1873
- January 1: Theo starts apprenticeship with Goupil & Cie, Brussels.
- February 19: the lot to serve in the army has fallen on Vincent, but father bought him out (and therefore, according to Dutch law, his younger brothers Theo and Cor, too).
- May 12: Vincent leaves for Paris where he visits the Paris branches of Goupil & Cie, the annual Salon and the Musée du Luxembourg.
- a week later: takes up work at the London branch of Goupil & Cie; it is not known where he first lodged.
- August: moves to the house of Ursula Loyer and her daughter Eugenie in Brixton, 87 Hackford Road.
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