Linley Sambourne's Diary, 1884

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Notes and addresses in front pages: Number of ticket 79719 Models: Miss Puzey, 128 Cambridge Road, Kilburn NW. Alice Smith, 137 Camden St. Gibbons, 9 Hornton Street, Kensington.

Felden, 2 Little George Street, Hampstead Rd. Kate Beverly, 3 St Joseph's Villas, Sulgrave Rd, Shepherd's Bush.

Hetty Stanley, 23 Grove Place, Brompton Rd. Hall, 23 Thames Street, Kingston.

N.Clifton, Hats.

E. Sturning, Printer. 6 Elm Court Gardens.

McGregor, Police. 20 Argyll Road.

John Sheridan, Aquarium Keeper, Fisheries.

I. Cave, 36 Church Road, Water Lane, Brixton.

Waters gave address, 33 Ricketts Road, Chiswick.

Reference Melluish, 2 Waterloo, High Road, Kilburn. 4 Kilburn Lane, Kensal Green.

The Manor House, Lower Slaughter, Boughton on Water, Gloucestershire.

F.C.Burnand Esq, 33 Brompton Crest.

E.I. Milliken. 83 Longborough Park, Brixton, SW. F.W.Thornton, 101 Palace Road, Lambeth

Tuesday January 1 At Messels. Took Mrs Boughton down to supper. Mad Mrs Waller. Danced.

Stayed late. Stopped. Smoked. No head on. Did not ride. Worked on Diploma all day. (Two sketches of children, one titled: My son Sir.) Wednesday January 2 Worked on Diploma all day. Thought I had finished. Millais called in afternoon, delighted. Pointed out faults. Did (sketch large eye) Bowman. Took cab to Punch Dinner. Long talk about Frank. Sat till 11.30pm. Walked with Milliken.

(Don was lost. Found at home on Monday the 7 th) Thursday January 3 Diploma in frame. Worked in morning on Diploma. Altered shoulder & also put profile in. After lunch went to Cutler & Reeds & Grosvenor. Saw Hallé. Went about 'Sir Joshua'. Mrs Watney, Miss Wilson, Mrs Boehm. Tattersalls called.

Dined at home.

Friday January 4 Birthday. 40th year. Worked hard all day. Did the two Presidents. Long letter from F.C.B. Rode in morning. Did not go out all day or after dinner.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Saturday January 5 Worked in morning on Diploma. Put in Millais' alterations. Profile etc etc.

Worked after dinner. 1st night of Gilbert & Sullivans Princess Ida. Drew hand all the morning from Polly. Put small penguin in to hide. After went to Old Masters at Academy. Home in 4 wheeler. Very wet.

Sunday January 6 Worked in morning (all morning) on Diploma. Altered Fluvius' face. Watts RA, Tenniel, Abbey, Parsons, Davis RA, Boehm RA. Farquharson, Wirgman, Morris, Fildes, Caldecott, Gordon Thompson, Messel, etc etc, called to see Diploma. Great success. Dined at Fildes. M not well. Gordon Thompson in after.

Monday January 7 This day 'The Diploma' went to Waterloo at 3.30pm. Wrote to Stone. Did not turn up. Don found at dog's home. Marion & Aunt Linda called. Marion Herapath in temper. Dined at home. Slept on sofa. Window open.

Tuesday January 8 Up & went hunting with Queens. Meet at Gerrards X. Late for hounds. Too bad. Wet all day. Home in afternoon. Rest. Went to Ionides dance for Chicks.

Home 11.30. Miss Casellas.

Wednesday January 9 Fine morning. M goes to Hamilton Langleys. Maud a bad tongue. Abbey's Pantomime. M went to Wolverhampton. Chicks at Pantomime. Miss Parsons called. Last Emma. Great fun with Roy. Missed trap. Home with Mrs Fildes' nurse. Glass with Abbey. P.Dinner. Long late talk with D.M & Milliken.

Thursday January 10 Worked all day. Dined at Garrick. Saw Val Princep. After saw 'Princess Ida'.

Home at 12.0pm. Stayed late at Club. Augustus Harris story.

Friday January 11 Worked all day. Did Gladstone & Jam. After went to meet Burnand. Dined at Garrick. Very seedy. Good talk. Tooles theatre. 'Maas' - met him. Walked home.

Saturday January 12.

Punch been 1 year at Dr Orton's today. Went after settling about Drawing Room down to Wolverhampton to visit Langleys. Took Punch. Missed Cave.

Met by Hamilton's servant. Rode to 'Manor House' Trysull. M well & nice old house. Bed early. Mother went to Ealing.

Sunday January 13 Quiet peaceful day. Dull weather. Looked over books etc. Rode in afternoon for 1 hour. Dinner etc and bed. Wrote long letter to Sir P.C.Owen £250 + 30 = £280.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Monday January 14 Drove in morning to meet at Appley. Splendid day. Bad frost to begin with. At 2.0pm found another run. 1hr 25 minutes. Nearly home. Adderly broke his leg. Didn't know it. Tired after. Regular good day. Wore new brown suit for 1 st time.

Tuesday January 15 Lawn Tennis with Hamilton. Pottered about. Tried to catch fish. Read all afternoon with reading lamp etc etc. Dinner. Bed. Wednesday January 16 At Wolverhampton, Trysull. Photod Punch etc. After went to lunch at the Underhills met Ready. Studio at top of house. Drove 'Punch'. Home in afternoon.

Thursday January 17 Came up from Wolverhampton by 1.40. Rode Punch. Only just in time. Lady Boughey. Good journey. Called at Burgess's & also at Valentine Blanchard's.

Home to Stafford Terrace. Chicks well. After dined at Gardens. Fletchers there. Went down to Bradburys' Ball. Young Lawrence is of age. Danced till 3.0am. Home in buss with Will Agnew. Home 4.30.

Friday January 18 At Stafford Terrace. Dear Roy came & woke me. Very seedy. Directions for paint & room. Walked to Punch office. Called at Suggs. Cave made mistake about clothes etc etc at Club. Wrote letters at Garrick. Wrote Cunliffe Owen.

After went to Kensington to change coat. Dined at Devonshire Club with Waterlow. Met Davidson, Blackburn etc. Also 'whats his name'. Cards. Lost 10/-. Home 1.30. Row with Nurse about paint.

Saturday January 19 Gave directions about room. Row with Nurse. Upset about Chicks. Went down to Wolverhampton. Hamilton met me. Polly well. Bed early. Cavendish (old gent) in a rage at changing.

Sunday January 20 Seedy more or less. At Hamiltons. Mooned in morning. Col Dickens came in.

Walked there to T. Dinner after. No boots turned up. Illustrated News etc etc.

Monday January 21 Hacked to meet at Wrotterly. M & Midge drove. Poor run. Came home from Chillington Park 14 miles. Thru' Albrighton & Summerhouse & Pattingham.

Lovely fine day. Like summer. Dined. News Illustrated.

Tuesday January 21 In morning Hamilton went to meet. Gale of wind. Took some photos. Waddy & Baby. After went to Wolverhampton & home. 2 gents in carriage. Cyprus etc etc. Dined at Gardens. Miss Clark & Judy there. Chicks better. After went to Trocadero and Club. Home 12.0am.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Wednesday January 23 Long pottering day, finishing Drawing Room. Walked to Punch Dinner.

Burnand's hand very bad. No Bradbury. After walked home as far as Knightsbridge. Heavy gale of wind.

Thursday January 24.

Mr 'Squire' called at breakfast. Balmann. Bore. Room finishing. Marion to come home. Polly came home. 'Punch' came home. Lost 2 shoes. Ass of a Cave rode him home without. Dined at home.

Friday January 25 Worked awfully hard all day on January June. Did not go out. Finished at 8.45. Bottle of Champagne. Seedy. Sent Cave to Alfred's & Euston. Punch shod & kept waiting. 'Punch' lame.

Saturday January 26 1st Holiday. Went to Ludgate Hill. Saw Routledge. Called office. Bought knives. Fearful gale. Umbrella turned inside out. Called Briggs. Dined at Gardens. 300 Up with Edgar. Home with Polly. 'Punch' lame.

Sunday January 27 Fine day. High wind. Lunched at Watneys. After called Gilbert. Saw Peto.

Stokes dined. Bed 12 0am. 'Punch' lame.

Monday January 28 Went in morning to Watneys to photo. Disappointed about Policeman.

Photo'd till 3.0pm. Lunched there. Came home to T. Lovely day. After dined at Abbey's. Glorious dinner. Wild turkey & Canvas Back ducks. Stone, Fildes, Boughton. Stayed till 1.30. 'Punch' lame.

Tuesday January 29 General tidy up of room. Nelly Keith came. Punch still lame. Dined 6.45pm.

Spencer's birthday, 37. Went to the Savoy Theatre. Princess Ida. Sent M home. Cigar etc. Wrote letters at Club. Walked to Knightsbridge. Home. Sent Fancy Portraits away. 'Punch' lame.

Wednesday January 30 Wrote letters till 12.30. Burnand wrote by Rosie. Warm wet morning. Sent check for £150. 'Punch' lame.

Thursday January 31 Wrote & worked in morning. After took Roy to Drury Lane. Little Fildes & Maud Paxton. Good Pantomime. After called at Mays. Dressed. To Holborn Restaurant. Met Gibson etc. Stokes' dinner. after to Falka. Supper at Club & home. ‘Punch lame’ Friday February 1 Worked all day at Barnums. After dined quietly at Gardens. Only Guv & Mater there. Home early & bed early. Rhodes called. 'Punch' lame.

Saturday February 2

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Rode Punch for 1st time since lameness. Rode round called at Mendelsohns.

Also Elm Park. After thro' Park to Elliot & Frys. After to Club. Called at Welbys. Walked towards home. After dining at home went with M to Haymarket theatre. Home at 11.30. Saw the Dickens's. Gilberts in box opposite with McLeans.

Sunday February 3 Beautiful morning. Cold east wind. Went for ride to Richmond Park. Home by Barnes. Caught up 'Krick' & Coward. Home. Saw Bendall. Lunch. Tom Taylor called. After walked up to Boughtons. Ionides. Home. Canon Harford dined.

Taf came in after. Read the Divers. Stayed till 1.0pm. Good evening. Taf & Canon left together.

Monday February 4 Cold East wind. Wrote letters all morning. After rode to Arts Club & into Oxford Street & Portland Rd. Bought photos. Called on Reed. Rode to Garrick. Too early. Bought watch at Hawes's. After walked home. Dressed & to dinner at Boughtons. Took in Miss Lankester. Slow evening. Home at 11.30pm.

Tuesday February 5 Not so cold. Rode before breakfast up to Club on chance of Gossett's letter.

No letter. Home in drizzle. Punch all right. Met Ionides. After looked over letters etc. Sent Fox cuttings. Worked in afternoon. Did Sir F.Leighton drawing sword. To dine at Hunters. Parliament opened. Inspector of Police called. Dined at Colin Hunter's. Met the Carrs etc. M not well. Home at 11.0am.

Wednesday February 6 Rode in morning. Worked on President Leighton. Finished. Walked up as far as Hawes. Changed watch etc & got M the diamond combs. At Punch dinner W Agnew then D.M. Dressed. Stayed till 11.0. Walked to Charing X. Took cab home.

Thursday February 7 Rode early. Worked hard to get Punch & Valentine done. In afternoon ran down to Brighton to Nottages. Met at station. Dined. Squabbles. Mr & Mrs Palmer. Miss Allen. 10 Brunswick Terrace. Bed 11am after smoke. Young 'Pidgeon'.

Friday February 8 Up early & strolled to Aquarium. After saw monkeys & snakes. Diving birds.

Walked back. Changed things. Walk with Pidgeon after museum etc etc.

Small human head. After caught in wet. Tea. Dressed. Drove to Blakes. Good dinner. Tete à tete. Home. M lost glove. Very heavy wet.

Saturday February 9 Strolled with young Palmer in to Pavilion. Looked thro' all rooms. After fell in with Nottage & M. Lunched at Sweetings. Oysters. After cab home. Went to Pantomime. Home. After took things in cab to Old Ship. Changed rooms. 42,

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 45. Back to dinner. Young Nottage came home. After played Poker. After (illeg) servants & home to hotel. Very comfortable fire. Damp sheets etc.

Sunday February 10 Up & went & had Brill Bath. Wind & wet. Met Waterhouse. After A1 breakfast.

Nice walk after to Kemp Town. Back to Hotel. Oyster lunch. After walked to Nottages. Saw Truecott. Merry Mark Lemon died. Mrs Jopling was Miss Goode. After back to Hotel. Dinner at 6.30pm. After bill £3.1.8. Home by train comfortably. Back at Stafford Terrace, all well.

Monday February 11 Fine morning. Rode. Got shelter at Ambassadors Gate. Marlboro House. St James's. Stayed long but got very wet. Called at Dean's Yard. Cantered home. Changed. Took cab. Lunch with Canon & Reed. After Westminster Abbey. Triforium etc. After went to Club in Taf's cab. Called Hawes. Changed Watch. Plates etc. Cab home & dressed. Drove to Mr Tom Taylors.

Uncomfortable cab. Row. Met the Allinghams. Lovely night. Home. M tired.

Mother came home. Cave gave notice.

Tuesday February 12 Lovely morning. Rode early. Saw Watney. Horse bleeding. After putting drawers in order & writing etc went for walk to call on Sir P.C. Owen. Cheque for extra work sent. Arranged about Diploma. Health. Walked up to town & back. After lunched at Gardens. After went to the play with M & Mother. Last few nights of Court Theatre, The Millionaire. Home by cab. Mother nearly fell.

Slow evening.

