Linley Sambourne's Diary, 1886 by Leighton House and Sambourne House

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Notes and addresses on front pages of Diary: Store ticket for the year: 88355. Collins, 56 Cochrane St, St John's Wood, NW. Cohen, Sponge dealer, 55 Endell St, Long Acre. Crane, 22 Queensberry Mews, South Kensington, SW Bird & Starr, Brewers men, Castle Buildings, Castle Lane, Westminster, SW Davis, Theatrical Bootmakers, Bow Street. Donovan, Horse Dealers, Cork. A.Godfrey, 4 Sutherland Place Grain, R Corney, 180 New Bond St, W. Hamblin, Friday St, Henley on Thames. Model, Miss Grace Elliott, 67 Charlotte St, Fitzroy Sq, W. Saml Northcote, 86 Finborough Rd, South Kensington, SW. Punch Puppets, Webster & Girling, 45 Loudoun Rd, St John's Wood, NW. Tom Smith & Co, Crackers. 69 Wilson St, Finsbury Sq, London, EC. Sullivan, James F, 12 Comcragh Road, West Kensington, W Friday January 1 Worked the New Year in late at night. Mild weather, quite hot. Worked hard all day up to 2.30. Conny in to lunch. Just caught the 4.45 train for Elmley Heath. Carriage late. By self in carriage. Long drive. Lights went out at terminus Elmley. Barry there. Servants Ball. Saturday January 2 Lovely hot morning. Bright sun. Shot cock pheasant in house grounds. After hare & rabbits. Flew kite for partridges. Home. Good dinner. Singing. Sunday January 3 Fine morning. Smoked & read. Walked on to top of hill with Shakespear Berry Hamilton. Back Good dinner & evening. Monday January 4 Out shooting round thro' wood. Cold on hill. Got rabbits. Shakespear good shot. Lunch in wood. Home. Conny & Effie came late. Village concert. Took Tabs down. Birthday. Very quiet, no notice. Tuesday January 5 Lovely day but cold. Out shooting. Conny came Castle Hill. Poor sport. Home. Dinner. Quiet evening. Con late in room. Wednesday January 6 Woke up. Snowed up. Great snow. Could not get to town. Out 'tobogging'. Good fun. Lovely day. Photod house & Ju. Dinner. Tabs tired. Roulette. Stories. Bed.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Thursday January 7 At Elmley. Snow. Pottering morning. Photod keeper. Toboggin'. Tabs & Olive up. Lunch. Back to town. Very cold. Hard frost. Dined Stafford Terr. Quiet evening. Bed. Friday January 8 Up 8.0am. Work. China. Wrote letters etc etc. Worked & had photo of self on ladder. Did cut of Soldier & Chinaman. Bed late after work. Read 'La Curée'. Fire in room. Saturday January 9 Put room in order & left 11.0pm for Club. Saw Turner about bookcase. Cold drive in cab & awful travelling. Bought skates. Thaw at once set in. Lunch at Club. Saw Macmillan, Craik & Evans. Cab to G.W.R. Mistake about train, 2.15 instead of 2.45. Carried on to Worcester. Dinner. Bad hotel. Slow. Back to Evesham. Dog cart. Long drive in snow. Arrived Elmley at 11.0pm. All well. Sunday January 10 At Elmley Castle. Down late. Wrote letters. Walk in snow with Hamilton. Round Castle Hill. Ju caught his first rabbit. Home. Shepherd & (illeg) dog. Monday January 11 At Elmley Castle. Went rat shooting. Very cold & slow. Effie & Tabs came. Lunch in barn. Young Willoughby R(illeg). Gun went off half cock. Left early. Wrote letters etc. Tuesday January 12 At Elmley Castle. Photod in morning. Went shooting. Ferreted rabbits. Bitterly cold & slow. Home in heavy rain. Bagnalls dined. Roulette. Bed 11.0. Wednesday January 13 Photod books in morning. Hamilton & Conny went to Pershore for ride. At 1.30 started for Evesham. Gale of wind & squalls of hail. Home to London. Very heavy driving. Waters drove me to Park Lane. Full 'Punch' Dinner, all there. Home at 12.0am. Thursday January 14 In morning rode to meet. Burnand rushed out of Park. Called B at lunch. Got cut. Back home. Worked & skemed cut. After dinner went in fancy dress to Tattersalls Ball. Met Johns. Home 2.0am. Friday January 15 Worked hard all day on Lord Carnarvon & Ireland. Did not go out. Photod self on steps in morning. ½ bottle champagne. Bed 11.45. Saturday January 16 In morning bright sun & frost. Rode to Keysers Hotel. Saw Gilbert. Called on Routledge, Clay, Bradbury, Harris. Boots. After went to Club. Saw Col Jones, Burnand, Grossmith etc. Cab to Kensington. Played Tennis at Tuers. Home. Dinner. M fresh. Put up medals. Young Millais called. Bed 10.45.