Perfectly clear. G. called me at 3.45. ― Up at the Monte at 4.45. Finished drawings there, & on bridge. Wrote to C.F. ― Ellen Newsom, & Mrs. G. Scrivens: ― & agreed to take the Hastings Lodgings. Dined at 12. ― Green environs of Turin! Walked along the river. [Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from […]
Rose at 4.30. ― at 5.30 was with G. at the Monte ― but clouds soon came ― & destroyed all the view. Sent letters to F.L. Mr. Edwards Mr. Fairbairn W. Langton Dickenson T. Cooper. Bought Photographs & boox. Vastly hot day. Dined at 12. Letters from: C. Fortescue T. Cooper. Dickenson Mrs. Bergmann. […]
[Lear wrote no entry for this day.]
Rose at 6. Coffee 7. G. awful sulky. Saw Etienne Negrin, a guide, who asks 5fr. a day, & 4 for an ass. Walk alone about village, & find Cemetery at 8. Ill kept, weedy, sad. Tomb-tablets ― alder & willow trees greatest number of graves ― turf mounds, nettles & wild flowers [over there]: […]
Rose at 4. Monte by 5. Clouds. back to Hotel at 8, packed. Posted letters to F.L. & Mrs. G. Clive. Breakfast at 10. 11. Railway. Off by 12. At Pinerolo ― 1.15. apparently beautiful scenery, but all cloudy. Agreable gentn. in carriage. G. goes for car, I wait in market place. 1.40 off in […]
Rose at 4.30. Cloudy. G. & I were at the Cappuccini by 9.15 ― & I drew till 8. Bought maps, & hunted for books ― & Hotel by 9. Penned out hard all day ― barring dining at 12. At 4 ― to Monte again. Letters from F.L. J.H.B. & Mrs. G. Scrivens. [Transcribed […]
Fine, but cloudy till 10 or 11 ― & the mountains never clear, Monte Viso indeed was only visible at sunrise, & then a gleaming from high above cloud ― looking more like a set of stars than anything mundane. Rose at 4 ― the careful Giorgio calling me: ― we got some coffee at […]
Rose before 5 ― & went alone to the Cappuccini. Uncertain if to change Hotel or not: this is not a nice one. Drew till 8, & returned. Called on Sir J. Hudson, who told me the whole of the Nice cession affair ― relating to Cavour: & wh. I could, I believe, write down […]
The night was: smooth & calm, but cloud & wind came before sunrise. Off Genoa by 4.30. Mr. Graham, Daddy Hunt’s friend. To Albergo Italia, ― & here washing & breakfast & at 9 came away. Rail to Turin at 10. G. & I ― 2nd Class: ― arrive at 2.10. Hotel 3 corone ― […]
Rose at 5. Off with G. at 5.30. &, just above Marolla,1 drew views till 8.30. Non posso più.2 Doubtless, La Spezia is perfectly lovely. Slept till 12. Dined nastily with flies. Wrote to W. Nevill & sent letters to him & Lady Waldegrave. It is a bore, Martha S. being here. Made up my […]
