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from the rough and rugged hills at Gloucester. A heavy curtain of solemn clouds hangs atop the center of the picture with a great gray sky behind and along the far horizon stretches a band of light toward which a white bird is flying. Whittredge and Gifford are much interested in it but I have not told them what I mean in it. I think they feel it. I hope I shall never be obliged to sell it. This afternoon Mr. DeForest called with his sister-in-law to look at my pictures with a view to buying one but they did not come until four o'clock and then the sky had cleared up and it had grown so dark that they could not see them well. She said she would come again. While they were here Mr. Kauffman from Washington called with a piano and just at dusk Mr. Ogden who was here a week ago to buy a picture came with a Mrs. Wood. I showed them the pictures by gaslight, but it was not satisfactory, and they are to call again. Mr. Howe sent me the check for his picture ($200) the difference in the trade we made. Gertrude who has felt very depressed since Kensetts death wanted to go to the theater and so we went to Wallachs to see Sothern in Dundreary. It was snowing hard when we came home.

Sunday Dec 22" 1872 I have just returned from hearing an excellent sermon by Dr. Bellows on the Pilgrim Fathers a most just and appreciative analysis of their character. Their mission and their influence on our national character. The weather is intensely cold so that my ears were nearly frozen coming home. Friday evening a meeting of the Century was called to pay our tribute of respect to the memory of Kensett. Mr. Huntington read a paper as did Hicks, & John [[?]]. Dr. Bellows made some appropriate and fitting remarks as he always does. Dr. Osgood also spoke. The proceedings are to be embodied in a memorial volume. While we were in service Dr. Bellows announced the sudden death of George P. Putnam. He died suddenly, fell dead in a moment almost in his store on Friday afternoon.

A few of the Artists present hearing that the Committee on Art for the Vienna Exposition had resigned their 

Transcription Notes:
E. A. Sothern as Lord Dundreary in "Our American Cousin"