Wednesday February 13 In morning rode early. After tried to work on F.P. Could not, on acct of Editor.

M went to call. After walked to Punch Dinner. Called at Lewis's & Garrick.

Walked with Milliken & cab home. Suggested cartoon of Simeon in desert.

Thursday February 14 Worked after ride on F.P of Brand. Wired for from Frank & also Wm Graham, 112 Regent St W. Rode up to Garrick saw Kendal & also Finlay. Lunched at Garrick. Gilly Farquhar, F.C.B & Anthony Jones. After talk with F.C.B walked to St Stephen's Club. Sketched etc. After dressed & went to Holborn Restaurant to meet Stokes & Gibson, also (blank) After to Camaralzaman.

Supper at home. Dull evening. Wet night.

Friday February 15 Rode early. Worked hard all day on block. Gladstone & Dizzy statues. Dined at Gardens. Dinner to be kept waiting. Sleepy afterwards. Home to bed 11.30.

Saturday February 16 Pottered in morning. After walked to Club called Parkes also London Stereoscopic also Wellby & club. Lunched. Gilly F, Arthur à B etc. Called at

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Stereoscopic, selected photos & walked home. Paid 4s for photos. Fool. Did not go out. M seedy very.

Sunday February 17 M seedy. Rode in morning to Richmond. Cold east wind. Thro' Park. Lunch at Richmond Club with Spencer, Percy Oakes & old Capron. (Written Feby 24 1893, 9 years after). Good lunch, magnum & 2 bottles. Looked over the Club.

New house. Rode home. Punch started lame. No sight of Spencer. Home.

Nelly Keith there. Stokes came to dinner. Stayed till 12.0pm. Good evening.

Monday February 18 Bright cold east wind. Rode early. Green wrote. Met Baker & Webster. Mrs Goodall's party. After had long day writing etc. Lunched at home did not go out. Put photos in order. Dined at home. After went to see Miss Mary Anderson in Galatea & Clarice. Spencer & Adah went too. 1 st night of German Reed's new piece. Nash's bill came in £125 odd.

Tuesday February 19 Wrote letters. Saw Waters. After rode Punch to St Stephen's Club. After lunch with Benjy Baker & Mr Fowler. Called & saw model. Walked to Turkish Bath.

Had Bath. Saw Watney. Walked home. After dined quietly at home & bed early. Montalba, Mrs Gilbert & Mrs Larnach called.

Wednesday February 20 Most lovely morning. Bright & warm. Rode at 8.30. Saw Watney, Coward, Mocatta etc etc. After home & wrote till 11.30. Did new Speaker, Peel. M not well. Went out. Walked to Garrick. Took cab to Dinner. Full Dinner. D.M etc etc. Stayed till 11.30 Home in cab. Talk with Milliken. Fine night.

Thursday February 21 Rode in morning. Very wet. Worked hard all day on month Feby. Did not go out. Dined at home. Worked till 12.0pm. Pa & Ma went to Clifton for Alfred Herapath. (This day 3 weeks (illeg) Father died himself.)

Friday February 22 Beautiful morning. Rode at 8.30. Saw Boehm. Also Watney. Home. Chicks out. Wrote letters. Waters etc etc. Worked hard all day on Feby. Finished at 8.0pm. Dinner & bed early.

Saturday February 23 Up & went to C Stokes. Expecting Bobby. Had teeth stopped all round. Lunch at Constitutional Club. Walk to Garrick. Got new chain, old relinked. Very cold. Read Rochester. Punch sent back. After went to Savage Club. Conrad Cooke & Creswick. Good evening. Supper at Garrick. Tool etc. Home by 1.30.

Cartwright etc etc.

Sunday February 24

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Fine lovely morning. Rode to Richmond. Home. Lunch at Gardens. After called with Spencer on Boughton, Abbey, Fildes, Hunter etc etc. Dinner at home. Taylor, Watney, Conny, à Beckett etc. Late.

Monday February 25 Cave leaves. Fine. Rode. First day of Waters. Cave did leave & Waters came.

Rode in morning. Tidied up etc etc. Wrote letters. Cold east wind. Felt a chill.

Did not go to 'Scrap & Papers'. Home & bed early.

Tuesday February 26 Rode early. Wrote letters. Afterwards did initial of Water Babies. Walked to Criterion. East wind. Dined at dinner given by the Hogarth Club to Colin Hunter. Sat next to Linton. Speech. Whiskey at Hogarth club. Talk with Parton & Parsons. Home with Fildes, Parsons, Abbey & Parsons in cab. 2.30pm.

Wednesday February 27 Got to work to write letters after riding. East wind. Waters & Benns row. Saw Benns. After letter from Milliken about meeting him at Club. Did meet him.

Walked there. Called on Van derWeyd & S.A.Walker. Walked home. Met the Keckwichs. Dined quietly at home. Hot whiskey & bed. Cold worse.

Thursday February 28 East wind. Rode early. Worked on Merv subject. After walked towards town.

Took cab to Drury Lane. Had box AA. Took Miss Allen, 3 Cowards, Mother Alice & Roy & M to Drury Lane Pantomime. After saw them in cabs. To Club.

Dressed. Met Stokes, Mason, Weldon. Dined Cafe Royal. 2 mags Heidsieck.

After went to Avenue Theatre. Stage Box No 2. Saw Lady stalls. Pretty girls.

After walked with Stokes to Brook St. Called at Dr Masons. Home in cab with Weldon. Slept in room. Bed 2.0pm. East wind worse. Really ill with cold.

Friday February 29 Rode to Victoria. Beastly east wind. To work on Merv. Altered & re-altered again. Worked on Bear & Merv. Good cut. Did not go out. Cold bad. Bed early & grog.

Saturday March 1 Up & walked as far as Downey & club. Pawnbroker etc etc. After took buss home. Rode after in Park for hours. Dined early & went to see Claudian.

Good box. Miss Wilson. Home early. Tiles put down.

Sunday March 2 In morning rode. After went for walk with M. Called on Abbey & Parsons. After lunched at Gardens.Walked with Spencer to Club (7.0). Saw Mark Anthony Jones (Colonel). Walked back. Cab at Knightsbridge. After Birch, Brown & Spencer to dinner. Good dinner. Late. East wind bad.

Monday March 3

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 In morning wrote heaps of letters after riding. Saw Watney etc. Worked on Water Babies. Watney & Miss Baker dined. Went to see part Claudian. Cold very bad. East wind bad.

Tuesday March 4 Very wet, did not ride. Punch a rest. East wind went away thank goodness.

Worked on Water Babies. Initial Chap 6. Quiet dinner at home. Bed early.

Wednesday March 5 Lovely morning. Bright warm sun. Rode early. Sent cheques & wrote letters.

Water Baby drawings. Finished initial Chap 6. M called on Lady Freake Mrs Geiger, Cottons, Gilberts, etc etc. Walked to P.D. Blustering Bradbury. Frank not there. Stayed late. Walked with Milliken. Home in cab 12.15. Ivory sent wine, 2 doz.

Thursday March 6 Fine morning. Rode. Saw Watney etc etc. Home & wrote letters. Did F.P of Salvini as Shakespeare. Finished late. In evening went to Santleys at home.

Miss Mary Anderson, Miss Gladstone etc. Tenniel. Mrs Gaskill etc etc.

Supper. Mrs Santley's sister. Chile. First met Miss Innes. After dropped Tenniel & home 2.30. Read Edwin Drood. Mervyn returned home today.

Friday March 7 Worked all day hard on the Soldier Boys. Did not go out. Rode in morning.

Bed early.

Saturday March 8 Fine morning. Pottered in morning. After took train to Bouverie St. Saw Law. 2nd class. Called Arthurs. Ordered buttons. Firmin & Sons. Called Club.

Lunch. Milliken. Smoke. Coffee etc etc. After walked home. Uncle John & Aunt Knetta here. Bed 11.0am. Took photos of Chicks from roof.

Sunday March 9 Most lovely morning. Rode Colin Hunter's mare to Richmond etc. Colin rode Punch. Called at C's uncle. Glass Champagne. Home, changed. M seedy.

Lunched at Gardens. Walk with Spencer to call on Woodville. Also called in 'Nordinfeldt'. Stool at Hollibones. Walked home to Gardens. Called at house.

Home to sort of supper. Bed 11.0am. M seedy very.

Monday March 10 Very wet morning. Rode Hunter's mare. Colin Punch. Alone in Row. After home. Breakfast. Very busy writing letters to lunch time. Sugg called. Gas. Ventnor Marine Hotel. Gov'r not well. Marion went round to see & be with her mother. Father in law had stroke of paralysis & apoplexy this morning. Went to Gardens to fetch Polly. Dined at home after. Uncle Edwin & Aunt there.

Tuesday March 11

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Rode Punch. Called at Gardens. Saw Conny. Gov'r no better. Orton called.

Sir Andrew Clarke called in. Marion very seedy. Worked all day on W.Babies.

Did initial drawing. Bed early.

Wednesday March 12 Rode Colin's mare in morning. Worked. Did last initial for book. In afternoon did portrait of Graham. Spencer called. Took cab to Punch Dinner. After Punch Dinner called at Club & took Milliken to Savile Club. Abbey's dinner.

Saw Black. Asked for Scotland. Home. Marion in room all day.

Thursday March 13 In morning rode Colin's mare. Orton called. Worse news. After took Marion to Gardens. Father taken worse at 6.0am. Gradually sinking. All family there.

Long weary day. At 3.20am died. Very sad. Spencer went away. Chapple there. Uncles Edwin & John. Lovely beautiful day. Home to dinner 7.15.

Arthur à Beckett called. Wrote.

Friday March 14 Most beautiful day. Stayed with Marion in morning. Sent hat. M very ill. Stayed in with her in morning. After rode to Cutler & Reeds. Measured Drawing Room. After came home. Worked. Did small cut, Black Watch. Late dinner 8.15. Looked round at Gardens. Bed 11.15. M slept better.

Saturday March 15 Most lovely day. Beautiful. Rode Colin's mare. Tidied room. After rode to Cutler & Reed. Very hot. After to Wimbledon & Richmond. Met M & Chicks.

Long ride home. Dined at home. Did not go to Gardens. Quiet evening.

Sunday March 16 Most beautiful hot day. Did not ride. Took M for walk round Serpentine. Very hot & crowded. Lunched at home. Spencer called. Went round to Gardens.

Walked with Spencer to Club. After came home. Took Marion home in cab.

Dined at home quietly. Bed early. Aunt Barr been gone 10 years this day.

Monday March 17 Magnificent hot day. Too hot. Rode Punch in morning. Wrote letters. M to go out in Bath chair. Went to Cutler & Reed for spats. Nelly called. Lunched.

After at 2.30pm M went in Bath chair. After Gardens. Stayed at Gardens.

After Spencer came & dined. Went to fetch Marion. Tassell brought her back in Bath chair. Lovely day. Very hot.

Tuesday March 18 Up at 5.15. Dressed. Walked round to Gardens. Carried the Father to hearse.

'Hunt' undertaker, Eaton Rise. Breakfast. Followed to church in hansom. After Victoria from hearse to trolly into the break van. After to Margate. Long journey. Most lovely day. Too fine. Walked behind to Westwood. John drove.

Jarman & tenants after to Dining Room, Westwood. Lunch. Guests from town. 2 Eykyns, Heaton, Livesey, Uncle Edwin. Drs Walter & Thornton, T.Fair, Hyde Clarke, Booker, McKenzie, Newman, Chapple etc. After from Dining Room to hearse. Wreathes in numbers. Walked to St Peters. At 2.15pm laid

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 in vault. Mr Whitehead etc. Cocksedge, Poynter, Jarman & Tassell assisted.

Threw sprig of bay tree in. After drove to Westwood. Lunched. Caught 4.25pm. Home in cab with Spencer. Dined at Gardens. Home & bed at 10.20.

Long day. Lovely fine day.

Wednesday March 19 Rode in morning. Worked on W. Babies. Began March. Ram & lambs. After walked to Punch Dinner. Called Cutler & Reed & also on Spencer. After back by cab to Gardens. Fetched Marion. Quiet Punch Dinner. Burnand back.

Thursday March 20 Treasure left. Wrote letters. Burnand wired & countermanded. Did block of Huddlestone. Dined at home. Lawrence came.

Friday March 21 Rode in morning. Wrote. Bothered with work. Burnand wrote. Did small block only. Dined at 7.30. (Illustrated London News 6.4.1865).

Saturday March 22 Colder. Had room cleaned. After walked to Club. Lunched. Evans. Mark A.Jones. Walked home. Met Marshall. Rode for an hour. Dined at Gardens.

Billiards after. Orton. Looked in at Ortons. Lost key.

Sunday March 23.

Fine in morning. Rode to Wimbledon & Richmond Park & sharp home. After came home dressed & went to Gardens for Marion. Came home & lunched at home. After Wycliffe called & Uncle & Aunt John. Went round to Gardens after. Canon Harford dined & Mr Allen with fiddle called. Lent coat.

Monday March 24 Colder. East wind. Startled by shutter riding in morning. After coming home wrote letters etc. After worked on Housekeeper for Water Babies. After dined quietly at home. Played Lawn Tennis at Church Walk with the Miss Hunts.

Felt giddiness for first time before coming off. Liver attack.

Tuesday March 25 Rode in morning. East wind. After began Doll in afternoon. Went to dine at Gardens. Ma not well. Game of Billiards with Edgar & home. Very angry about Doll being moved. Bed 11.15. Liver bad.

