Dear Lords, I hereby have the Honor to announce You that the painting 'Het Binnen komen der Haringschuiten in Scheveningen' has been sent today to your address, for your upcoming Exhibition [in Arti, Amsterdam]. The price is f 2500-. I also declare to stay out of competition for the medal. Yours sincerely HW Mesdag. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Dear Lords, I hereby have the Honor to announce You that the painting 'Het Binnen komen der Haringschuiten in Scheveningen' has been sent today to your address, for your upcoming Exhibition [in Arti, Amsterdam]. The price is f 2500-. I also declare to stay out of competition for the medal. Yours sincerely HW Mesdag. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)" in the context of "(original Dutch: citaat van Hendrik Willem Mesdag, in het Nederlands:) Wel Edele Heeren, Bij dezen heb ik de Eer Ued kennis te geven dat heden aan uw adres is ingezonden geworden Eene schilderij. - Het Binnen komen der Haringschuiten te Scheveningen.- bestemd voor uwe aanstaande Tentoonstelling [in nl:Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam]. de prijs is f 2500- Tevens verklaar ik buiten mededinging te blijven voor de medaille. Hoogachtend Uedwd HW Mesdag.
 • In a letter of H.W. Mesdag, from The Hague, 7 Oct 1882, to Commiss die van Beheer of 'Arti et Amicitiae' in Amsterdam; from the original text in Dutch R.K.D. Archive, The Hague" to mean that wisdom is timeless.