At which London address did Van Gogh live in 1873?

Van Gogh lived at 87 Hackford Road in London in 1873. He lodged there with Ursula Loyer and her daughter Eugenie after arriving in London to work for the art dealership Goupil & Cie.

The house stood in Stockwell, south London, and Van Gogh moved there in August 1873. At the time he was not yet a professional artist: he was a young art dealer building experience in the London branch of the firm. His stay at the address became one of the few precisely documented residences from this early period of his life.

The address later gained an unusual connection to Van Gogh’s art. He made a drawing of the house, now known as 87 Hackford Road, which was discovered roughly a century later and authenticated in 1973. That discovery helped preserve a tangible link between the London lodging and the future painter. It is easy to confuse this address with Van Gogh’s later homes in London, Paris, Arles, or Saint-Rémy, but Hackford Road specifically belongs to his 1873 London period.