Letter 019 London, 21 July 1874
Dear Theo,
Yesterday a box was sent to The Hague, in which I enclosed a photograph of a picture by J. Maris and also,
as I promised, “Der Wirthin Töchterlein.�I hope you will put them both up in your room. In the same box is a photograph of a picture by Thijs Maris, for Mr. Tersteeg. Schüller in Paris sent me six copies of both,
which I needed for presents; I have none to spare of the Thijs Maris.
Anna and I arrived safely in London and hope we shall find something for her here. I do not say it will be easy, but every day she is here she learns something, and at all events I think there is more chance for her to find something here than in Holland. It is a great pleasure for me to walk with her through the streets in the evening. I find everything again as beautiful as when I saw it the first time. Good luck to you, boy, and give my compliments to the Rooses, Haanebeeks and Carbentuses when you see them. I am learning to swim.
Write to me whether you have already read in Michelet 1 and what you think about it. To me that book was a revelation. À Dieu.
Vincent
1. L’Amour by Michelet.