Letter 030 [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鈥檚 not the end of the world.
I鈥檓 renting a little room in Montmartre. I鈥檓 sure you鈥檇 like it. It鈥檚 small, but it looks out over a little garden full of ivy and Virginia creeper. I鈥檒l tell you what prints I have on the wall:
Ruysdael Le buisson [The Bush]
鈥?D鈥橞lanchisseries [The Bleaching Ground]
Rembrandt Bible Reading. (A large Old-Dutch room, evening, a candle on the table. A young mother sits reading the Bible beside her baby鈥檚 cradle. An old woman is listening. It reminds me of, 鈥榁erily I say unto you, where 2 or 3 are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.鈥?It鈥檚 an old copper engraving as big as Le buisson, superb.
Ph. De Champagne Portrait d鈥檜ne dame Corot Soir 鈥?鈥? Bodmer Fontainebleau Bonington Une Route Troyon Le Matin Jules Dupr茅 The Evening (the Halt) Maris A Washerwoman 鈥?The Christening Millet The Four Hours of the Day (woodcuts, 4 proofs) V. d. Maaten Funeral procession through the Cornfields Daubigny The Dawn (Cock crowing) Charlet Hospitality. (farm surrounded by pine trees, in winter in the snow; a peasant and a soldier in front of the door) Ed. Fr猫re Seamstresses 鈥?The Cooper 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