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Sunday January 17 Up 9.30. At 10.0am rode Folkestone. Very hard frost. Difficulty up Wimbledon Hill. Saw Lehmann. Home thro' Richmond. Met Pincher, Colin Mackenzie & Percy Oakes. Lunch. M in Drawing Room. Cold. Pottered with photos. Harry Burnand called & wife. Wrote heaps of letters. Spencer & wife dined with us. Good evening. Monday January 18 Rode in morning in Row. Met Finlay & Windham etc. Began reproduction Tennyson etc for Ainger. Tuesday January 19 Tennis at Tuers. Worked reproduction of Tennyson etc for Ainger. Wednesday January 20 Finished Tennyson & sent it off. Walked to Punch Dinner. Bought bronze Venus de Medici. Good Dinner. No subject. Walked with Milliken. Forgot afterwards. Thursday January 21 Mother went to Ealing. Worked on Tunnel Sisters of Mersey. Queen opened Parliament. Cold raw snowy day. Saw Queen start from Buckingham Palace. Lunch Club. Mince pie. Pea soup. Called P.W.Office. Saw Cutts. Walked home. Worked Tunnel & after dinner. Friday January 22 Worked hard all day on Mersey Tunnel. Did not go out. Bottle Champagne. Bed. Saturday January 23 Snowy slush. Put books in bookcase & pictures right in Morning Room. After played Tennis with Tuers, Millington etc. Home. Bath. Book. Carriage to Tenniel's dinner at Arts. After saw Billiard match, Roberts & Cook. Arts & home late with Abbey & Parsons & Sargent. Sunday January 24 Tried to ride, could not. Snow. Up & down Cromwell Road. Saw Dietz. After home. Put books right etc. Photod armour. Walk with Spencer to Club & back. Frost hard. Sergent, Abbey & à Beckett & Edgar to dinner. Good evening. Monday January 25 In morning did photos etc. etc. Long day not out. In evening went to Lady Monckton's at home. Dull. Miss Corwin's recitation. Ought to have met Milliken. Forgot. Tuesday January 26 Played Tennis at Tuers at 10.15 to 12.45. After carriage to St James's restaurant. Old Masters. Horsley, Hartree, Parsons. Called Beers Gallery. To see Edgar, 13 Maddox St. Home. Miss Webster called. Began Andersens again. Read Germinal. Finished. M not well.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Wednesday January 27 M seedy. Worked in morning on Andersen. Toad. Afterwards took Roy in cab to Covent Garden. Saw Circus. Sent M & Mother home in carriage by Punch. Chicks in cab. Called on Clay. Company all up. Optician. 'Punch' Dinner. Good. Good subject. Home 12.15. Foggy. Thursday January 28 Foggy morning. Mother went to Sheehys. Photod Stace as policeman. After worked. M drove to her aunts. Worked on Greece as dogs. Thought I had cold. Friday January 29 Worked hard all day on Policeman & Dog (Greece). Saturday January 30 Early in morning went down to Crystal Palace with M Roy & Maud. Lunch at Evans. Good day. Home. Dined at home. Dressed & went with Spencer to Savage Club. Bradbury etc etc. Hume Williams. After at Garrick. Saw Wiseman, Weldon etc. Abbey tight. S.J & self supper. Home 3.0am. Sunday January 31 Was to have ridden with Spencer. Missed him. Very wet. Rode in rain. Got wet through with hail. Home. Lunch. Did not dress. Lady Monckton at home. Did not go. Monday February 1 Called 1st thing on Abbey & Parsons. Played Tennis. Cold & freezing. Violet H. After lunch worked on Andersen. In evening went with M & Mother to Wilson Barretts, Hardman blind. Home. Tuesday February 2 Worked on Anderson. In afternoon went to Club in carriage. Went with Weldon down to Sheerness & over water to Fountain Inn. Dined with Sir W.Wiseman & also with Hitchinson & Weldon. Bed 11.0. Cold. Mother left for St Neots. Rode 9.0 to 10.0am. Saw Gilbert. Waters & boots. Much put out. Wednesday February 3 At Sheerness. Frightfully wet all day. Photod ship. After lunch came to Garrick. Waters met me. Change P.D. Cold feet. After home at 1.0pm. Called Club. Thursday February 4 Tuer wanted Tennis. Could not go. Photod policeman as wrestler. Prepared block. Did not ride. Tabs should have come. Edgar & Sophy to lunch. M went for Tabby. Should have gone to Brighton. Worked after dinner. Friday February 5 Rode before breakfast. Very cold. Saw Watney. Worked hard all day on Morley & Wrestler. Bed 12.0pm. M & Champagne.