1. Van Gogh had also urgently requested this extra 20 francs (a ‘louis’) in letter 699.

2. See letters 683 and 687 for this order for stretching frames and frames.

3. This order for canvas is mentioned in letter 687.

4. See letter 699, n. 6, for Bague.

5. The white orchard (F 403 / JH 1378 ), The pink orchard (F 555 / JH 1380 ) (see letter 607, n. 2) and The harvest (F 412 / JH 1440 ).

a. Read: ‘sur le’.

6. Van Gogh’s mother (after a photograph) (F 477 / JH 1600 ). See letter 678, n. 16, for the photograph on which Van Gogh based this painting. The work measures 40.5 x 32.5 cm and is therefore a ‘no. 6 canvas, figure’.

7. This painting of a brothel is not known. See letter 698, n. 6.

8. See letter 697, n. 10, for Bernard’s set of drawings titled At the brothel. The drawing of the house is The Yellow House (‘The street’) (F 1413 / JH 1591 ).

9. The painting is The Yellow House (‘The street’) (F 464 / JH 1589 ).