Wednesday March 26 Rode in morning. East wind very cold. Saw Smith of Smith & Elder. Little Humphreys left. Worked on Doll. Finished. Mr Marcus called. Colin Hunter called. Walked with Colin to Kensington Gardens. After through to Punch Dinner. Felt head very dizzy. Dined at P.D. Saw D.M. Pleasant Dinner. Home by cab. Burnand to go to Brompton Cresc. Liver bad. Most anxious about my head. Giddiness.

Thursday March 27

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Rode with Colin Hunter. 1st day with new mare. After looked over Illustrated London News. Very cold east wind. Stove & Grates. After worked all day on March for Punch. Conny & Terrero to dine. Felt head better. Liver bad.

Friday March 28 Did not ride. Worked hard all day on March block. Dined at 8.45. Bed soon after. Did not go out. Liver bad. Duke of Albany died at Nice at 11.0am this morning.

Saturday March 29 Worked in morning on Water Babies. Did the Salmon and the Trout. After lunch rode to Portland Road for stocking aquarium. Called at Kings. Filled aquarium with sand & had to take it out again. Back home & dined at home.

Man called about aquarium. Bad waiting at dinner. Worry. Liver bad.

Sunday March 30 Up & at 10.0am in saddle. Rode thro' Richmond Park, back fast. Lunched at home. Took M for walk in Park. Home. Tea & did some work on W.B. Dined at home quietly by ourselves. Liver bad.

Monday March 31 Rode in morning. Worked on W Babies after writing letters etc. Did the Sun Fish from News. Dined quietly at home, bed early. Man came about 100 candle burner. Liver bad.

Tuesday April 1 Rode in morning. Worked after on Water Babies. Did Old Bury & Seal. Dined quietly at home. Bed at 11.30. Liver bad.

Wednesday April 2 In morning rode. Saw Colonel Burnaby ride at the head of his Regiment, the Blues. Met Lockwood, Mathews etc. After home. Took photos of Policeman etc. After found I was all wrong. Spoilt 18 plates. Worked on W.B. Walked slowly to Punch Dinner. Good quiet dinner. Mirage. Bradbury not there.

Stayed till 12.0am. Home with Milliken in cab as far as Waterloo. Letters at home. Liver bad. Yates sentenced to 4 months hard labour.

Thursday April 3 Lovely morning. Rode at 8.30. Blues. Rode by self. Took photos of Waters in morning, found out mistake of shutter. Very vexed. (Only found this negative Feby 1896, 12 years after. Printed from it.) Wrote letters, Benn etc. After worked on W.B. Luncheon spoilt. Began in afternoon Harcourt Punch & Dramatists. Liver bad. In evening dined with Abbey & Parsons at Continental.

Tadema, Dobson, D.M, A.Forbes, Boughton, Princep, Synge, Gosse, Caldecott, Stone, Gilbert, Barrett, Abbey, Orchardson, Sergeant, Fildes, Andrew Lucy, L.S., Anderson, Martin Dr, Hunter, Robinson, Trower, Macbeth, Comyns Carr.

Friday April 4

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Rode in morning. Fine. Saw Tom Eykyn, brother of Burnaby etc. After coming home felt dreadfully giddy & queer. Very bad. Hard day. Finished 8.15. Told M about head. Took 2 pills. Padophylym. Liver climax very bad.

Saturday April 5 Pills laid hold of me at 5.0am. Up. Long morning with Illustrated News. After in afternoon jogged with Spencer to Wimbledon 3 hrs & home. In evening went & dined with Miss Innes. Santleys, H.Jones, Littletons etc etc. Good Dinner.

Miss Santley's imitations. Walked home. East wind commenced. Liver bad.

Sunday April 6 In morning still seedy. Milliken came. Called on Fildes, Hunter, Princep, Millais. After lunch to Boughton, Wells, Frith, Rivière, Long, Pettie, Hall, Morris, Davis, Storey, Marks. Dined at home after. Sleepy & seedy. Liver bad, very. East wind.

Monday April 7 Very wet morning. Rode at 10.30 to Chiswick. Saw race. Cambridge won easily. Saw Crampton, Baker etc. After lunched at Donaldsons. Mrs Harper etc etc etc. Wyllie. Rode home. Worked. Colin Hunter called. Dined at Hunter's. Mr Henderson there. Home 12.0 midnight. Liver very bad. East wind.

Tuesday April 8.

Fine morning. Photod Maud & Policeman McGregor. After worked W.B. Professor Ptthmllnsprts. Lunch at home. Row between Benn & Waters.

Worked. Started for walk thro' Gardens to P.D. Claret. Quiet peaceful dinner.

Liver bad. East wind.

Wednesday April 9 Fine morning. Wrote letters. Decided not to go to Oxford. Chicks to go out.

Roy to be photod. Took Roy at 1.0 & had him photod. Rode. Saw Woodville.

After dined at Gardens. Worked on Gladstone as Ostrich. Played Pyramids etc with Hamilton Langley & Edgar. Home by 11.30pm. Conny & friend came in. Liver bad. East wind.

Thursday April 10 Worked all day on Gladstone as Ostrich. Finished at 7.0pm. After dined at Gardens. Played Pyramids after. Won 2/6. Home at 1.30. Liver bad. East wind.

Friday April 11 Vernon Watney started for America. In morning put things straight etc etc.

After packed & took train for Bourton on the Water, via Chipping Norton. Met Vicat Cole on train. After passed Oxford etc. Met Ashton, friend of Welman's.

Hamilton Fletcher met me with dog cart. Home to Polly etc. Nice house, Manor House Whitmore. Dinner. Whiskey & bed. Liver bad. East wind. Maud taken ill measles.

Saturday April 12

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Dull wet. Up & breakfast. Stroll thro' churchyard. Bryan tombs. New Whitmore.

After knock up at Rackets. After lunch went to fish. No trout. Called at Whitfields. Whiskey & milk. Mervyn & Conny. Perch fished. Caught two. Put them in pond. One died. Dinner etc. Bed early. Hot whiskey. Liver bad. East wind. Maud measles.

Sunday April 13 Dull wet. Up & rode Asprey to Bourton. Very dull weather. Home to breakfast.

Read Rip van Winkle. M Tabby & Mervyn went to church. After read. Knock up at Tennis. Game of Billiards. Tea. Dinner etc etc. Whiskey at night. Hot. Bed at 11.0pm. Liver bad. East wind. Maud measles.

Monday April 14 Dull & very wet. Up & strolled. Breakfast. Went fishing. Caught Millers Thumbs & Sticklebacks etc. Put them in tin & sunk it. Lunch. Game of Tennis.

Read etc etc. Dinner, Sleepy after. Went to bed 10.30. Liver bad. East wind.

Maud measles.

Tuesday April 15 Dull wet. Breakfast. After went & photod. Pump, trug, Pig etc. Hamilton went to Cheltenham sold grey horse. Tab & Marion drove in brougham. Fished for trout. Young Matthews caught large one under bridge. Cyril Wright broke top of rod. etc etc. Real good game of Tennis. 3 sets. Knock up. Read Hurd.

Dinner & bed 11.15. 1st time rather better. East wind. Liver bad.

Wednesday April 16 Very dull weather. Up & breakfast. Hamilton left early. Went for fish. All but one gone. Caught others. Packed up. Up to town with Mervyn & Tabs. Met Geraldine. Home 2.0pm. Dear Maud sick with measles. After wrote letters.

Walked to Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Bradbury away. Burnand better.

Home by cab. East wind. Liver better 1st time. Maud measles.

Thursday April 17 Rode in morning. Worked after on Fancy Portrait Hedgehog. Felt better.

Dined at home quietly. Bed early. East wind. Maud measles.

Friday April 18 Rode in morning. Worked on Punch block the 3 Boys. Churchill, Wolff & Gorst. Dined quietly at home. No dress. Bed early. East wind. Maud measles bad. (Sketch of horseman etc.)

Saturday April 19 Worked in morning after riding early. Met Hensman's friend, a doctor. (1 st meeting of Mr Bartlett, a retired dentist, died 1891.) Did little girl on rock from Maud. Woodville called. Dined quietly at home by ourselves. No dress. Bed early. East wind. Maud measles bad. (Sketch of soldier with raised sword.)

Sunday April 20

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Rode in morning. thr'o Richmond Park. After lunched at home. Worked afternoon on W.B. block. Little girl on rock. Dined by ourselves at home. Bed early. East wind. Maud measles bad.

Monday April 21 In afternoon did Stanford drawing. In morning rode to Severin's & took him drawing of girl from Water Babies. Dined quietly in evening at home. Bed early. Ma returned from Westwood. East wind. Maud measles, Roy beginning.

Tuesday April 22 Rode in morning, met young Trusdell. Called on Burnand. Finished Stanford drawing. East wind. Began April. To dine at 'Our Club'. Walked up as far as Hyde Pk Corner. Took cab to Stanford's, left drawing. After Our Club dinner.

Richardson's Shakespeare Speech. Sir Julius Benedict, Haywood, Maclean etc etc. Met Chairman Shaw. Good dinner. Called in at Club. Saw Anderson.

Did not know Lucy. Earthquake 9.20am. East wind. Maud measles. Roy beginning.

Wednesday April 23 Rode in morning. Worked on April drawing. Bad headache. After walked to Punch Dinner. Mrs Stone called. Good Dinner. Bradbury back. Milliken ill.

After walked to Club. Saw Reeve & home 12.0am. Maud measles. Roy sickening. Roy worse with measles. East wind.

Thursday April 24 Rode in morning & round by Westminster. After worked all day on April block.

Miss Innes called in afternoon. (Dec 11, 1893. X. Going to dine tomorrow.)

Dined at home quietly. East wind. Dear Roy's measles culminated.

Friday April 25 Rode early. Met Dr (blank). After home. Worked on April. Very dark all day & extremely cold. Worked till 8.30 on April. After dined. Had to do block on coins. Worked till 2.30am. Bed. Roy better. Very tired. Sent card. Cheque sent for Stanford drawing. East wind.

Saturday April 26 East wind ceased for a time but still very cold. Stayed in bed till 10 very tired.

All 6s & 7s at breakfast. Rode to Club at 12.30. Lunch Grossmith. Whiteley's burnt. Went to see it. Thro' Porchester Terrace. Met Mrs Goodall. After took M to Agnews. Called at Watercolour Gallery Private View. Saw Mrs Macdonald.

T at Agnews. Home. Wet. Bad cab. Roy better. Burnand wrote. Cards sent for Academy Private View. Felt seedy.

Sunday April 27 To ride with Colin Hunter at 10.15am. Rode early. Wet very. Thought of Crown etc. Home to lunch. Worked on Academy drawing. Roughed it out.

Dined quietly at home.

Monday April 28

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Commenced Academy drawing. Worked all day. Felt better. (The will dated Feby 4 1882 of Mr Hugh Chaytor. Copied from Illustrated London News Aug 8 1884.) (Later comment on the will by L.S, written Feb 3 1890.)

Tuesday April 29 Worked all day on Academy drawing. Rode in morning.

Wednesday April 30 Mrs Boughton's dance. Worked on Academy drawing. In morning went early to Press Day Academy. Rode up. Met Waring. Saw Academy. Met Furniss etc. Furniss went back to lunch at Garrick. After looked at Grosvenor. Saw Miss Innes etc. Back to Academy. To Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Felt very ill & bilious. After ill at Club. Home. Went to Mrs Boughton's dance. Miss Hardman, Miss Boehm etc etc.

Thursday May 1 Rode in morning. Worked all day on Academy block. Dined at home quietly.

Worked after dinner.

Friday May 2 Worked in morning at Ld Robert Peel & Leighton. In afternoon went with M to Academy Private View. Crush. Did not see Miss Innes. After sent M home who dined with Mrs M.Stone. Dined with Macdonald. Ld W. Wiseman, Lord Wilkins, Mac, Millais, D.M Self, Pettie, Orchardson, Colin Hunter, John Macdonald, G.Reid, Calderon, Hook, Marks, Barlow, Dr Farquharson. Good dinner. Good stories. Home with Colin Hunter. Talk about Paris.

Saturday May 3 All right in morning. Rode after breakfast. Worked on Academy block.

Sunday May 4 Lawrence Barrett's dinner 7.0pm. Worked on Academy block all day. Rode early & called on Macdonald. Called on Burnand with sketch. Got very wet.

Head queer. After went to dine at Lawrence Barratts. Good dinner. Sat next Stone & Forbes. Wilson Barrett, Fildes, Andrew Lang, Colin Hunter, Caldecott, Tadema, L.Barrett, Parsons, Orchardson, Gilbert, Smulley, Trower, Toole, Comyns Carr, Forbes, Sambourne, Stone, James, D.M , Abbey, Gore, Boughton, Martin, Stranger. Home at 12.0pm. Story of violets, Gilbert.

Monday May 5 Worked on Academy block. Rode after breakfast. Called on Stokes. Worked all day. Quiet dinner at home & worked after dinner.

Tuesday May 6 Worked all day at Academy block. Hard & fast. Rode in morning. Macdonald called. Did not see him. Dined quietly at home & worked after dinner. Bed at 11.45.

Wednesday May 7

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Worked on Academy block all day. Burnand called. Block put off for a week.

After went to dine at School of Cookery dinner. Miss A.Cooper presided.

Duke of Buckingham etc. After round Ex'n. Old London etc. Trindall. Sir P.C.Owen etc etc. Home at 12pm.

Thursday May 8 Opening of Health Ex'n. Walked there in morning. Head queer. Passed in.

Stood next old gent. Harcourt. Gladstone. Duke of Buckingham. Gladstone etc etc. After rode to Macdonald. Back home to lunch. Mother went to St Neots. Worked on Academy block. After dressed. Took cab Grand Hotel.

Waited 20 minutes. After to Claudian. Arts Club. Angel. Home again. 11.30.

