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think from the title it [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] might be a nude; it is a most charming portrait of the master's best period.  I was surprised at the manner of some of the students: some spend months over one work.  One can learn much in such a place. I'm not the only bald-headed freak trying to rob the old masters of their secrets.

A lady copying the same work (I try not to look at her copy. It is so warm it would make a cruel mustard plaster. Would singe ones eye lids. Well this dear thing (she's married) and knows Minnie Chester very well having spent four years in Paris. When I first started in to paint she offered me much advice, and Friday she wanted to know if I had copyied the work before, and would I be so kind as to do the hair on her painting (just a bit &c) Van Dyke has taught me a good deal, the lesson has been a long one, or I should write it down. I regret that