Fine early: cloudy at 12 ― & mist: hard rain after 1. Unwell: & physic. Did little but read. ― At 2 called on the Maudes, then on the Herberts, & lastly on the Sargents ― getting home by 5.30. At 7 ― to the Woolff’s. Good wines: food così. Evening pleasant. The Florentine is […]
Fine, but cloudy mostly: gleams of sun. Cold, & not well all day. Worked at Turin ― Alps chiefly: from 9.30, to 4.30 Major Peel & Capt. Clifford came ― just as I had set all my paint, whereat I was horrid-cross: but then, Capt. C. is doubless a great bore. Letter from Drummond ― […]
Same wonderful weather but cold Worked at distances of 3 Ascension Corfus, & a Porto 3 Scoglie. Col. Maude came in & sate some time. At 3, was going out, when Mr. & Miss Bolland, & Mrs. Lyell came. At 4.30 ― walked the “long round,” ― & called on Spiro, who goes on well. […]
Wonderfully calm & bright ― but cold particular. G. returning at 7.15 ― says Spiro is now going so well that he will not sleep there anymore. Posted letters to Lady Waldegrave, & C.F. Worked hard all day at Butrinto. Col. Wynne, & Capt. Bridges came. At 6.30 ― walked by the Parga new road […]
Calm again, & lovely ― all day: but cold. Wrote to Lady Waldegrave & C.F. till 10.30[.] Painted, from 10.30 to 5 ― at Butrinto. At 5.15 ― walked to Kastrades & back by 6.15. 6.30 Dined. ― 7.30 to 10.20 ― penned out 3 Egyptian drawings ― Thebes. ― Werry methoddikle, we are. [Transcribed […]
Tremendous North wind. Bright after 10. The morning was gray ― & stormy ― & rainy. At 10 it cleared, by a vast North wind: sea furious ― boats all nohow. At 1.30 ― Steamer from Trieste to Alexandria came in, but is now ― 2 P.M. still going round & round ― for no […]
Warmish ― gray ― & showers of pouring rain. Accounts &c. ―. Painted at 3 Ascension Corfus, from 9.30 ― to 5. Barr called. & later, Luard, who staid looking at sketches till 6.20. 6.30 dined. Letters from Emily Tennyson Fanny Coombe & William Nevill ― {who has taken Sir S. Lawrence’s house in Russel […]
Stormy ― west wind ― & high. Spiro is better again. Wrote to Ellen, & to Mrs. W.F. Beadon, till 1.30[.] By 2.15 ― reached Spiro’s ― dirty & wet, for it rained. Spiro is somewhat better, but I feel by no means ˇ[feel] assured of his total recovery. There were all the family except […]
Cloudy all day ― & S. wind. After breakfast, as I began to work on the Florence, ― G. came, dreadfully alarmed, saying that they had sent for him, as Spiro had a relapse. At 11, I, unable to work easily, called on Mrs. Herbert, & then went to Spiro’s, whom I found better after […]
Same weather ― a few clouds: none yesterday. Worked at Florence till 1. Sir C. Sargent called. Spiro continues better. At 2 went to Ascension Platforms, working there till 5, & returning by the One Gun road, ― walking with Col. & Mrs. Herbert & Miss Fergusson. Dined at 6.30 ―: penned out till 11. […]
