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Lilly and I staid at home Mr. Fisher called in the morning, and left word that Father and Mother must be at the Crystal Palace by one o-clock as he had a ticket for them, so as soon as they reached home they set off, and Lill & I had to eat dinner alone. I drew and painted a [safety?] cab, and Lill dressed her doll. Father and mother reached home about four o-clock, but were not much pleased, as there was too great a crowd in the building. 15th. Weather rainy. Father and I went to the exhibition of British artists which pleased us very much There were some very highly finished watercolour drangs, and many out door sketches, and also some works in oil. We were interested in some drawings by Stanfield, one in particular of a rocky bluff running out into the sea, and an old wreck in the foreground. The natural way in which the rocks were painted and [freedom?] of the work were very fine. There was a watercolour by Stanfield's son, well painted but a poor subject,

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There were a good many by David Roberts, of Eyiptian ruins, well drawn and painted, his colouring is very quiet. And a Cattermole, or some monks dining, done on coarse brown wrapping paper. We saw two by Geo: A. Fripp, but father thought them rather smokey and heavy,and some by Aaron Penly he thought wooly and bad. There were many which were hurt on account of the want of a bright light, or on account of putting a too red sail, or shadow for the cool tone of the rest of the picture. After a pleasant two hours were returned to our lodgings. 16th. Being a very fine day we set off to see the Thames Tunnel and Tower of London. We walked to the Hungerford steamboat pier, and there took a steamer which conveyed us down to the Tunnel. Large ships cannot come up the Thames higher than a port called, the pool, in front of the Tower, on account of the bridges, all the shipping above this consists of small steamers and [[?]], which lower their pipes and masts. Some of these are very picturesque, having very short masts

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