1. Theo was to turn 19 on 1 May.
2. No such advertisement has been found in the Daily News.
3. This walk must have taken them to Pegwell Bay. See exhib. cat. Nottingham 1974, p. 13.
4. Willem Valkis entered the employ of Goupil & Co. at the end of April. On 29 April 1876, Mr van Gogh wrote to Theo: ‘I think it nice for Willem that he’s joined the firm as well!’ (FR b2743).
5. The local name for the Scheveningse Bosjes, a small wooded area joining The Hague and Scheveningen.
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