\footnote{
Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Vincent or Uncle Cent)

(1820-1888) brother of Theodorus van Gogh, art dealer
} says that having parrots in the drawing room is very common and further inquiry revealed that they were in fact birds’ (FR b2644, 19 July 1873).
}} 
\marginpar{[1v:3]}
}

\TeiAbIII{I heard from Anna\footnote{
Anna Cornelia van Houten-Van Gogh

(1855-1930) sister of Vincent, wife of Joan Marinus van Houten
} that you had your portrait taken.\footnote[5]{\TeiAnchor{
It is not known which portrait this refers to. Theo had sent the portrait to Anna\footnote{
Anna Cornelia van Houten-Van Gogh

(1855-1930) sister of Vincent, wife of Joan Marinus van Houten
}, via his parents\footnote{
Theodorus van Gogh

(1822-1885) husband of Anna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus, father of Vincent, clergyman
}, shortly before 19 February (FR b2604).
}} If you can spare another, I commend myself.}

\TeiAbIII{How is Uncle Hein\footnote{
Hendrik (Hein) Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Hein)

(1814-1877) brother of Theodorus van Gogh
}? Certainly no better, and how is Aunt\footnote{
Maria (Mietje) Johanna van Gogh-Boon (Aunt Mietje)

(1819-1885) wife of Hendrik (Hein) Vincent van Gogh
} doing? Can Uncle keep himself occupied, and is he in a lot of pain? Give them my warm regards, I think of them so often.}

\TeiAbIII{How is business with you? It must be busy, as it is here. You probably know your way around by now.}

\TeiAbIII{How is your boarding-house? Is it still to your liking? That’s important. Above all, you must write more about the kind of things you see. Sunday a fortnight ago  I was in Amsterdam to see an exhibition of the paintings going to Vienna from here.\footnote[6]{\TeiAnchor{
On 2 March Van Gogh visited the Dutch exhibit going to the ‘Internationale Tentoonstelling te Wenen’ (International Exhibition at Vienna), which was held from 19 February to 2 March 1873 in Arti et Amicitiae. See J.J. Heij, Een vereeniging van ernstige kunstenaars. 150 jaar Maatschappij Arti et Amicitiae 1839-1989. Amsterdam 1989, p. 143. The paintings were exhibited from 1 May to 1 November 1873 in the Dutch pavilion at the World Exhibition in Vienna; the Netherlands was represented by 167 works of art out of a total of 6,600. See Jutta Pemsel, Die Wiener Weltausstellung von 1873. Das gründerzeitliche Wien am Wendepunkt. Vienna and Cologne 1989, p. 67. Cf. also Sweetman 1988, p. 43.
}} It was very interesting, and I’m curious 
\marginpar{[1r:4]} as to the impression the Dutch will make in Vienna.}

I’m very curious about the English painters, we see so little of them, because almost everything stays in England.

\TeiAbIII{Goupil has no gallery in London; they only supply the trade.\footnote[7]{\TeiAnchor{
The London office of Goupil \& Co., 17 Southampton Street, was at first only a stockroom without a shop, an outlet for the wholesale trade of the reproductions published by Goupil. In 1875 the London branch established a gallery open to the public; \href{let027.xml}{see letters 27} and \href{let029.xml}{29}. Works of art were also sold there, however (\href{let015.xml}{letter 15}). See also exhib. cat. Nottingham 1974, p. 8.
}}
}

\TeiAbIII{
Uncle Cent\footnote{
Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Vincent or Uncle Cent)

(1820-1888) brother of Theodorus van Gogh, art dealer
} is coming here at the end of the month, I’m longing to hear more from him.}

\TeiAbIII{
The Haanebeeks\footnote{
Carl Adolph Haanebeek

(1821-1906) wine merchant in The Hague, father of Caroline van Stockum-Haanebeek
} and Aunt Fie\footnote{
Sophie (Fie) Cornelia Elisabeth (Tante Fie) Carbentus-Van Bemmel (Aunt Fie)

(1828-1897) wife of Arie Carbentus, brother of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
}
\footnote[8]{\TeiAnchor{

Sophia (Fie) Cornelia Elisabeth Carbentus-Van Bemmel\footnote{
Sophie (Fie) Cornelia Elisabeth (Tante Fie) Carbentus-Van Bemmel (Aunt Fie)

(1828-1897) wife of Arie Carbentus, brother of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
}.
}} ask after you constantly, and send you their regards.}

\TeiAbIII{What wonderful weather we’ve been having, I’m taking advantage of it as much as I can. Last Sunday I went rowing with Willem\footnote{
Willem Marinus Valkis

(1853-1935) boarder with Willem Marinus Roos in The Hague
}.\footnote[9]{\TeiAnchor{

Willem Marinus Valkis\footnote{
Willem Marinus Valkis

(1853-1935) boarder with Willem Marinus Roos in The Hague
} was, like Van Gogh, a boarder at W.M. Roos\footnote{
Willem Marinus Roos

(1816-1893) lodging-house keeper in The Hague
}’s.
}} How much I’d have liked to stay here this summer, but we must take things as they come. And now, adieu, I wish you well, and write to me. Bid good-day to Uncle\footnote{
Hendrik (Hein) Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Hein)

(1814-1877) brother of Theodorus van Gogh
} and Aunt\footnote{
Maria (Mietje) Johanna van Gogh-Boon (Aunt Mietje)

(1819-1885) wife of Hendrik (Hein) Vincent van Gogh
}, Schmidt\footnote{
Tobias Victor Schmidt

(1842-1903) manager at Goupil \& Cie in Brussels
} and Eduard\footnote{
Edouard Michel Ferdinand Hamman

(1854-1952) son of Edouard Jean Conrad Hamman
} from me.\footnote[10]{\TeiAnchor{

Edouard Hamman\footnote{
Edouard Michel Ferdinand Hamman

(1854-1952) son of Edouard Jean Conrad Hamman
}.
}} As to Easter, I’m just hoping. Ever,}

Your loving brother

Vincent

Mr and Mrs Roos\footnote{
Willem Marinus Roos

(1816-1893) lodging-house keeper in The Hague
} and Willem\footnote{
Willem Marinus Valkis

(1853-1935) boarder with Willem Marinus Roos in The Hague
} also send you their regards.

I just received your letter, for which I thank you. I’m very pleased with the portrait, it turned out well. If I hear anything more about my trip to Helvoirt I’ll write to you immediately. It would be nice if we could arrive on the same day. Adieu.

Theo, I must again recommend that you start smoking a pipe. It does you a lot of good when you’re out of spirits, as I quite often am nowadays.

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