![Hackford Road, London 1909](https://vauxhallhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Hackford-Road-1909.jpg)
Hackford Road, 1909
The Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh lived in this road for a short period in 1873-74. He lodged at No. 87 with Ursula Loyer, the French widow of a curate. While there, he fell in love with Eugenie, the widow’s daughter who rejected him because she was engaged to someone else.
![vincent van gogh's house in hackford road](https://vauxhallhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/piclondonvangoghhackfordroad.jpg)
Vincent van Gogh’s sketch of the house in Hackford Road
The well-received 2003 play Vincent in Brixton by Nicholas Wright was based on his time at this address, although the content is largely fictional.