No whiskey.

Friday May 9 Rode early. Met Dr (blank). Colin Hunter etc. Worked hard all day on Churchill & Salisbury. Finished late. To dine at Spencer's Club. Went. Macdonald ill.

Home with Spencer. Early to bed. Called at Macdonalds.

Saturday May 10 Worked all day to finish Academy block. Dined at home quietly.

Sunday May 11 Up & rode. Past Carmelite. After on Burnand, & Health Ex'n. After at home. M went to Gardens. Ought to have lunched at Hampton Court. Stokes & 2 Nicol girls dined & Edgar. Good evening. Bed at 11.30. Edgar stayed. Ada Spencer, Spencer & Edgar called together. Finished Academy block.

Monday May 12 Up early. Packed tack. Buss here at 10.0am. Fildes, Hunter, self. Picked up Boughton. All started for Paris. Picked up Abbey, Parsons & Lomas at Charing X. Went by Folkestone lovely passage. Paris at 8.0. Dinner. Hotel Bendu. Walk after. Bed 1.0pm.

Tuesday May 13 Up early. Breakfast. Salon. After lunch at Salon met Bonvoisin. Very tiring day. After back. Changed things. Went to dine at Palais Royal. After to Train de Pluer. Dull. After with Abbey to Theatre d'Eden. After little supper Café Americain. After home early 12.30.

Wednesday May 14 Ernest Hart at home 9.30. Up. Breakfast. Hunter, Fildes & Boughton refused to go to St Germain. Went by self. Met Bonvoisin by boat. Rain. Queer English people most beautiful girl. Kept seeing her. Cleared up. Landed St Germain. Walk to terrace. Chateau Foret. Back to Paris. Walked to Hotel.

After dined with Bonvoisin, Miss Schwartz & Dutch girl. Hot. Good evening.

Home. Bed at 12.0pm. Abbey's great night. Bisbling & Reinhart made Dummy.

Thursday May 15

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Up. Abbey & adventures. Took long walk to Invalides, Notre Dame & Morgue, 4 in. Flowers. Met all at Café Foyer. Tremendous lunch. After to Luxembourg.

After by cocher. Fildes Hunter & self called on Sargent & Dannat. Called on Mr Ward, with him an hour. After went back to hotel by train. Dined at the Café des Ambassadeurs. Sargent, Lomas, Hunter, Bonvoisin, Fildes, Boughton, Abbey, Sambourne. Sat back to back to H.R.H & Miss Chamberlain. After went to Bullier. Handkerchief. After to cafe. Back. After Home. Rows outside. Home at 3.0pm all together.

Friday May 16 Up. Felt well. Spencer came in suddenly. Breakfast together. After went to Asniers to see proof. Dreadfully disappointed. Boussod Valadon et Cie, Asniers, Seine. Ancienne maison Goupil. Back to Paris. Lunch Lion d'Or. After to hotel. Stayed in all afternoon. Saw better proofs. After all went to dine at Le Doyen. Bad dinner. Reinhart, Bisbing, Boughton, Abbey, Herapath, Fildes, Sambourne, Hunter, Lomas. After glass of (illeg) at Café de l'Opera.

Home 12.0. Called on Mrs Marcus Stone at Meurice. After saw them & Turners & Burgess's.

Saturday May 17 Up & breakfast. Called at Goupil's, after on Spencer at Continental. After to Salon. Went round. Saw Furniss & Burnand. After lunched together at Salon.

After Hunter & self went for toys to the Louvre. After packed & changed things & then called for photos. Took a walk along Boulevard des Capucines. After dined. Row about bill. Back to Station. All started for London. Abbey, Boughton, self, Spencer, Hunter (ill) Fildes. At boat 1.50pm. Good journey.

Good passage. Abbey 12/6, Boughton 5/6, Hunter 8/4. £1.6.4.

Sunday May 18 Arrived home at 7.0am from Paris with Spencer in omnibus. After put things straight. Breakfast. Gave toys to chicks. Got on Punch & rode to Hampton Court. Most lovely day. Lunched there. After rode back. Boats, girls, etc etc.

After felt very tired & done up. Spencer came in & took me off for dinner. Dull evening. After walked home & bed at 10.45. Saw sun rise at Dover.

Monday May 19 Up late. Very tired. Dull morning. Piano tuned. Wrote letters etc etc. Colder.

Wrote a lot of letters. Letter from Sir P.C.Owen against the 'Health'. After lunch rode to meet train at Victoria. Waited. After to see Cunliffe Owen. After quiet dinner at home. Good night.

Tuesday May 20 Rode before breakfast. After wrote letters. Touched up Diploma. Lovely day.

Punch Dinner. Walked thro' Park took cab from top of Piccadilly. P.D. Chaff about Diploma. Bradbury & Academy cut. Burnand not well. Left with Tenniel.

Wednesday May 21 Wrote in morning. After rode to Meet of Coaches. M & Chicks went. Saw Burnand, Lawrence Barrett etc on coach. After rode with F.C.B to his house.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Home by Emperors Gate. Worked. Took cab to F.C.B's. Back home thro' Exhibition. Met Engineer. Dined quietly at home.

Thursday May 22 Rode for ½ an hour. Worked all day on France & Gladstone. Uphill work. Very late. Dined at home. Did not go to Miss Hunt's.

Friday May 23 Worked on Naval & Military Magazine cover. Rode at 12.30. Saw Burnand & Kendal. After dined at home quietly.

Saturday May 24 At 10.30 rode with F.C.B & Tenniel to Richmond & to Mitre Hampton Court.

Very hot. Tenniel seedy. Met Sir E.J.Reed & son. After Arts Club. Home.

Norman Lockyer. Home with Hunter & Lockyer.

Sunday May 25 Dull cold east wind & wet. Took M to Gardens. Back for lunch to chicks. At 2.0 rode Hampton Park, Bushey, Kingston etc. Hampton Court Gardens water.

Home in 1¼ hrs. Dressed. Went to Gardens. Dined at Colin Hunter's. Mr & Mrs Orchardson, Mr & Mrs Lawrence Barrett, Mr & Mrs Fildes, Abbey, Norman Lockyer, Sambourne, Mr & Mrs Hunter, W.Black.

Monday May 26 Brighter morning. Did not ride. Mac's letters. Worked on drawing for Army & Navy Mag. In evening dined at the Health Ex'n. M & Mrs Frank, Spencer & self. Music. Spencer came in after. Late bed. Good dinner. East wind set in.

Tuesday May 27 Did not ride. Worked on Army & Navy drawing. In evening Langley, wife, Paxton & Tilda dined. Music. Bed later 12.0. Bored by Paxton. East wind set in.

Wednesday May 28 Worked Army & Navy drawing. After went to Hampton Court on Punch. Got just in time. Sent 'Punch' back. Back by train. Garrick & home. Good dinner.

Sadlers. Mrs & Miss Payton up. Called. Bored for ½ hour. East wind.

Thursday May 29 Worked on Army & Navy drawing. After on May. Dined quietly at home. East wind.

Friday May 30 Tooles’ at home 10.30pm. Worked hard all day on May. Rode for ½ an hour in morning. Very tired & done up. After to Tooles at 12.15. Flossy B. Hardmans etc. Stones stayed late. Capn Smart & wife. Home. Explosion at 9.18 to 20pm. St James's Square & Scotland Yard. East wind.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Saturday May 31 Head in morning. Took Maud, Roy & M & Nurse to Natural Hist Museum S.K. Sent back Chicks in cab after lunch at S.K. Trendell & Hatton. After Health Ex'n. Music. Sketchleys. After home. Worked on tracing. Bed 10.30. Rode to look at Explosion. Saw Green etc Long Elms. Cold east wind.

Sunday June 1 Worked all morning. Army & Navy Drawing. After to Lewis's. Tennis. Miss Lewis & also Miss Lehmann. After dressed. Black's dinner. Lockyer, Rae, Abbey, Parsons, Toole, L.Barrett, W.Barrett, Hunter, Black, S, Carnegie, Boughton, 4 others, Bret Harte, General Dash etc. Wind changed.

Monday June 2.

M seedy. Rode early. Felt well. Wrote letters. Worked Army & Navy cover.

Worked all day. Welman & Hamilton Langley in to dinner. Good evening.

Talked about Cobweb. Slept till 12.0pm. Bed. Tuesday June 3 Worked all day on Naval & Military page. Finished. Rode before breakfast. In evening played Billiards with Hamilton. Wrote about Cobweb. Quiet dinner at home.

Wednesday June 4 This day bought Cobweb. £35. Finished cover for Naval & Military mag. Ma & sister called. Wrote letters etc etc. After went to meet Cobweb. Rained heavily. Arts Club. Wrote Schutz Wilson. After by cab to Punch Dinner.

Bradbury worse. D.M there. Nonsense talked. Home by 12.30. Tenniel invited to Gladstone.

Thursday June 5 Up. Walters brought round Cobweb. Tried him. Nearly off. After pottered.

Rode. Got wet. Burnand wrote.

Friday June 6 Dinner, Odd Vols. June 6 at 7pm. Freemasons Tavern Gt Queen St. In morning rode Cobweb early. Very wet. Wet thro'. After worked. Did Womens Suffrage. Settled about Cobweb.

Saturday June 7 In afternoon Tenniel rode Cobweb to Wimbledon. Liked him. Saw Domine.

‘Tweet’ came. Good dinner & music after. Bed early. In morning went to the Health Ex'n. & lunched there by myself.

Sunday June 8 Fine day. Showery in morning. Rode Cobweb. Shied at parasol in Park. After home. Lunched at Boughtons. Lucys, Beerbohm Trees etc etc there. Cigar.

After home. Stayed at home. W.Taylor, W.Blundell & Leighton called. After E.Heron Allen, Brandon Thomas, Abbey, E.T.Reed, Miss Innes, Tweet & 2 selves to dinner. Good dinner & very pleasant evening. Chiromancy etc etc.

Broke up 1.0pm.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Monday June 9 In morning slight headache. Took Olive Tucker on Cobweb thro' Richmond.

Good ride. Dull weather. After lunch Tweet left. Took M to get habit. Very wet.

Called at Liberty's. Home. A.Barbara here. Slow evening. Very tired.

Tuesday June 10 Punch Dinner. Punch Dinner this day. Rode Cobweb in morning. Sat with D.M. & Tenniel. After cab home.

Wednesday June 11 Mrs Morel Mackenzie's & Farquharson's at home. Worked & did reproduction of Tennyson for Craik. After rode Cobweb. Dined at Morel Mackenzies. Met Mrs Fildes. Called at Arts. After to Farquharsons at home. Slow. Home at 1.0pm. Tenniel dined with Gladstone. Met Gregorys M.P. & Yates's.

Thursday June 12 Mrs Sharrow's lunch. Dinner Skinner, 5 to 6. Worked & wrote. After took M to Mrs Sharrow's lunch. Bad & slow. Took M to have habit tried on. After to Lawn Tennis at Hunts. (Red ink: 1st time at Tuer's Tennis Court.) Slow. After to dine Weld Blundell, Orleans Club. Slow. Go Divorce Case at Criterion.

Supper at Orleans. Wyndham & his brother. Weld B. Very tired. Threw up the Skinners City Dinner.

Friday June 13 Worked in morning. Did Burnand's 2 blocks. Rode Punch before breakfast.

Rode Cobweb in evening. Saw Charlton. Dined at home. Worked before dinner after coming in. Did not go out. Bed 11.0pm.

Saturday June 14 Room cleaned. In morning took Chicks to Health Ex'n. After home to lunch.

After went to play Lawn Tennis at Tuers. There till 6.30pm. After went to dine at Health Ex'n. Bad dinner & dear. Conny went with us. Miss Leyland.

(Leaving over Val Princep. She then quietly married him. £300,000.) Home at 10.30. Saw Mrs Boehm. Tweet called & went with us to Tuers. At the Tennis Court.

Sunday June 15 Fine lovely healthy weather. M's habit did not come home. Rode Cobweb in morning to Club. Started at Piebald. Home. Spencer & Adah. Gardens.

Lunched at home. Took M to Gardens. After rode to Richmond Park. Home.

Saw Boughton & went for M. Cry. Dined at home. Sleepy. After to Lyric Club, 11 York Place. Slow very. Woodville, Charlton & Wilson. 4 wheeler to Woodville's. Home 1.30pm. Read. Paris. Bed. Monday June 16 At home. Dull morning. Wrote letters etc etc. Finished drawing for Mrs Craik.

After rode Cobweb in Park. Very skittish. Home. Saw Miss Sullivan. Dined at home. Blues. After took M to Court Theatre. 1 cut in Punch. Home. Rocking cab.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Tuesday June 17 Health Ex'n. Prince of Wales 4.0pm. Arthur à Beckett dinner 7.45pm. Took M for 1st ride, Wimbledon. After lunch wrote & read. Miss Innes & Tilda called.

After bad dinner à Beckett's. Evans, Tenniel, Mrs Harrison & daughter, Silver.

Home. Bad cab.

Wednesday June 18 Dull heavy day. Wrote in morning. Rode Punch in afternoon to Punch Dinner.

Bradley's son passed. Brought strawberries home for Chicks.

Thursday June 19 Miss Elmore 7.45pm. Dined at Miss Elmore's. Met Poland, Joachim etc etc.

Miss Larnack. Very pleasant dinner. Walked home.

Friday June 20 Worked. Did Lord Rosebery as Fat Boy. (Red ink: Again did Lord Rosebery as Fat Boy, Friday October 23 1896. What happened between these dates?

Wrote this Jany 13 1908. Again what has happened? Druce in his tomb all the time & dug up again.)

