"My drawings for the art exhibition don't get finished and time is running out. 15 or 16 Dec. I believe. Of course they show soldiers once again and of course the people say that it looks like Neuville, although that man doesn't see any color. (translation from the original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek)"

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version in original Dutch (citaat van Breitner's brief, in het Nederlands:) Mijn teekeningen voor de kunstbeschouwing willen maar niet klaar komen en de tijd dringt. De 15 of 16 Dec. geloof ik. 't Zijn natuurlijk weer soldaten en natuurlijk zeggen de lui weer dat 't op Neuville lijkt. hoewel die man geen spat kleur ziet. — quote of Breitner in a letter to his Maecenas A.P. van Stolk, 8 Dec. 1881; original text in RKD-Archive, The Hague