Thursday, 14 February 1861
Bethlehem. done.
Another dark day ― tho’ not quite so bad. ―
Gaëta is befished. ―
Mr. Parker, Jones’s partner came ― to measure for a great mat ―: his son is a painter, & he professes painting Landseer, Ansdell, Poole & to wit! ! ! !
Then came poor dear W.F. Beadon, sad ― sad ― sad. ―
Worked at Bethlehem.
Fanny Catt & one boy ― & Maria Coombe came. ―
Κανὲν ἃλλος ὁλ’ ἡμέραν.1 ――
At 4 arranged drawings.
At 6½ ― to Beadon’s, where I passed a really pleasant evening.
Home by 10.
[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]
- Nobody else all day (NB). [↩]