Saturday June 21 Dinner at 6.0pm, Savage Club. Holborn Restaurant, Venetian Saloon. Rode in morning in Park. Cobweb went quieter. After took M down to Gardens. Good day. Met Voules, Tenniel etc. Irving. Lunch. After came home & went to Savage Club dinner. Slow. Furniss. Supper at Savage. Mocatta. Home 1.30.

Met Prof Flower.

Sunday June 22 Mrs Boughton's at home 10.30pm. Rode in morning. Past Reed's & twice round Battersea Park. After in to Mother's at lunch. M could not go to Lewis's.

After went & played Tennis. Saw Miss Huxley. Good game. Asked to dinner.

After dinner at home & snooze. Went to the Boughtons. Capital evening.

Roedeker, Toole, Tosti etc etc. Home with Fildes. Fildes came in & had pipe.

Bed at 3.0am.

Monday June 23 Miss Innes dines with us for play. Miss Innes dined. Went to Haymarket Theatre. Conny came in. Conny bought new horse. Good evening.

Tuesday June 24 M rode Punch in morning thro' Richmond Park. Made his back sore. Saw the Military Hussars in Park. Very hot. In evening dined with Ayala at Devonshire Club. Good dinner. Late a little. Home 12.30am.

Wednesday June 25 Worked on page for June. Commenced it. Rode Cobweb in morning. Walked up in morning to top of Park. Cab to Punch Dinner. Agnew there. Academy Soirée after. Good evening. Called at Hartrees coming home. Home at 2.0am. Jaffery.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Thursday June 26 Worked on page for June after riding in morning. In evening dined with Walter Austin. Met Burnands, Lauries, Cowens etc etc. Maas's. Home 12.0pm. M did not go.

Friday June 27 Mrs Silver's dinner. Friday 7.45pm. Rode Cobweb in morning in Park. After went to work hard all day. Finished page. Dined at Silvers & bad dinner too.

After home & worked till 3.30am & finished block.

Saturday June 28 Tuer's Lawn Tennis. 3.30pm. 'Our Club' dinner, Trafalgar Greenwich 6.30pm.

In morning rode in Park. Cobweb very free & self awfully hot. After took M to Health. Capital lunch. After took cab to Tuers. Tennis. Slow. After dressed & went to the Play. Very good. 'Much ado about nothing'. Home later. Saw F.Terry (Morris).

Sunday June 29 In morning rode Cobweb to Reed's. Called & home again. After to lunch at Gardens. After to Mrs Lewis's. M & Mervyn came in. 'Mad dog' in lane. Fright.

Good afternoon. Back to dinner at home. Mervyn dined. Ma & Midge came in after. Bed at 11.0am. Gardens sold to Nash £4,000.

Monday June 30 Dinner at Hampton Court. Plumbers. Shaw. 5.0pm. In morning rode Cobweb in Park. Slewed round. After took him to Battersea twice round. After home.

Cab with M to German Reed's. After to photo Reed as John Bull. Saw H.R.H. & Princess. Photod Reed twice. After lunch at Arts. Barker. After home. Rode in Park on Punch. Burnand. Rode to Garrick. Dressed. Burnand's dinner at Holborn Rest. C.Hall, Storey, Cols Ewart & Biddulph, Walter Austin etc etc.

Home after Garrick. Saw Toole.

Tuesday July 1 M rode Cobweb for first time. Went across Wimbledon Common & on thro' (blank) Park. Home. Dressed & went to lunch at Kinsman Club Piccadilly.

Back by cab & called at Ellis's. Met Fildes & wife went in there. After dined quietly at home & went to Health Exhibition. Home 10.30.

Wednesday July 2 Arthur Burnand's dinner. 8.0pm - 7.45. Rode with Polly in morning. After changed & rode Punch. Went down with Fildes, Aird etc etc. To Sevenoaks.

Boughton & Tenniel & friend, Millet etc etc. After stroll went to see Knole House. Lovely furniture etc etc. Loden Smith, Fildes, Stone, Tadema, Story, Dicksee, Morris etc etc dined at Sevenoaks. Pawley Hotel. After back by train & straight home in cab. M seedy.

Thursday July 3 Very hot. Got up 7.0am. Burnand's letter. After sent Waters to Tenniel. Took cab & went over self. Saw him. Rheumatism. Back. Polly ill. Wrote diary &

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 letters. Worked, skemed Clown. After rode Cobweb round Battersea Park.

After home. Dined. Bed early. Tired.

Friday July 4 Got up early. Did not ride. Worked hard all day on cartoon, Harcourt & Baby.

Very hard pushed. Frightfully hot. Worried. Photos came. Midge & Hamilton & Conny came in evening. Bed 11.30. Very tired. Cobweb tumbled down.

Saturday July 5 Very tired in morning & seedy. Wrote many letters. In afternoon barely caught train & went down to Crabbett. Cap'n King. Broadwood, 12th Lancers there.

Mr & Mrs Pollen. Tennis on lawn. Blunt met us with Arabs. Good dinner.

Smoke. Bed 11.15pm.

Sunday July 6 At Wilfred Blunt's. Up 9.15. Breakfast. Photos. Mrs Pollen. Lady Anne. Very hot. Went round horses. Lake, rowed on. Saw houses. Played Tennis etc.

Dinner & home after. King 3rd Hussars & others came.

Monday July 7 Rode in morning, Punch. Polly went to Cobham. Worked on Water Babies in morning. After saw her off. Dressed at Club. Dined there. Went after to Comedy Theatre. Saw Brooks & Pongo. Home after Club at 1.30.

Tuesday July 8 Worked all day on Water Baby drawing. Girl & Professor. Rode in morning.

Hamilton L. rode Cobweb Liked him. Dined at home quietly. Called Elm. After to Trocadero. Good songs. Garrick & home 1.0pm.

Wednesday July 9 Worked on Water Babies drawing. Finished late. Took cab to Bouverie St. No Bradbury. Congratulated on cartoon. After dinner went with F.C.B to Healtheries. Met Mrs Burnand, Miss Hollingshead & Gerty. Also Cunliffe Owen, Hutchinson & Price. Also Donaldsons & Pollen etc etc. Home 1.0am.

Rode in morning Punch. Met Lockwood & Webster etc.

Thursday July 10 Got up late. Wet. Wrote letters & waited for Frank. Worked on Healtheries block. To dinner at Joshuas. Rode Cobweb round Battersea. Heavy rain.

After to Humphreys. Home 12.45. Saw Spencer.

Friday July 11 Rode in morning. Worked hard all day on Healtheries block. Very hard day.

Did not go out. Letter from Somers Vine about frame.

Saturday July 12 Wrote letters all morning. Felt very seedy & tired. Wet in afternoon rode round Wimbledon. Home. Polly back. Better. Dined Gardens. Billiards after. Home 11.0pm.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Sunday July 13 Very hot. At 10.0am rode with Hamilton & M to Wimbledon. Home. Lunch at Websters. Lawn Tennis at Lewis's. Last Sunday Gardens. Dined Lewis's.

Fahey, Harpers, Boughton, Fildes etc Pillew. Billiards & home. (Some Tennis scores, other figures and a doodle drawing.)

Monday July 14 In morning rode with Polly to Battersea. After changed. Cab to Reeds. Photod Darnally. Arts Club lunch. Very tired. Home by cab. N.Santley's daughter married. Miss Innes, Miss Toole etc. Home. Wrote (illeg) Boys. To Boehms.

Good dinner. Billiards. Home. Bed 11.30. Annoyed by Burnand's letter in morning.

Tuesday July 15 Fine. Wet morning. Did not ride. Wrote letters etc etc. M's cheque sent.

(Sketch of curved sword.)

Wednesday July 16 Worked on page for Healtheries. After rode Cobweb to Clapham to see Bradbury. Furniss & Lucy dined for 1st time. Good Dinner. Home by Victoria & cab. Lovely weather. (Red ink: Harry Furniss & Henry W.Lucy dined at the Punch Dinner for the first time. Furniss dined for the last time on Wednesday Feby 21, 1894, see March 2 1894.)

Thursday July 17 Worked all day on Healtheries page. Long ride in evening. M rode Cobweb.

Went Putney & all thro' Richmond Park. Cobweb shied very much. M lost nerve. Home to dinner 8.30pm. Ma left for Westwood. Miss Innes called. (Red ink: 'The little gates at Barnes'.)

Friday July 18 Hard long day at Healtheries page. Could not go to Orton's dinner. Went in there after. Bed 1.0am.

Saturday July 19 Head in morning. Seedy very. Rode Cobweb thro' Wimbledon. Home.

Changed. Walked to Boehm. Lunched with him. Saw Trendell. Saw Mr & Mrs Agnew. After went with Orton to the Tuers. Tennis. Dressed & went to Theophilus Burnand's dinner. Good. After with F.C.B to Lord Dunraven's & Kate Munro's ball. Saw Leslie Ward, Brough, Grossmith, Ledger etc etc.

Percy Reeve's supper. Home 2.30pm.

Sunday July 20 Lovely day. Up & rode Punch thro' camp & Richmond. Cobweb cut fetlock.

M.T.T. Roehampton. Very hot. Pall over London. After lunch dozed. Tristram Ellis called. Lewis's Tennis. Miss Huxleys, Agnew etc etc. After home.

Dressed & to Sterne's dinner. Miss McRush, Mc Tear, Mr & Mrs Levy. A Baron (blank) Sterne, Cowen self & M. Home 12.30pm.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Monday July 21 Fine morning. M went off to Ramsgate. Wrote many letters. After lunch tired very. Rode to see Demonstration in Park. Met Conny, Johns & daughters. To Arts Club. Dust cart. Garrick. Got very wet. Home round Park. Saw Lehmann.

Dined at home. Tilda & Conny. Hot. Wrote this. (scribble drawing).

Tuesday July 22 Marion at Thanet. Arranged about house. Ought to have gone to Tattersalls.

Tired. Worked on month drawing. Furniture left Phillimore Gardens. London 56 miles square p.25, 606, 725. (Small sketch map.)

Wednesday July 23 Worked on month block. Rode Punch to Punch Dinner. Very wet. Called Bond Street & Venice glass. Furniss & Lucy's first dinner. Fête at Health Ex'n. Saw Mrs Tomlin, Stevenson, McRush etc etc. Spencer met me. H.R.H. Fine.

Flowers sold. Home 1.30. Conny rode Cobweb Wimbledon.

Thursday July 24 Worked on month block. In evening dined with Clowes at Garrick Club. Poor dinner. Met Weigall, Alexander, Knight, Burnand. Home 12.30. Conny rode Cobweb in Park. Polly returned from Thanet 2.45.

Friday July 25 Worked in morning hard. Finished block 5.0pm. Just caught train & down with Polly to Crabbett. Met at Station. Mr & Mrs Pollen, Sir Francis Dale & daughter etc etc in house. Sheick(?) & Broadwood. Poor dinner. Cap'n & Mrs Abney. Bed 11.30.

Saturday July 26 At Wilfred Blunt's. Sale of Arabs. Played Tennis with Pollen & Blunt. Lunch.

Dinner. Rain. Just caught train. That's all. Capn & Mrs Abney. Home to Stafford Terr. 12.0am. Waters not up. Miss D.M married to Millar.

Sunday July 27 Dull. Heavy weather. Up & arranged for dinner. In afternoon played Tennis for last time at Lewis's. Miss Huxleys, Stokes, Miss Hunt & then Adrian Stokes.

After dinner at home. Sir E.I.Reed, Wilfred Blunt, Boehm, Black, Burnand, Boughton, Bonvoisin, Self, Reed, Harford, Tuer, Abbey, Millet, Friend.

W.Austin in after. Spencer. Good dinner & supper night. Great row. Photos.

Monday July 28 Up in morning. Felt well after party. Wrote letters. In afternoon rode Cobweb to Wimbledon. Called at Gardens. Got stick & T.Square. Dined at home quietly. Bed. Val Princep & Miss Leyland married.

Tuesday July 29 Day of sale at Phillimore Gardens. In morning wrote. Rode Punch up to War Office. Saw à Beckett. After home. Lunch. Turtle. Foi Gras. Haircut. Called at Phillimore. Sale over. Home. Worked on Water Babies. Rode Cobweb to

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Wimbledon. Home. Good dinner. Wrote letters. Bed. Edgar promoted, made Capt'n.

Wednesday July 30 Worked in morning on Water Babies. Rode Punch to P.D. in cheque suit outside Park. A little late. Good dinner. Agnew there. Home with Millykin. Cab after.

Thursday July 31 Mother called. Saw Chicks. Began Mariage de Convenance. Finished Doll of Water Babies. Could not find Mariage de Convenance.

Friday August 1 Worked all day on Mariage de Convenance. Could not find photo. Tilda left for Westwood. Much pushed for work. Dined 8.30pm.

Saturday August 2 Rode Punch after dinner to Office. After to Burnand, Tenniel & Morris. Tenniel seedy. After went to Furniss at Romania Restaurant. Dined. 1st night Burnand Black Eyed Susan. Saw Payne, Brook, etc.

Sunday August 3 Very warm. Spencer called. After lunch Spencer & I rode to Wimbledon & Richmond. Pleasant ride. 2 bottles of Champagne after. Called at Club. Saw Propriator Mr Capron, Cap'n Dash etc. Met the Crampton boys at Star & Garter.

Monday August 4 Photod dear Roy. After worked etc etc. Bank Holiday. Did not stir out. Bag or Baggage.

Tuesday August 5 Got ready to go. Wrote letters. Rode Cobweb round Battersea Pk. After went to dinner with W.H.Smith at Health Ex'n. Saw Furniss, Bright, Aitcheson, Livesey, Van Tromp & wife. Smith, wife & 2 sons & self dined. Bad dinner.

