4 letters found

1. 027 To Theo van Gogh. London, Friday, 31 July 1874.

   in note 8:

   Van Gogh’s grandfather on his father’s side, the Rev. Vincent van Gogh.

   in translation:

   ...eeable, Theo, and it reminded me so much of Grandfather’s letters, but what can be done about it? ...

2. 109 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Friday, 23 March 1877.

   in translation:

   ...est desire that the spirit of my Father and Grandfather may rest upon me, and that it may be given m...

3. 461 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, between about Monday, 22 and about Sunday, 28 September 1884.

   in translation:

   ...were people, as I see it, like, say, Pa and Grandfather, old Goupil (people in short who look almigh...

4. 463 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Tuesday, 30 September 1884.

   in translation:

   ...of fine and good things about Pa and Haanebeek, about Grandfather, about ‘the Guizots’ in short.

2 essay items found

1. Biographical & historical context / The immediate family circle

   in context_4:

   ... have not survived. Both his father and his grandfather were ministers, and his family upbringing wa...

   Vincent’s grandfather, the Reverend Vincent van Gogh (1789–1874) married Elisabeth Huberta Vrijda...

2. Biographical & historical context / The family and children of the Reverend and Mrs Van Gogh

   in context_1:

   ...up in a vicar’s family. His grandfather Vincent van Gogh (1789-1874), of respectable middle-class p...

   When the Reverend Van Gogh took up his living in 1822, his seventh child, Theodorus, was nine months ...

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