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Sunday 3 Aug Bridgeport Public Library Special Art Room Locked up Dark woman in reference room about it and she was so smart in the guarding of the room that finally, put to it by my serious grilling she said "well what did you expect me to do?" "I'd like to look on the shelves to see what you have." "Oh, yes of course" and she unlocks the door. All books in locked shelves and she hovers in Find The Royal Gallery of Hampton Court by Ernest Law Geo. Bell & Sons 1898 find a beautiful group of (Six) Children of Geo III by [[double underline]]West[[/double underline]] oblong Signed & dated 1776 [[V?]] Green mezzatinted it. double port Prince of Wales & Duke of York. West guite beautiful full length [[igrdex?]] boys double portrait Dukes of Clarence & Kent xx very beautiful & full of Character. West photos S Jones & Co. p. 1748 [[left margin--sketch of woman with hair up. Perhaps the librarian?]] must use these very fine Gainsborogh full l. Dr Fisher " full l. Col. Sand Leges uniform & horse Rigand Louis XV young 1/2 length xx Jansson Duke of Buckingham. very fine bust [[end of page]] [[start of page]] 39 Monday up to Muessmanns write the forward for their catalog of Philip Litke. They let me have a check for 5. on adv. Stop in at Mrs. Powells to cash & Charley DeKay come in - Says he just left Nelson international Nelson. Find DeKay looking very bad. When he come in & I [[walk?]] out to Mrs. P. "Whats new in art?" and I see the heavy rolling bummish looking figure with a most disreputable hat and greasy looking clothes. I take a sudden dislike to the man. Mrs. P introduces him & he sits down. Find him a wreck of a good looking man grey mustaches & goatee. Some teeth gone and lips heavy and sunken. Mouth dissolute. Good eyes & when he takes his hat off his head with grey hair quite decent. Talks a lot of stuff. [[illegible strikethrough]] Says he got [[Managua?]] to do the Hudson Fulton medal. Daniel Mytens by himself [[small sketch of a man with goatee looking right. Has a ruffled collar]] damn fine elegant handsome use this [[end page]]