The same celestial weather ― but, towards evening, with a little more cloud. ― Rose at 7 ― & worked at 2 or 3 (or 4) of the Corfû smaller paintings. Later, made 4 more tracings. At 2.30 ― little Boyd came ― & I drew some nonsense drawings for him: a nice intelligent boy. […]
Same perfection weather. Rose at 7. ― Spiro & Καραλάμπι are better somewhat. Letter from Ellen ― & the Observer. Lady Grey is dead. Wrote to Ellen & Lady G. Grey. Sent letters to Drummond’s ― drawing 15£ for T. Cooper & Insurance 17.10 for Gush ――――――― 32.10 T. Cooper Bickers & Bush Worked at […]
The most perfect weather again ― bright & soft ― almost cloudless ― blue & gold ― purple & silver: not cold ― not hot. Rose at 7.15. Alas for the industrious days! Breakfast. Went to the post at 9 ― found a letter from dear good Jane Husey Hunt: ― very kind & nice, […]
Wonderful to relate ― the weather is perfectly lovely again ― cloudless: ― the mountains snowy. Went to Church: crowded: a bore. ― Clark’s sermon ditto. Called on Mr. Maude ― (the Forts were there,) & on Mr. & Mrs. Decie ― (friends of the Brookfields’,) & on Capt. Vernon. At 2 ― came home, […]
Pouring rain & dark. Slept ill ― bed uncomfortable. At 8.30 came home, & breakfasted. Began 2 small drawings of Philœ & Corfu ― but the whole furniture upstairs is moved, & I should think 20 soldiers & 10 horses there. Headache & feverish, ― & find work wholly impossible. What to do? ― It […]
XX2 Snow on Salvador. The “bore” increases. ― All day long ― preparations for a gt. dance are going on ― above ― dragging furniture &c., & even the sleeping room above mine is to have the musicians! So I go partially mad. ―― Place 2 more tracings the 9th & 10th on canvass, & […]
A bitterly cold day ― all through. The west room is so windy I give it up, & breakfast in the studio or middle room. Made Tracings of 3 views ― 2 of the Ascension Corfu ― & 1 from Gasturi: ― & afterwards “whited” the skies & mountains of Turin & Florence. Then, at […]
Turin 2nd day. Did not sleep all night ― the “plash of the harbor sea” is “anything but pleasant” ―― seeing there is a fierce North Wind set in. Towards 6 slept, ― but rose at 7.30. ― Worked at Turin ― nearly all day. Col. Maude from upstairs came: ― a really nice pleasant […]
Florence ― day 2 Same exquisite weather. Rose at 7. Posted 7 letters ―. Observer of the 24th Novr. & a very kind nice letter from Mrs. G. Scrivens. Set to work hard on Fairbairn’s Florence, & did a great deal. ― At 4.30 walked up to Ascension ― & beyond, ― & down by […]
XX1 Perfection=weather ― al solito. ― & the band=music, the whistle of the Man of War, ― the plash fo the harbor sea are not unpleasant. Wrote a good deal [Mrs. G. Scrivens, Mrs. Husey Hunt, Mr. Edwards.]1 ― & put various outlines in canvass ― & later, a table having come from Χριζὸς, arranged […]
