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In May 1873, 20-year-old Vincent was promoted and transferred to the London branch of Goupil's. To get to work every day, he walked across Westminster Bridge and past the House of Parliament to the Art Gallery near the Strand. While living here, he visited Paris for the first time. He came to appreciate certain British artists and illustrators and developed a fondness for the writings of Charles Dickens.
Vincent’s sister Anna moved to London in 1874, and they both rented quarters in the same boarding house. They went on long walks together and explored London. Vincent soon had the first in a lifelong series of romantic misadventures and entanglements when he became enamoured of his landlady's daughter, Eugenie, who, alas, was secretly engaged to another. He behaved in what would become his trademark manner, refusing to take “no” for an answer, and his persistence caused things to be increasingly dicey with his and Anna’s landladies, whereupon they were asked to leave.
Old Woman Asleep (drawing) 1873
Vincent’s sister Anna moved to London in 1874, and they both rented quarters in the same boarding house. They went on long walks together and explored London. Vincent soon had the first in a lifelong series of romantic misadventures and entanglements when he became enamoured of his landlady's daughter, Eugenie, who, alas, was secretly engaged to another. He behaved in what would become his trademark manner, refusing to take “no” for an answer, and his persistence caused things to be increasingly dicey with his and Anna’s landladies, whereupon they were asked to leave.
Old Woman Asleep (drawing) 1873
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