a. Read: ‘distraction’.

1. Rue Laval was Theo’s previous address in Paris: see letter 218.

2. Van Gogh’s first meeting with Macknight in Arles was most probably on Sunday, 15 April (see letter 598), so ‘last Sunday’ must have been 22 April.

3. The two pen-and-ink drawings Theo had were Orchard with Arles in the background (F 1516 / JH 1376 ) and The white orchard (F 1414 / JH 1385 ); see letter 600, n. 1. For the smaller drawings, four of which Van Gogh says he has finished later in the letter, see n. 5 below.

4. Van Gogh rented a room from Carrel in rue Amédée-Pichot (see letter 577, n. 4).

5. These four drawings most likely included Field with farmhouses (F 1474 / JH 1407 ) and Farmhouse in a wheatfield (F 1415 / JH 1408 ). Both measure approx. 25 x 35 cm. It is not possible to tell which the two other sheets were. See cat. Amsterdam 2007, pp. 69-75, cat. nos. 327-328.