Home by cab. Geraldine dined with M. Sent Waters on Punch to Rouches etc.

Wednesday August 6 Marion & Chicks left for Park House, Dumpton. Lots of luggage. Saw them off.

Work. After walked up to Tanz etc & bought portmanteaus. At Punch dinner.

Burnand well. Bradbury not there. Walked with Milliken as far as Waterloo.

After with Furniss to Dover St. Cab home at bottom Piccadilly. Fur tippet in it.

Read 'The Mysteries'.

Thursday August 7 Saw Waters off with the horses etc. He made mistake & went by wrong station. After packing began Punch & Northcote. Lunch at home. At 6.0pm dressed called on Cap'n Ford & Miss I. Walked to Club. Dined at Club. After to Globe Theatre. Private Secy. Went to Garrick. Liqueur & home by cab. 1 st

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 call on Miss Rose Innes at Porchester Terrace. (illeg illeg) Murdoch, Blunt, Smith.

Friday August 8 Worked. Finished drawing of Lord Northcote & Punch. Packed up & got down barely by 5.50 train. Mr Forbes sent ticket. Came down by Chatham & Dover.

Missed Box. Row. Pleased with house. Supper & bed. Park House West Dumpton.

Saturday August 9 Up & put room in order & shifted furniture etc. Sent Waters on Cobweb to Margate. Strolled with M along sands as far as Ramsgate. M tired. Marketed.

After fly home. Small horse. Very hot.

Sunday August 10 Very hot. Wrote letters all morning. In afternoon went with Punch to Westwood. After me Waters & on to Westgate. Waters lost letters. Home by Westwood. Cobweb went well. Bed 10.30.

Monday August 11 Fearfully hot. Pottered. Walked Punch into Ramsgate. Saw young Cooper.

Went in boat to fish. Caught 15. Day on water. Discontented boy. After called at station. Row with clerk. Paid Vinten & Son. Home 8.30. Dined. Bottle champagne. Ivory. Bed. Very hot. Flies etc.

Tuesday August 12 Fearfully hot day. Thunder threatened. Did not. Wrote lots of letters in morning. Conny called after lunch. Roy not well. Mother nursed him. Rode in afternoon to Westwood. Saw Waddy. Brought back castor oil etc. Marion rode Punch 1st ride.

Wednesday August 13 Rode with Waters to Ramsgate before breakfast. Roy worse. Sent for Raven.

Frightened us about scarlet fever. Went up to town. Rode Cobweb to station.

After got to town called on lamp people, Smith, Thresher & Glenny. Punch Dinner. Garrick after. Percy Reeve & Promenade concerts 'don't realize'.

Home to Stafford Terrace.

Thursday August 14 In town caught the 10.10 train. Down with lawyers of the Sir Erasmus Wilson estate. Also surveyor. Rode Punch from New Inn to Dumpton across country.

Girls at Kingsgate 'Threw Boots'. After worked. Judy there. Worked by light.

Dinner. Bed. Friday August 15 Rode to Broadstairs before breakfast. Cobweb jumped over Bean Ledge.

After worked. Just caught train. Rode in afternoon to Margate to meet Edgar at station. Cobweb slipped along home great pace. Very hot. Ma called in afternoon. Roy more feverish anxious about him.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Saturday August 16 Awfully hot. My mother's birthday, forgot to write. Rode Punch before breakfast thro' Ramsgate. Bought Roy soldiers. Called at Hills. After worked all day on drawing for Milliken's joke. Depressed. Liver. After went with Edgar who called in carriage to Ramsgate to meet Milliken. Giddy. Bought groceries etc. Home. Dinner. Bed. Drowsy. Milliken came down. Took pill, padophylym.

Sunday August 17 Up & rode by self to Broadstairs. Put Punch in water. Met the Raven. After home. Worked & finished joke. After lunch walked down to the sands. Bathers etc etc. Sat 1½ hr. Conrad called. Quiet evening. Liver. Woke up in night by bats, 2 in room, 1 in bath. Read. Lay figure. Milliken & Pett in morning.

Monday August 18 Milliken here. Awfully hot. Walked to Ramsgate. Rode before breakfast to Ramsgate. Saw Holliday. Sands full. Punch & wave. Head. Went fishing. Only caught 5 fish. Home over sands. Rode after tea. Called Westwood. Saw Dora. Cake. Home. Sleepy after dinner very. Liver. Bed 10.30pm.

Tuesday August 19 Dear Roy's birthday. Roy better. Out 1st time. Rode with M before breakfast.

Awfully hot. Flies. Rode to Sportsman, Pegwell Bay. Cobweb threw me coming home. Milliken. Presents to Roy. Put Illustrations to Water Babies.

Long morning. Good lunch. Wrote. To drive to dine at Orchardsons. Liver.

Went in evening to Orchardsons with Milliken. Langleys back at Westwood.

Horse slow & fast. Met (blank). Sleepy after dinner. Home 12.30.

Wednesday August 20 Worked all day Water Babies. In afternoon walked over to Westwood. Good game with Hamilton. Walked back with Milliken. Dinner. Bagatelle 1 st time.

Thursday August 21 Rode in morning. Waters & Cobweb. Desparate!! After walked to Ramsgate with Hamilton & Milliken. Ramsgate Regatta. Dull. Slow. Very hot. Back.

Finished 2 Water Baby drawings. Began Punch block. After dined at Westwood. Poor dinner. John's fly. Home.

Friday August 22 Sent horses to sea. Worked hard all day, France & China. After went over to Westwood. Beat Edgar at Lawn Tennis. Back on Punch. Jumped him over hurdles. Dined at home. Edgar & Conny at dinner. Nearly poisoned with cider cup. Bed 11.30.

Saturday August 23 Up 6.45. Bathed. Rode round sea shore. Home. Wrote letters. After rode with Waters to Margate & also on to Westgate. Awfully hot & flies. Played Tennis at Orchardsons after lunching there. Col Jones, Lockyer etc etc there. Carr drove back. Called at Westwood. Maud not back. Row with Waddy. Rode

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Punch home. Maud rode the donkey all right. Tassell with Maud. Called at Greens & the Bank at Margate.

Sunday August 24 Very hot. Should have gone to Lehmanns in afternoon. Worked on Man in Moon. After did not go out. Rode to Broadstairs in morning & jumped Cobweb.

Monday August 25 Orchardsons dine here today with Langleys. Orchardson late for dinner.

Pleasant evening.

Tuesday August 26 Worked on Water Babies tail piece. Wet day.

Wednesday August 27 Rode into Ramsgate. Posted letters etc. Did not go to Punch Dinner. Worked on Water Babies tail piece. After dined at Westwood. Missed Edgar. M depressed etc. Home by brougham.

Thursday August 28 Worked hard all day on August. Also after dinner. Quiet dinner.

Friday August 29 Worked all day on August month from early in morning. After did small block on Milliken's trumpet. After rode Cobweb to Westwood. Dined there. Got there late. Home by brougham in evening.

Saturday August 30 Hamilton rode over in morning on new mare. After to Westwood on Cobweb.

Cobweb tried in harness 1st time by Hamilton L. Great success. After played Tennis. Beaten by Edgar. After home in afternoon. Lehmanns should have come. Early dinner. Walked to Broadstairs to go to Margate. Missed train & home. Bed very late. Judy stayed.

Sunday August 31 Dull day. In morning wrote. Worked on Mother Carey. After long pottering ride along sands thro' Margate. Home. Saw young Abernethy. Conny brought Judy back with cake. Dinner. Jumped Punch over hurdles. Slipped off before breakfast.

Monday September 1 Very wet all day. Went into Ramsgate about letters & dog cart. Saw young Bligh. After very wet. Judy left for town. Obstinate about train. Met Conny.

Bought daggers. Stuck at Pawnbrokers. Worked all day on Mother Carey.

Tuesday September 2 Wet Morning. Worked all day on Mother Carey. Awkward block. Abernethys called. Conny came over & drove Cobweb to Kingsgate House & back.

Waters an ass about Cobweb. Dined at home. Cart sent.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Wednesday September 3 No Punch Dinner. Fine sunny day. Rode Punch before breakfast to Burnands.

Worked long day on Mother Carey. After Cobweb put in harness. Waters drove. Livery awkward at first. After drove to Kingsgate House. Looked over it.

Disappointing at first. After to Westwood. Tennis. Edgar & Hamilton. After dinner home by brougham. Very wet.

Thursday September 4 Very wet morning. Arthur wired, Mother to come. Mother arrived. Very wet.

Worked on Bismarck. In morning did old man. Dinner. Went for long ride in wet. Sands etc etc. Very rough.

Friday September 5 Worked on Bismarck. Sent him off. Went for ride after in wet.

Saturday September 6 Edgar left for Ireland. Worked on Old Scotchman.

Sunday September 7 Lovely day. Worked on W.Bs. Touched up block, Mother Carey & Scotchman.

Monday September 8 Worked on W.B. Langley & Stokes called. Went for gallop across country.

Jumped hurdles etc etc. Lunched at Westwood. After home. Stokes & Conny went to Margate. After worked & on to Burnands to dinner. Wet. Good dinner.

Very wet coming home. Chicks went to Margate.

Tuesday September 9 Worked W. Babies. Did Eft & Chimaera. Dinner. Bed early.

Wednesday September 10 Rode in morning. Had swim. After worked. Did fable Mastiff & Poodle. After caught 3.35 & up to Punch Dinner. Left Gardners lamp. Called Club. Rouch etc etc. P.D. Burnand better. After walked with Furniss. Wrote letters at Club.

Home to Stafford Terr. All well.

Thursday September 11 At Stafford Terrace. Up. Tidied etc etc. After went by train to lunch with Barkers. Did so. Saw Livesey. After to Chapples. After to Barker. On to Club.

Dressed. Met Stokes. Dined Romanos. Went to 'Called Back'. After supper home to Stafford Terr 1.0pm. Cab x. Supper at The Globe. Many people.

After home. Drove 1.30pm 6 Elm Park Gardens.

Friday September 12 At Stafford Terr. Seedy in morning. Woke 7.0. 2 hrs blues. Worked on Punch & Dufferin. Caught 6.25. Came down in time for supper. Fly. Seedy. Blues.

Took pill.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Saturday September 13 Lovely weather. Put carpets out in sun. Sent Waters to Weigalls. Roy, Maud & Mother go to Margate. Went to Margate. After M & self had fly & went to play Tennis at Hammonds. Lunched at Hammonds. General dash. Fighting Keys. After home & to dinner at Mr Weigalls. Lord Melville, Sir T Hammond, Misses, etc etc. Slow evening very. Home by fly.

Sunday September 14 Burnand called in morning. Had lovely ride round sands. Saw Phyllis Boughton. Home by Westwood. Lunch at home. Stokes, Austin, à Beckett in afternoon. After walked to Broadstairs with à Beckett & Austin. Home by fly.

Stokes dined with us. Very sleepy after dinner. Very hot.

Monday September 15 Up & went to Granville & bathe. Met Stokes. Rough. Could not get Punch up.

After home. Worked W.B hard. No coat.

Tuesday September 16 Up rode to Broadstairs. High tide. Worked W.B all day. In afternoon M rode Punch to Ramsgate. Lawn Tennis Tournament. Beaten by Jack. Strolled home by Granville. Dine at (illeg) quietly.

Wednesday September 17 Wrote letters & finished W.B drawing in morning, Mother Carey. After caught 3.40 & up to town late train. P.D. Good. No W.H.B. Home late to Stafford Terrace after Club. Wrote letters. No Hamilton came up.

Thursday September 18 Up early. Awfully hot. Called at H.Dixons in cab. To St Pancras. Down to Bechers for sale. Tattersall. Sir W.Winman, Lady Lennard etc etc. Bid 165 for 'Umpire'. Home to Fenchurch St. Mr Beddel bought £150 Prince W(illeg).

Dinner at Club. Walter Lucy. Sleep after. Very tired. Wrote letters home.

Friday September 19 Up at 7.0am. Work hard all day on Camel etc & Soldiers. Hamilton in afternoon. Drove Bayswater x x. Photos. Called Porchester Terrace chance.

Boy did not return. Cab to Bouverie St. After hurried meal at Garrick. After Hamilton & self went to Music Hall. Pring Prang Pring. Home 1.0am.

Saturday September 20 Up at 7.0am. Hamilton & self went to Kingsbury sale of hunters. Missed cab.

After caught another. Called at Wards. Sale. Fancied 'Moorcock', fetched 230g. After saw G.Nurse. Good day. Hot. Drove straight to Victoria caught train. Down to Westgate. Met Waters. Drove to Westwood. Very tired after.

Home.

Saturday Sunday 21 Fine hot morning. F.C.B & Langley called in morning. Rode Kingsgate etc etc.

Jumped Punch after. Sprained leg. Lunch. Wrote letters etc. Drove to Burnands to dinner. Rosy B's 21st birthday. Good dinner. Mr & Mrs Hare, Mr &

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Mrs à Beckett, Mr & Mrs Hammond, Mr & Mrs Sambourne, Walter Austin, Miss Hollingshead. Mr & Mrs Burnand, Frank, Rosy. Race Game after. Home driving Cobweb 12.30am.

Monday September 22 Dull wet morning. Wrote diary. Roy & spiders. Worked Water Babies. No answer about horse. Sent note to Walter Austin. Went over. X purposes. Jack lame. Saw Hammonds & Misses H after. Played Tennis with Austin & little red girl, Miss Galbraith. Home by cart. Walters went 3 times. Dinner. Bed. Tuesday September 23 Finer weather. Worked Water Babies. Finished Hendrick Hudson. After in afternoon drove over to play Tennis with Austin & Miss Galbraith. B Conny.

