1. These studies must have been five ‘heads’; see letter 300, l. 86. The description is too vague for them to be identified.

2. It is not clear which works Van Gogh is referring to with ‘men, women’; there are too many possible candidates. However there are only three known drawings of children from this period: Girl with a shawl (F 1007 / JH 299), Girl in a pinafore (F 1685 / JH 300) and Girl with a shawl (F 1008 / JH 301).