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759 Hendrik Christiaan Bonger, Hermine Louise Bonger-Weissman and Anna van Gogh-Carbentus to Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam/Breda/Paris, Thursday, 18 April 1889. Printed announcement of marriage.

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No. 759 (Brieven 1990 -, Complete Letters -)
From: Hendrik Bonger, Hermine Bonger-Weismann and Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
To: Vincent van Gogh
Date: Amsterdam/Breda/Paris, Thursday, 18 April 1889

Source status
Original announcement

Location
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, inv. no. b1492 a-c V/1962

Date
Printed ‘18 April 1889’.

Additional
The envelope containing this printed announcement has been preserved. On the front is the postmark ‘AMSTERDAM / 18 / APRIL / 89’ over a 2½ cent stamp, and on the back ‘ARLES / BOUCHES DU RHONE / 1E | 20 / AVRIL / 89’. Printed under the flap sealing the envelope: ‘J. Collot, Colomier, Succr 38-40. Passage Jouffroy – Paris’. It is addressed to ‘Monsieur Vincent van Gogh/ à l’hospice/ d’Arles (Bouches du Rhône)/ (France)’.

original text
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Monsieur & Madame H.C. Bonger-Weissman ont l’honneur de vous faire part du mariage de Mademoiselle Jeanne Bonger, leur fille, avec Monsieur Theodore van Gogh.

Le 18 Avril 1889.

Amsterdam, 121, Weteringschans.

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Madame Vve Th. van Gogh-Carbentus a l’honneur de vous faire part du mariage de Monsieur Theodore van Gogh, son fils, avec Mademoiselle Jeanne Bonger.

Le 18 Avril 1889.

Breda (Hollande).
Paris, 8, cité Pigalle.
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translation
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Mr and Mrs H.C. Bonger-Weissman have the honour to announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Johanna Bonger, to Mr Theodore van Gogh.

18 April 1889.

Amsterdam, Weteringschans 121

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Mrs T. van Gogh-Carbentus has the honour to announce the marriage of her son, Mr Theodore van Gogh, to Miss Johanna Bonger.

18 April 1889.

Breda (Netherlands)
Paris, 8, cité Pigalle
 3r:5  3v:6