10 letters found

1. 133 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 30 October 1877.

   in translation:

   ...hat life of Frederick the Great illustrated by Menzel, that’s a good acquisition, do go on with tha...

   in note 19:

   ...iedenis van Frederik den Groote. Illustrated by A. Menzel. 2 vols. The Hague 1843-1845.Adolph Menzel

2. 235 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 3 June 1882.

   in translation:

   ... L’Illustration &c. including Frank Holl, Herkomer, Fred Walker, P. Renouard, Menzel, Howard Pyle.

   in note 49:

   ... letter 267 – that he has a small edition of Menzel’s illustrations for the Geschichte Friedrichs...

   in note 45:

   In the estate there are two prints by Adolf Menzel, both from unidentified magazines: Le tabacks-coll...

3. 267 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 19 September 1882.

   in translation:

   The portrait of Shakespeare by Menzel is unknown to me; I’d very much like to see how the one lion ...

   in note 13:

   Adolf Menzel, Shakespeare, 1850. Friedrich Ludwig Unzelmann made a wood engraving after it in 1852 (S...

4. 273 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 22 October 1882.

   in note 29:

   For Menzel’s Shakespeare, see letter 267, n. 13.

   in translation:

   ...ole subject interests me. I would like to see the portrait of Shakespeare by Menzel sooner or later.

   ...nes by them. Du Maurier is very reminiscent of Menzel, especially in some of his large compositions.

5. 309 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Thursday, 8 February 1883.

   in translation:

   ...ed small drawings, which are by Caldecott but are sometimes so beautiful that one thinks of Menzel.

6. 310 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 8 February 1883.

   in translation:

   ... Goriot, for example – in which one finds a degree of passion in words that’s white-hot. Menzel

7. 316 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Thursday, 15 February 1883.

   in translation:

   ...he beginning of this century. Those small drawings are as pithy as those by Jacque, say, or Menzel.

8. 321 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Friday, 23 and Monday, 26 February 1883.

   in translation:

   Menzel Siesta

   in note 10:

   Adolf Menzel, The ‘siesta’, in The Graphic 14 (9 September 1876), pp. 252-253. Ill. 256. A print ...

9. 498 To Anton Kerssemakers. Nuenen, early May 1885.

   in translation:

   ...ertainly like the one by Rovers with the little etching by Israëls, and the drawings by Menzel too.

   I have duplicates of 4, namely Renouard, Menzel, Heilbuth and Dagnan. They’re at the front of the p...

10. 834 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Friday, 3 January 1890.

    in note 22:

    ...r Kugler’s Geschichte Friedrichs des Großen, with illustrations by Menzel, see letter 133, n. 19.

    in translation:

    ...– it also resembles the illustrations for The life of Frederick the Great by Menzel. Most curious.

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