1. See for the ‘Cercle militaire’: letter 661, n. 1.
2. This telegram is letter 661.
a. Read: ‘justement’.
3. Joseph Roulin (F 432 / JH 1522 [2672]).
[2672]
4. Joseph Roulin (F 433 / JH 1524 [2673]). By ‘herewith’ Van Gogh means included in the batch Milliet took with him (cf. ‘this consignment’ in l. 87).
[2673]
5. Van Gogh had read in Maupassant’s Des vers (1880) that he regarded Flaubert as his teacher; see letter 625, n. 8. For Zola as Balzac’s successor, see letter 250, n. 10.
6. Van Gogh expected a response from Russell to the batch of drawings he had sent him and to his request that Russell buy a work from Gauguin. See letter 652, n. 3.
7. The drawing Quay with sand barges (F 1462 / JH 1556 [2699]), after the painting Quay with sand barges (F 449 / JH 1558 [2700]).
[2699] [2700]
8. This was a common method of removing surplus oil from the surface of the paint, although most artists used water and something like soap. Cf. Carlyle 2001, pp. 212-213.
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