Did not play up. Home walking. Bought photo of Balloon. Rosy B & Walter A dined with us. Good dinner venison. Bed early.

Wednesday September 24 Wire in answer to my answer to advertisement. Murley. Sent Waters over to Westwood. Proved same man that sold Conny horse. After letter from Yearsley. Up to town. Called 100 George St. Bad cab. Went to riding school.

Saw Cob jump. Bought him for fortnight. After went to Garrick & Punch Dinner. Good dinner. Home. Bed 2.30am. Went to Garrick & wrote many letters.

Thursday September 25 Up at 6.15am. Caught 7.40 at Victoria. Down to Broadstairs just missed Waters. Very hot. Walked to Dumpton. M all right. Very tired. Worked all day on month Sep'r. Bed early. Hamilton called.

Friday September 26 Worked all day on Sep'r block. Very tired. In afternoon Pippin & Tenniel's cob came down. Waters met train. Went myself. Walked. Rode Cobweb. M & Roy walked to Rail. Mrs Beerbohm Tree & Mother called. Bed early after dinner.

Saturday September 27 Worked in morning on W.B, 2 Children. Afternoon went to meet Tenniel. Met him. After went for ride with Langley & Tenniel. Called Ramsgate met Reeve P. Mrs Beerbohm Tree. Cob Pippin stepped on Reeve's toe. Rode Pippin by Sportsman. Also before breakfast. Jumped fence & hurdles. Home by Sportsman. Dinner. Bagatelle, bed.

Sunday September 28 Up in morning. After Burnand called. Tenniel rode Pippin, self Punch. Round coast. Margate etc. Burnand off. Home. Lunch. Drove to Westgate.

Orchardson, Major (blank) asked for Tuesday. Home. Good lunch. Called Westwood. Saw Mother. Langley back to dinner. Broke cart. Sleepy after dinner very. Bed 11.0pm.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Monday September 29 M's birthday. No present. Up 6.0am. Cart broken. Lovely morning. To ride to Dent de Lion. Rode with Tenniel to Westwood. Missed Langley. Met Chapple Hill. On to Westgate. Very hot. Met at Jackson's livery. Saw F.C.B jump cob.

Hamilton jumped Pippin. After rode to Margate. Glass champagne. After lunch at Faggs walk on pier. Grey mullet & lad on pier. Rain came on. Rode home. Walked with Chicks to Ballroom, on to Burnands. Drummonds. Tennis with Austin. Walked home. Dinner. Sleepy. Bed. Tuesday September 30 Lovely morning. Rode at 11.30 to Ramsgate along sands. Saw Chicks. After home to lunch. After drew & photod. Tenniel rode Punch. After drove to Westgate to Orchardsons. Met Moxton, Miss Lockyer. Dinner. Billiards.

Beaten. Drive home. Bed 12.0pm.

Wednesday October 1 Fine morning. Packed up things. Photos. Tenniel to go, Nelly K to come.

Worked on Birt's drawing, nearly finished it. After Nelly Keith came. Tenniel went. Dinner. Sands. Dull windy day. Did not go up to Dinner.

Thursday October 2 Finished drawing of Birt's ostrich. Finished W.B drawing little girl & boy. After walked to Westwood. Dined there. Home by Carr at 11.30. Delayed with letter, Punch subject.

Friday October 3 Up early & worked hard all day on Balloon cut. Finished early. After rode round on sands with Hamilton to Margate. Champagne & bitter. Home. Pippin went beautifully. Wrote letters.

Saturday October 4 Fine morning. Worked W.B. Did tail piece. In afternoon spoilt it by going to Ramsgate to play Tennis. Only Gerty, Miss Gibbs etc. Hamilton came over.

Missed ride. Home after going into Hill's shop. Dinner. Sleepy after.

Sunday October 5 Dull morning. Worked a little. Row & worry. Went quietly over to Broadstairs to meet F.C.B. A little rain. Home 2.0pm. Lunch. After smoke. Worked W.B. Finished tail piece Chapter 7. After wrote letters sent Waters to Ramsgate.

Dinner. Walk down to sea by moonlight. Bed 11.30. Good day. Hamilton came over.

Monday October 6 Lovely fine morning. Bright sun. Up & rode Punch, Waters the Pippin.

Broadstairs, Ramsgate, Priors Hill. Home. Worked W.B. Worked all day W.B. In evening rode with Marion round coast & with Hamilton. Too long ride. After getting up gap & coming home Pippin went lame. Beginning of trouble. Very wet. M tired.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Tuesday October 7 1st day with Harriers. Up & rode Pippin as hack. All right for 100 yards. Went lame. Sent him back. After rode to meet. Scrimageour new Master. Small run.

Frightful rain. Home to lunch. Worked. Did not go to Westwood.

Wednesday October 8 Stiff. Doubts about Pippin. Sent him to forge. Up & sent wires & Waters to town with him. Went to Punch Dinner, missed Yearsley. Left dinner & delivered Pippin. Sent him to Holliday's. Suggested cut. Bradbury screwed.

'Singularly dull individual'. Home late very.

Thursday October 9 Up & Waters had news of Yearsley. After saw him at Hollidays. New horse.

Lame again. Left matter in Holliday's hands. Back to Ramsgate after lunch at Garrick. Saw Frank in town at Margate. Home. Worked. Walked to Westwood, very tired. Home by Tassell. Very wet.

Friday October 10 Up early. Worked all day on Dog subject. Great gale. After wrote Yearsley.

Burnands & Orchardsons to dinner. Left early. Pouring rain.

Saturday October 11 The Almanack Dinner. Great wind. Yearsley's & Holliday's letters. Wrote diary.

Put room in order. After writing Yearsley went up to town by 11.15. Felt cold come on at lunch. Cold increased very much towards night. Went to Hollidays. Took portmanteau home. Met Yearsley at Club. Arthur Blunt there & F.C.B. After Almanack Dinner (Good). After to Club wrote letters. Home 2.0am. Cold bad.

Sunday October 12 Cold very bad in morning. After went early to see Pippin. Saw Holliday & fixed to keep horse. Caught 10.0 train. At Broadstairs got out rode Punch home.

Very cold & wet. Met Alfred Watson in train. F.C.B at Faversham. Good talk.

Home. Did not go out nursed cold. Had bath & hot toddy bed early. M very seedy bad throat. Cold very bad, broke thro'.

Monday October 13 Cold very bad. Clear cold day. Up & hacked Punch to meet at Saare.

Overtaken by Hamilton & Billee. After hunted all day. Left off & came home alone past Cleve Court. Saw girl on roan horse. Hamilton dined with us. I did not dress, not sleepy. Good evening. Bagatelle. Wrote wire for Miss Marsh.

Bed. Cold better. Toddy. Billee rode bathing machine horse. Cold very bad.

Tuesday October 14 Up & worked on Water Babies all day. Punch none the worse. Letter from Yearsley. None from William. Wire from Marsh, Chisenham. Fine night. Sent Waters over. Midge & Hamilton called in donkey carriage. In evening went over to dinner at Orchardsons. Picked Midge up having broken down donkey cart. Drove Westgate met Beasleys, Nelly K, Norman Lockyer. Home after bad dinner. All well. Home at 11.30pm.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Wednesday October 15 Did not go up to town. Nelly Keith went up. Went in morning on to sands. Fine morning. Photod Mother & Chicks etc etc. After à Becketts said they would not come. Stopped mother going. Waters waited at dinner.

Thursday October 16 Finished drawing for Water Babies, little girl. After worked all day & late at night on Bismarck & France. Lady Anne. Worked till 1.30am. Good block. (A very good block. Oct 17 1894. L.S.) Friday October 17 Up at 7.0am. Finished Bismarck & France. After rode Punch to meet at Hengrove. Waters thrown from Cobweb. Found 2 or 3 hares. Lovely day, mild. Edgar etc out on grey pony. Home in afternoon. Dinner. Burnand caught hounds 1.15pm at Westgate.

Saturday October 18 Fine day. Did not do much work. Went out 1.0pm to fetch Violet Hunt. Drove Cobweb. (Violet Hunt came down 6 May 1900). Pippin came down. All well.

Paid the stables & Carr. Went in evening to dine at Westwood. Walked. Good evening. Cock fights. Home 11.0pm in brougham. Gentleman called to look over house. Photod Punch, M helped. Stokes & Hamilton called riding.

Sunday October 19 Most lovely morning. Walked down to see sands. Sat with Marion & Violet H on sands. Vulgar woman in black. After met Stokes. Uncomfortable ride on Pippin. Thrown at Kingsgate. Met Burnand. B went on. Trotted fast to Westwood. Put up. Lunched there. After dog cart called & took Langley & self to Westgate. Good game of Tennis. After picked up Lockyer. Drove to Westwood. After home. Evening, hats & cards, ventriloquisms. Dinner.

Champagne. After sent Waters with Lockyer. After Stokes with pistol, lost himself, his head & his slipper. M & Violet H. Rude to her. Spitz drowned (Sketch of cat).

Monday October 20 Wedding Day. Decade. Dull morning. Stokes called. Walked down to bathe.

Bathed. Disappointed of fishing. Pippin clipped. Edgar called on horseback.

Burnand ditto. Worked all day on Mother Shipton. Finished. Marion & Violet H went to Westwood. Worked. Edgar came to dinner. Long wrangle & discussion about hunting. Bed after. O silly silly Stokes, simple Stokes.

Tuesday October 21 Most lovely morning. Got up for hunting. Changed to buckskin. Hacked Pippin to meet. Overtook Waters. Meet. Hounds late. Marion & V drove with cart to meet. Accident, Cobweb up bank after M jumped out. Home after good day.

Met Hamilton. Pippin pulled a little. Midge ill. Dinner at home. Good dinner.

Helped M up to bed.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Wednesday October 22 Most lovely morning. Put room in order. Packed up to go to town. To go with V. Hunt 1.15. Granville invitation. Dull journey very. Cold worse. Home to Stafford Terrace with china etc. Took man on box from station. Beautiful sunlight day. After went to Punch Dinner. Called at Garrick. Saw Sir P.C.Owen. After to Bouverie St. Gil à Beckett 1 st night after son's death. After to Garrick & to Lord Granville's. Met Farquharson, Blunt, Kendal etc etc. After called at Club & on to Abbey's supper. Walked home with Luke Fildes. Pettie tight.

Thursday October 23 Cold bad in morning. Up & caught 10.10 train down home. Waters met me with Cobweb ½ clipped. Row with him. Home & worked hard on block for Punch. Dodson's Apotheosis. Bed 1.0pm. Cold bad.

Friday October 24 Cold bad. Up early. Worked on Apotheosis. Rode Pippin thro' Sarre. Saw Morgan going & coming back. Meet at Chislet. Fine day. Pippin went well.

Punch lame in haunch. Home to tea. Boys there. Quiet dinner in evening. Sir Moses Montefiore 100 years old today.

Saturday October 25 Fine morning. Was to have gone to Lockyers. M's ankle. After working on Water Babies went for ride with Waters round coast. Capital. Gun fired.

Called Westwood. M & mother there. Home, Pippin trotting. Took photos of Hamilton L on horse.

Sunday October 26 Worked & wrote many letters. After in afternoon rode with Waters. Rough day & sun. Rode to Ramsgate, met the Squashtails (Evans). After dined quietly at home. Bed early & Grog.

Monday October 27 Cold bad. Up & at 9.30 went to meet at St Nicholas. Thro' Margate. Long ride.

Pippin better. Bother in hurdles. Home at 1.30. Took photos. After walked in to Ramsgate. Called Hills. After Squashtails (Evans) dined. Bed 11.0pm.

Grog.

Tuesday October 28 Windy morning very. Wrote. Began October. To go up to town. Bobbery in Ramsgate, Sir Moses' centenary. Very wet & windy. Went up to town. Drove to Stafford Terrace etc. Took porter. Dressed quietly & went to Holl's dinner.

Boughtons, 2 Americans, 1 lady. Willis. Self. Holls. Du Mauriers. Called at Club. Wrote letters. Home.

Wednesday October 29 At Stafford Terrace. Up in morning early. Put up pictures etc. After met my mother at Victoria. Saw her off. After lunched at Victoria. Sausages etc. Pretty girl etc. Changed my mind & walked to Garrick. Called on Lane. Club. College of Surgeons. After to Punch Dinner. Talk with Furniss etc. Club. Home.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Thursday October 30 In morning caught the 8.15. Took portmanteau out & went down to Ramsgate.

Got to work. M at Westwood. Worked on October. Hard & fast & late. Bed 12.0pm.

Friday October 31 Up early & worked all day on October. Went for short ride on Pippin at West Dumpton.

Saturday November 1 Worked in morning on Water Babies. Did Blunderbuss. Sent it back in afternoon. Dined at home quietly.

Sunday November 2 Worked in morning on Blunderbuss. Finished. Wrote letters. Driven to Westwood. Dined there. Driven to Ramsgate. After wrote many letters. Dined at home quietly. Geraldine. Settled to hunt.

Monday November 3 Up early. Sent Pippin to station. Went to Faversham & on to meet. Hunted with Tickham hounds. Hard day. Pippin fretful. Back to station. Scrimageour tight. Mr & Mrs Parsons, Frisby, Collard, Hamilton, Self & (sketch of huntsman). Home to Ramsgate. Dined at Hammonds. Good dinner & evening. Home by cab.

Tuesday November 4 Up in morning. Hunted Punch for last time with Thanet Harriers. Meet Minster Rough. Good day. Hare killed. Home early. Rode Pippin to Ramsgate & home. Called Bligh, station, Syrett etc etc. Last night at Park House. Bed early.

