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Saturday Mar 5 1887 Calvert and I went to see Whittredges studio and sketches at Ortgies' gallery.  The looked remarkably well, as I was sure they would. There are 75 in all all done with his characteristic care and feeling. I think it a most creditable showing and one that does honor to American art. I took occasion to speak in warm praise of his work to several people I met in the gallery. Painted on my picture but I think I began wrong-it does not "result". In the afternoon I got out my crewel work curtain, spread it on the floor and sewed on the border and hung it up. It looks very distinguished. Shortly after a young chap from Brooklyn came to see if I had any of the small pictures he saw advertised in the Century. I made the mistake of showing him all of them. The result was he could not decide and went away saying he would bring his mother on Tuesday. He seemed an awkward well intentioned young fellow but was afraid he would not get the best thing. Went to the monthly meeting of the club and invited Dewing who came late. Had a very agreeable evening and staid until after midnight. Eastman had a full length seated portrait of his wife remarkably rich in color. He seemed greatly delighted at what I said of it. There was also a fine portrait of Mrs. Gilder by Wyatt Eaton. I took occasion to tell Gilden how much I like it and he seemed much pleased and asked to bring Eaton to introduce him to me, which he did. I told him how much I admired his portrait and the womanly character he had invested it with. He was evidently pleased and it was a real gratification to me to be able to praise, rather than criticize. My two pictures brought me many pleasant compliments from the artists. They were the two winter pictures "Sunset after a Storm" and the Eastern sky at sunset.

Sunday 6" Downing came over to my room with me this morning and while he was here Whittredge came in and smoked a cigar with me. He seemed in good spirits. I think he received many encouraging compliments concerning his pictures last night. After he went I began a letter to Mrs. Steele and Dewing went out to call on Jones a friend of his whom he brought back with him. I accomplished very little writing but after dinner I came back to my room and wrote to Sara, sending her a check for Marion, one for Tom and one for herself. I also finished Mrs. Steeles letter and mailed them both on my way over to tea. I found Mrs. Houmans there whom I have not met before since the death of her husband. She looks very worn and old but seemed like her old self. She spent the evening and we indulged in many reminiscences particularly o the charming Mrs. Stemmer of twenty years ago.

Monday 7 Foggy and dark. The storm of rain here was snow up at home where a foot of snow fell. Bowyer went up Saturday to Rondout for ice boating and tobogganing but they closed the slide on account of the storm just as he reached there. The railroad were blocked and all the trains behind time. I began a large picture of cumulus clouds opposite the sun, a recollection of a magnificent effect I saw at Norfolk when Gertrude and I were there ten years ago, but I am afraid I am not equal to it. In the evening I went around to the club and had a most delightful evening an old time artistic night, with Eastman, Whittredge, Bristol, Perry, Bradford Lafarge and Griswold. We staid until after midnight.

Tuesday 8. A brilliant, springlike morning. I walked down the Bowery after breakfast as far as Grand St. and back to my studio up Broadway. Painted on my little Passtime and improved it. Marion