Hackford Road
Hackford Road is a road in Oval, Lambeth, south London, England. It runs north-south and is located between Clapham Road (A3) to the west and Brixton Road (A23) to the east. To the north is the Oval tube station.
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Location | Oval, Lambeth, London, England |
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The artist Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) lived at 87 Hackford Road, then the house of Ursula Loyer and her daughter Eugenie, in 1873 and 1874.[1] He wrote to his brother Theo van Gogh from this address.[2] He arrived in London to start work at the art dealership Goupil & Co. in Southampton Street, central London, on 19 May 1873.[3]
From August of that year, van Gogh lived in Hackford Road.[4] His stay is now recorded with a blue plaque, installed a hundred years later in 1973. He sketched the Georgian terrace opposite Durand School in Hackford Road during the 1870s.[5] There is a small conservation area, first designated in 1974, which includes the house where van Gogh lived.[6]
The Type Museum, opened in 1992, is located at 100 Hackford Road, at the southern end.
References
- Hackford Road. Vauxhall Society Archived 10 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
- Letter 13, Note 3, Vincent van Gogh: The letters. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Tyrrell, Katherine (18 January 2010). "A map of Van Gogh's London". Making a Mark. Blogspot. Retrieved 30 October 2011. External link in
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- Hackford Road Conservation Area Archived 19 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Lambeth Borough Council.