1 Page 2 Philpot 3 S.W.C. 4} Gordons 5 6 7 8} Eatons 9 10 11 12 13 14} Robertsons 15 16 17} anonymous 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Stockdale Rose earlier than usual. ― walked ― (coldish!) to Coleman’s & asked him to dine. Returned ― & breakfast, & G.’s lesson. […]
Cold & bright ― much too cold to be pleasant. ― After Gk. lesson, worked at Lady Reid’s Jerusalem all day ― S.W.C. only coming in. Perhaps this picture is better than the others ― but it is all sadly slow. At 5 ― went to the furniture shop ― (the bookcase came today ―) […]
Windy ― & cold. But one does not feel it indoors as in the early season. Gk lesson. ― Painted at Lord Clermont’s Jerusalem ― one of the 6. (G. told me he had seen “all Corfu ― Capt. Turville, Sir P. Hunter &c. ―). S.W.C. came in for a minute, ― alas! all his […]
XX12 Rose late ―: weary backward life! Wrote a good deal ― it was too cold to go out. ― S.W.C. came ― bun=bringing ― at 1. He is always kind, & seems to have been what he is by destiny only. At 2 ― hearing Giorgio pace up & down, I resolved to take […]
1 Sir R. Day 2 Lady Day 3 S.W.C. 4 Ogles 5 6 7 2 8 9 Halls 10 11 Bellews 12 13 Macalmont 14 Sir W. Davison 15 16 17 18 Lecky (!) 19 20 anonymous 21 22 23 24 25 26 Worked at Lady Reid’s picture ― No. 6 of those I so […]
Greek lesson. ― Worked particularly hard at B. H. Hunt’s Jerusalem till 5½. ― X11 Sudden misery at 2 P.M. Sate with Mr. Woodward. ― Dined at home. [Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]
Mrs. Bright Lady [D ] Miss B. ― S.W.C. What perfectly lovely weather, always now: ― so that I dare not look out of windows. ― Rose somewhat earlier, &, barring Gk. Lesson, ― worked at H. Hunt’s Jerusalem pretty constantly all day. But that is wearing work, & once I was too thankful to […]
X10 S.W.C. came. ― (all the Young’s are in Rome.) ― Worked at the Bethlehem. 1 Arbuthnot 2 Mrs. Kind 3 Mr. ―― 4 H.B. Mathews 5 Miss Lochwood 6 Mr. Ross 7 Galliani 8 9 10 11 12 Leeky 13 14 Barnaby 15 16 17 18 19 Berkeley 20 ―― 21 22 from Macbean […]
Rose at 8. We are so fallen now. ― Somehow, ― irritated & comfortless. After Greek lesson ― worked on H.H.’s Bethlehem, paying Pizzerani half his account ― 2.3.4 sc. ― Later, letters came from F.L. ― & from J.H.B., both kind. Wrote to F.L. & C.F. ― Worked again ― interrupted only by young […]
X8. Weary & annoying. ― Yet ― I rose, & after breakfast & G.’s lesson, & the accounts ―: Greek lesson. ― Then, off & on, worked all day at 3 pictures ― Bethlehem & the 2 Jerusalems. Gallier, (whom I saw on the stairs yesterday ―) called, & S.W.C.; & later came letters from […]
