661 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 15 August 1888.

metadata

No. 661 (Brieven 1990 666, Complete Letters 524a)
From: Vincent van Gogh
To: Theo van Gogh
Date: Arles, Wednesday, 15 August 1888

Source status

Original telegram

Location

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, inv. no. b566 V/1962

Date

Date of postmark: Wednesday, 15 August 1888.

Additional

Telegram. Postmark: ‘CENTRAL PARIS / 15 AOUT 85’.

Ongoing topic

Milliet takes paintings to Paris (652)

original text

1r:1

Paris Arles 664 18 15 2^H30 S

milliet remettra tableaux vendredi matin 7^H précises cercle militaire1 avenue opéra

Vincent

1v:1

translation

1r:1

Paris Arles 664 18 15 2^h30 s

milliet will deliver paintings friday morning 7 o’clock sharp cercle militaire1 avenue opéra

vincent

1v:1

notes

1. The Cercle national des armées de terre et de mer in avenue de l’Opéra was set up in 1887 and was a club for army and naval officers; they could eat there and stay overnight. Milliet probably stayed there while he was in Paris.