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in museum. Then to John Lavery's.  Charming man.  Much like Mr. Young.  Fine pictures-portraits mostly in room-very big and spacious.  Beautiful quality.  "Two Ladies," "Old Lady", "Gentleman with Gray Beard" "Lady on Beach with Parasol" "Young Girl."  Delightful receptions in these studios.  Taken down to see lower room.  Kent-like water piece with white boat.  Chashaw's horse-and-eat dandy.  Mr. Chase's nice picture, Japanese prints! Prolonged good-bye.  Lavery's kindness. Came home. Violin after supper. Mr. Betts brought his, too, and we played together.

July 18.

Got up before breakfast and Schamberg and I went to the lot and sketched.  Tree-trunk "Your best."  Breakfast, and off to crit...Some commendation and some not so much so, for [[strike-through]] e [[strike-through/]] me.  "Not so sure but what the best time to do that kind of thing (the nocturne) is first thing (next

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morning, from memoranda." Jim daisy talk for students, despondency and what comes after.  What we are getting from all this; copying.  Fine and inspiriting; one wanted to call bravo.  Nice letter from Alma-Tadema.  Work not very striking in quantity or quality-not bad all though.  After interim when I prepared materials, we went to Sir Lawrence's. Meeting of the two artists (I can not say painters). Taken through house. It is itself an Alma-Tadema. Superb studio with silver, gold and marquettrie. Pictures, objects d'art. The Dutch room. The other Mancini. The hearty, full-lived old Hollander (of nearly seventy) that he is. Good-bye. Swan's. A working studio. The very interesting jumble. Pictures and statues going.  Splendid studies and photos-and Jap prints. The tremendous man he is with the silver locks and small eyes.  The finest type of Englisman.  Daisy