Wednesday November 5 Up early. Great packing. Sent horses back to town with Waters. Went to stables. Waters late. After walked to P.D. Burnand at Club. Good Dinner.

Home by cab after Club.

Thursday November 6 Up. Worked on F.P of Nottage. Chicks & M all home. In afternoon rode Pippin in Park. Great fog. Gas all day. Went to see Hamlet, Lyceum. Bad. Geraldine dined.

Friday November 7 Rode Pippin before breakfast in Park. After worked all day on 3 Men in a Tub. After Edgar called. Dined. Bed at 11.0pm. Bother about Stove. Geraldine dined.

Saturday November 8 Lovely morning. Put room in order. Wrote letters. Coach builders etc. After dined at home quietly. Tenniel rode round. Did not like Cobweb. Ride over Putney Bridge. Fine evening. Dull ride very. Home. After in evening went to

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Arts Club. Saw Marks, D.M, Angell etc etc. Missed Mars. Home. Wedgwood.

Pool.

Sunday November 9 Dull morning. Rode to Hampton Court. Lunched Greyhound. Called Sadlers.

Stroll in Gardens. After rode home. Mars called. Quiet dinner. Bed 11.30.

Monday November 10 Fine day. Up & went to Lord Mayor's Show. Good day. Took Roy & Maud.

Crowd. Nottage Lord Mayor. After saw M by embankment to Met Rly. Club.

Letters. Dressed. To Guildhall Banquet. After Club. 'Leafs' met. Home.

I.T.Bedford & Mrs Bedford.

Tuesday November 11 Ride in morning, Pippin. After looked at carriages. Began Calendar. Liked Offord's carriages best. In evening Polly & self went to Rip Van Winkle. (Saw Fred Leslie. Died 1892.) Home. Good cab.

Wednesday November 12 Worked all day on Calendar. Rode in morning. Saw young Watney. In evening dined at Watneys. Good dinner. Mrs & Mr Watney, Mr & Mrs Sambourne, Mr Marshall, Mr Watney jnr, Innes, Mrs Bagalley, Mr Arthur Burnand, Miss Sandeman, Miss Dash. Home 12.0. Bad horse.

Thursday November 13 Rode in morning. Worked all day on Calendar. Dined at home quietly. Sleepy after.

Friday November 14 Rode in morning. Pippin. Cold. Worked after on Punch Queen Coal. Mrs Hutchinson's letter sent on to Victoria. (Sent wrong letter.) Dined at home 8.0pm. Bed 11.30pm.

Saturday November 15 Cold east wind. Rode Pippin. Dickey. Annoyed with man calling from H.Dixons. Sweep called. Worked W.B in morning. Rode Punch to Punch Office. Saw Arthur. Wanted to alter drawing. No No! After lunch at Old Cock saw Bedford jnr. After to Club saw Hare, Blunt, Wingfield, etc etc. After in cab to Reeds. German ill, very. Away, cab home. Play with Chicks. Marion lost her keys. Dinner at home. Very cold.

Sunday November 16 Cold & raw fog. Worked Calendar. After rode to Ealing. Waters after. Talk of Yearsley. Lunch (bad). Home. In afternoon M at her uncle's. Dined. Worked Calendar till 11.30pm. Bed after Greece book.

Monday November 17 Dull morning. Rode Punch. Saw Smith. £300 horse. After wrote letters. Tidied up. Worked on Calendar. Frère called.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Tuesday November 18 Worked on Calendar. Arthur à Beckett & wife dined here. Went to Mary Anderson Lyceum Theatre. Fly from Longs. Nelly to tea. Burglar.

Wednesday November 19 Worked on Calendar. Took cab to Punch Dinner. Bradbury chaffed at Coaling Station etc. D.M there. Home by cab. Conrad & W.Jackson (Fritz? June 12 '94.) to dinner. Tabby called. Finishing Calendar.

Thursday November 20 Finished Calendar in morning. Began hunting cut after. Rode in middle of day.

Used carriage for 1st time. Dined at Boehms. Boughtons, Mrs & Miss B, 'your Violet', Fatty, Self & Wife. Gent. Home by 11.0pm.

Friday November 21 Rode in morning. M went to stores etc. Did Bismarck & John Bull. Dined late.

Bed early.

Saturday November 22 M & Maud went to Mrs Goodalls. Worked on hunting block. Rode early. Saw young Watney.

Sunday November 23 Rode early to Richmond. Met Bolding coming out. Worked on hunting block.

Nearly finished it. Worked all afternoon. Cold hard frost.

Monday November 24 Worked hard on Almanack blocks. Finished hunting block. Rode in middle of day 12.45. Very cold hard frost. After began 2 nd hunting block. Should have gone to old Knockles. Too cold.

Tuesday November 25.

Worked on Almanack hard all day. Barker came to dinner & stayed all night.

Went to the play Diplomacy. Drove Punch. Home supper & pipe. Won't act.

Wednesday November 26 Worked on Almanack. Finished the 2nd hunting picture at 11.0am. After rode.

Began the Joke picture. Walked to Punch Dinner. Good dinner. Bradbury & swords etc etc. With Furniss home. Home at 11.30. Long talk with F.C.B about horse's head.

Thursday November 27 Worked on last Almanack block 'The Joke'. Finished 1.30pm. Rode in middle of day. Saw Woodville.

Friday November 28 Did not ride. Hard long day. Ma came up. Lunched with us. Drew November.

Spencer came in to dinner. Good dinner. Long smoke & bed 12.30. Very tired.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Saturday November 29 1st day clear. Spencer with us, rode Cobweb & self Pippin. Round Park, down to Mounting Guard. After round Park called Mackenzie. Dressed. Spencer paid for Cobweb £40. Walked to Club. Cold. Lunch. Saw Cap'n Ford & Evans.

After met M at Painters Hall. Lost carriage. Home by carriage. Altered drawers. After dinner went to smoke pipe Abbey's. Home 1.15. Fildes, Hunter, Boughton, Sargent, Andrew Lang, Austin Dobson, Nathrop, Abbey, Parsons, Macbeth & self etc etc Millet.

Sunday November 30 Cold Raw morning. Rode Pippin to Roehampton, Richmond Park & home.

Went unaccountably lame, D- him. Home to early dinner. Wickclyffe Taylor called, also Heron Allen. Redistribution. Dinner. Quiet evening. Bed. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.)

Monday December 1 Very wet & cold. Did not ride. Redistribution of photos. After drove with M to Wendovers. Oyster lunch at Rules. After to Thorn's, Thrupp & Maberlys. No carriage to suit. After to Offords. After Abbey. Not at home. Redistribution.

Quiet dinner & bed. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.)

Tuesday December 2 Wet morning. Up to breakfast 8.45. After sorted photos. Redistribution. Rode Pippin lame as a cat to Offords to see new brougham. Saw it. Liked it. Back to lunch. Miss Bergheim called. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.)

Wednesday December 3 Wet morning. All morning finished redistribution of photos & sent letters.

Waters prognosticates evil of Pippin. Roy & books. Conny & Miss Boehm to dine. Walk to Punch dinner. Long discussion on Almanack. Chaffed about horse's neck. (Sketch of horse's neck). (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.)

Thursday December 4 Pippin lame. Conny came. Worked on Metropolitan Members. Worked till 12.30am. Bothered with Gladstone's head. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.)

Friday December 5 Rode Punch before breakfast. Called on Williams about Pippin. Pippin sent to Williams's. Conny & M drove to see him. Worked hard all day on drawing of Metropolitan Members. Bradbury etc. Dined 8.30pm. Sat up & smoked & talked. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.)

Saturday December 6 Finished photos in morning. Wrote etc. Very wet. In afternoon played Tennis at Tuers. Nearly dark. Yellow balls etc. Home. Conny with us. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Sunday December 7 Fine morning. Rode Punch. Colin Hunter's new horse etc. Home after glass of Champagne at Hunter's. In afternoon called on Stones. Saw Scott Russell, Schloss, Angell, etc etc. Called Hunter, Fildes after. Dined at home quietly & bed early. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.)

Monday December 8 Began Water Babies again. Cannot ride. Pippin still lame. Mrs Boehm's dance. Went to Pavilion Music Hall. Called at Club & home by cab. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.)

Tuesday December 9 Very wet. Rode Colin Hunter's horse in morning. After worked on Water Babies. Ellen Payton in to lunch. Bored. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.)

Wednesday December 10 No horse to ride. Worked all day on Water Babies. After M drove me as far as Bath Hotel. Walked on to Punch Dinner. Looked at B(illeg). Home by cab.

(Red ink across page: Pippin lame.)

Thursday December 11 Worked all day on Water Baby block. Did not go out. After drove to Marcus Stone's dinner. Met Hare & wife, Abbey, self & wife, Stone & wife & Joe Pulley. Good dinner. Looked in to Colin Hunter's after. Scott Moncrieff & Wm Black there. Home at 1.0am. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.)

Friday December 12 Rode before breakfast 1st time. Pippin fresh. Hard long day. Drew African Venus. Dinner 9.0pm. Tired, bed after. Saw Watney.

Saturday December 13 Very tired in morning. Brighter weather. Rode Pippin to Punch Office, saw Arthur, Bradbury, Milliken. After walked to Garrick. Bought crops. Saw Smart, Cap'n Ford, Evans & Macmillan, Craik. Bad cab to Tuers. Tennis. Tired.

Home. Mrs Stone to dine. Mrs Stone did dine. Quiet evening.

Sunday December 14 Rode in morning to Richmond Park. Lockwood caught me up. After Colin H. Went & had glass of champagne at Colin H's. After lunch went with M to Lewis's & Tuers & Boughtons. After dined quietly at home.

Monday December 15 Rode at noon. Worked after on block for W.B page.

Tuesday December 16 Rode at 12.0. Met Woodville. Pippin went hoppy again. Home & worked on page for W.B. After walked to Punch Dinner. Egg flip etc. Played Tennis at 10.0am with Tuer & 4. Frost. Arts Club dinner. Looked in with Tenniel etc.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Wednesday December 17 Worked all day on W.B. block. The page of 'Do as you likes'. Spencer came from the north. Bottle of Champagne at dinner. Did not ride in morning. Pippin dickey again. Egg flip. Wycliff Taylor came in. Photod him in uniform. Bright morning.

Thursday December 18 Drabbles dance. Worked hard & fast all day on 3 Poets. Did not go to Drabbles or Tattersalls dance. Conny called. Bottle Champagne. Diploma sent home by Somers Vine.

Friday December 19 Wrote letters. In afternoon worked Water Babies. Rode with S.J in morning thro' Battersea Park. Pippin better. Conny in after dinner to see Marion.

Called in morning.

Saturday December 20 Pouring & hopelessly wet morning. Worked W.B. Did girl & sunset. After Tennis at Tuers 4 games. After home. Drove Punch up to Bristol Hotel. Called at Bath Hotel. Met Mrs Cohen & son. After to Comedy Theatre. Poor piece. Gt Mogul. After to supper with S.J. Home by cab. 1.0 pm. Letter from Somers Vine. 15/- to £1.0.0 for frame of Diploma.

Sunday December 21 Fine morning. Colin Hunter & Macbeth came round. Missed them. S.J. & self went for good ride over Wimbledon. Called Alice Edwards. Pretty slavy. After thro' Richmond Park. Lunched with Capron. Pomery '65. After home. Passed Tweedie. Sleep. Quiet dinner. Water. Bed early after smoke. M seedy.

Monday December 22 Fine clear morning. Rode Pippin. Sound. Spencer seedy. Came back.

Worked on drawing for W.B. After met Miss Huxleys at Tuers rink. Good game with Fahey. After tea at Stafford Terr commenced the block for December. S.J. late for dinner. Worked after dinner. Bed 12.0 pm Tuesday December 23 Did not ride. Worked hard & fast all day on Dec block. Spencer left for the north. After dined quietly with M. Bed 10.45.

Wednesday December 24 In morning M & Roy drove to the Shoolbred Stores. After went to Garrick Club (walked) to meet Somers Vine. Late for lunch. Long talk about Diploma etc etc. Burnand & Palmer. After called Hawes. Got Crockeralite stick. Home.

Dear Chicks etc etc. Dined quietly at home & bed early.

Thursday December 25 Little Tom Worth came. After rode over Wimbledon, Richmond etc. Home at 1.0 pm. Lunch & Chicks dinner. Crackers etc. Read in afternoon etc. After drove to Boehms dinner. Crackers. Conny proposed. No mention. Cards till 11.30. Home. Bed 12.0am.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1884 Friday December 26 Very cold in morning. Up 9.30. To play Tennis at Tuers. Played 4 sets with Tuers by ourselves. After worked Water Babies. Quiet day.

Saturday December 27 Dreadfully wet dull morning. Worked in room on Water Babies. Girl on rocks.

After in afternoon went to play Tennis with Tuers. Cleared up. Poor Macdonald died aged 47. (Only 47. First knew him at 43) Sunday December 28 Up. In morning rode over Wimbledon & thro' Richmond Park. Home to lunch.

Very cold.

Monday December 29 Worked hard on Water Babies all day. Spencer wired about poor Macdonald.

Tuesday December 30 Worked on Water Babies. Did not finish horse. After walked to Punch Dinner.

Rode before breakfast. Played Tennis at 10 to12pm at Tuers. Good dinner.

Home by cab.

Wednesday December 31 Worked on Water Babies. In afternoon took Chicks to Circus. Drove. Ordered Roy's togs. After dined at Colin Hunters. Fildes's, Mr (blank), H.Woods & selves there. Home with oranges at 1.0pm.

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