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Box Hill, Tadworth, Surrey
Box Hill still exists and is open to the public.
- 8 Jun 1873 1873
On Sunday, 8 June 1873, Vincent went to Box Hill, southwest of London near the town of Dorking, with his boss Charles Obach (1840/41–?). According to Vincent, the hill was
“partly of chalk and covered with box trees, and on one side a wood of tall oak trees.” Read the complete letter
He found the setting beautiful and strikingly different from the Dutch and Belgian landscapes familiar to him.
Relevant letters from Vincent
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Martin Bailey
Young Vincent: the story of Van Gogh's years in EnglandLondon, 1990Kristine Groenhart en Willem-Jan Verlinden
Hoe ik van Londen houd: wandelen door het Londen van Vincent van GoghAmsterdam, 2013Jan Meyers
De jonge Vincent: jaren van vervoering en vernederingAmsterdam, 1989Ronald Pickvance
English influences on Vincent van GoghLondon, 1974
