Original manuscript

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, inv. no. d405 V/1973

The drawing must have been made after 7 July 1877 (publication date of the print in Eigen Haard on which it is based); it may have been enclosed with the letter Vincent sent to Anna to congratulate her on the marriage proposal (see letter 121).

On this little sheet Van Gogh made a drawing of a small church in London and wrote a few sentences about the history of the building. The following is written on the back: ‘Vincent van Gogh / gekregen van zijn zuster Mevr van Houten 1914 / J. Nieweg’ (Vincent van Gogh, received from his sister, Mrs van Houten, in 1914. J. Nieweg). The last-mentioned is Jacob Nieweg, a clergyman and – since 1914 – a painter (having been influenced by H.P. Bremmer to take up painting), living in Amersfoort. This text might indicate that the drawing was enclosed in a letter to Anna, in which case the letter is not known. Vincent might also have given Anna the sheet in person. See cat. Amsterdam 1996, pp. 54-55, cat. no. 6.