1. Van Gogh had placed this order in letter 887.

2. Theo rented a room at Tanguy’s, where he stored Vincent’s paintings (see letter 792).

3. Perhaps Van Gogh is suggesting that Tasset used extenders. See cat. Amsterdam 2011.

4. This Dutchman is the painter Anton Hirschig; Theo had announced his visit (see letter 888).

5. Marie Ginoux (‘The Arlésienne’) (F 542 / JH 1894 ). See letter 884, n. 2.

6. For Lauzet’s publication Adolphe Monticelli, see letter 825, n. 7.

7. Theo had two works that Gauguin had painted during his stay in Martinique. Vincent’s choice of words indicates that he is referring to Among the mangoes , which Theo had bought (see letter 612, n. 3), and not to On the shore of the lake, Martinique , which Vincent acquired through an exchange (see letter 576, n. 2).

8. Wild flowers in a vase (F 763 / JH 2030 ). Van Gogh was waiting for a shipment of canvas (ll. 2-3), so he used a tea towel as a support for this painting and the study Daubigny’s garden (F 765 / JH 2029 ), mentioned below.

9. House under a night sky (F 766 / JH 2031 ).

10. For Daubigny’s house, where his widow still lived, see letter 874, n. 5. Vincent’s plans for a larger painting eventually resulted in Daubigny’s garden (F 776 / JH 2104 ) and Daubigny’s garden (F 777 / JH 2105 ), which measure 53 x 104 cm and 50 x 101.5 cm, respectively. The small study was Daubigny’s garden (F 765 / JH 2029 ), which measures 51 x 51 cm and was painted on a tea towel for lack of canvas (see n. 8 above).

11. For Gauguin’s plan to go to Tonkin, see letter 840, n. 3. With regard to his Madagascar plans, see letter 884, n. 3.