"I have focused on your desire to bring in more effect [in the watercolor].. ..with more light in the drawing, [what] …"

"There is still some study [to do] here for the Dutch landscape, and I believe the best I can do is to stay some time …"

"..every day I can benefit from Mr. B [his teacher, Van de Sande Bakhuyzen ] is another profit.. ..day by day my ambit…"

"I also sold some drawings [he means his watercolors] - the Dutch pieces [he painted in The Netherlands] sell rather w…"

"I repainted the only unsold picture that was [exhibited] in Rotterdam last year. It seems to me that it looks quite p…"

"Dear Sir Verloren. Today I send you a drawing for your art-reviews. I would liked to have done more for you, but I ha…"

"I can not get used to the idea of staying here [in Belgium] always. One stays always a 'stranger' here and I miss the…"

"Paint studies of parts, for instance a piece of land, a group of trees or things like that, but always in a way that …"

"[one watercolor] is in spite of all its difficulties, and perhaps because she has given so much trouble, less fresh a…"

"I was sorry for Gabriel that all the efforts you have employed so diligently were in vain to help him to sell one of …"