Scrapbook album of Johanna Hendrina van Gogh, 1865

Cont. boards. Folio. Mounted and profusely decorated title and 89 pages w. over 700 scraps, incl. a.o.: (1) Lithogr. of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Arnhem, The Hague. (2) An early engraving of Artis. (3) A series of col. engr. of Punch & Judy. (4) A publisher's subscription form for Goeverneur's De Sprookjesverteller etc. Engravings mostly of English or Dutch origin.

Some wear, spine partly detached. The girl who owned the scrapbook was the cousin of the famous painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). She was the daughter of Cornelis Marinus van Gogh (1849-1912), who (like many Van Goghs) was an art dealer. This scrapbook provides some insight into the sort of milieu in which Vincent van Gogh grew up.