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Saturday February 6 Very cold & raw. In Photo House. Very cold. Put things in order. Should have ridden with Tenniel. Missed him. Dined at home. After went to Court Theatre. Saw Pettie. Good play. Magistrate. Home 11.15pm. Read Arabian Nights. Sunday February 7 Frightfully cold & raw. Hard frost. Rode at 10.30 over Wimbledon Common Richmond Park & home by 1.10. Galloping ass in Park. Nutmeg slipped. Quiet afternoon. Maclarens called. Dined at home quietly. Monday February 8 Riot in West End after meeting. Worked & wrote letters. Did not go out all day. Tenniel called. Bought paper in evening. Tuesday February 9 Dense fog. Very cold. Worked in morning, Andersen, & wrote letters. Did not Tennis. After in afternoon rode round Park with Tenniel. Watney dined. After went to see Mikado. Supper at Club. Home. Dense fog coming home. Ma came from Westwood. Wednesday February 10 Very cold. Took Roy & M to Pantomime. Walked to look at ice. Saw skating on Round Pond. Warned off Serpentine. Home. Called on Bank Manager. Took cab to Club. Furniss at club. Lunch, cold fowl. Walked with Furniss to Punch Dinner. After to Maclarens. Slow very. Home by Doctor's carriage. Thursday February 11 Worked in morning. Skemed Punch & Puppets. After sent Waters for the puppets to Stores. Dined at Maclarens. Met Forth etc etc. Slow dinner. Friday February 12 Rode before breakfast. Worked all day, Punch hanging Puppets. Finished 9.30 (across page: This cut created great animosity on acct of its being too strong.) Late dinner. Bed 12.30. Saturday February 13 Warm weather again. Photod puppets & developed. At 3.15 rode over Wimbledon. Stopped by red flag. Home along road. Dined at home. Club after. In evening went to Pavilion. After to Garrick. Supper. Weldon, Col & Cap'n Jones. Stayed till 2.30. Home 3.0am. Bed. Sunday February 14 Up 9.30. Wet morning. Rode with Cartwright round Wimbledon & Richmond & home. Spencer in after lunch. Dumps about Mrs O. Tidied up. Bookcases etc etc. Wrote. To go to Boehms. Went to Boehms. Dull evening. Flower, F.C.B, Northcote, Whistler, Irving, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Lord Russell there. Home 12.0pm. Cigarette.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Monday February 15 Dull cold east wind. Photod Punch Puppet before sending it back by boy. Wrote letter etc. After went & dined with Tenniel at Garrick. Drury Lane after. Supper with Spencer. Joe Knight talked after. Home 2.0am. Tuesday February 16 Dull cold east wind. Played Tennis with Tuer & Allen & Millington. Left 12.0am. Could not photo. Worked after. Put things in order. Wednesday February 17 Dull cold east wind. Worked on drawing for Andersens. Cut of Socialists came out. Little thought such a bother would be made about it. Mother & Polly went to Circus. Dined Punch Dinner. Home after. Thursday February 18 Cold dull east wind. In morning went to Grosvenor Gallery. Met Tenniel. Called at Wilkinson & Kidds. Rode in Park. Met Finlay. After went to lunch with Godfrey Turner & Dickens. Good lunch, very. Circus after. On to Stafford Terr. Worked on Navy of Future. Bed 11.0pm. Dined quietly at home. Friday February 19 Cold dull east wind. Mother went to Conny's. Worked hard all day on cut for the Navy of future. Did not go out. Dined at home. Bed 11.0pm. Saturday February 20 Dull cold east wind. At 10.0am breakfasted with Weldon, saw Platinotype Process. After cab to Sands & Hunter. Club. Covent Garden. On to Platinotype Process Company's offices. Meaghers. Back to Club. After Covent Garden, photod clowns. Back to Club. Lunch. Saw Weldon, Christie told me about action against Punch. On to Punch Offices. Saw F.C.B, Milliken, Bradbury etc. Walked back to Club. Cab & home. Dressed & went to Furniss's to dinner. Tenniel & Burton Barkers there, Miss Furniss. Talk about 'Punch' cut. Home. Cold. Sunday February 21 Cold dull east wind. In morning rode with Cartwright over Wimbledon & Richmond. Galloping horse. Home. Great Socialist meeting in Hyde Pk. Nervous about house. Baker & Cartwright dined with us. Good evening. Monday February 22 Dull cold east wind. Wrote letters. Changed slides etc etc. Mother came from Conny's. Tuesday February 23 Rode before breakfast. Met Hake. Came home on acct of snow. Bitterly cold. Worked Andersen. In evening went to Toole's Theatre. Saw Faust. Very good. Home 11.30. Very slippery.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Wednesday February 24 In morning & afternoon worked on Andersen. Walked to P.D after. Ordered collar studs. Late full Dinner. All there bar Lucy. Discussion on cut of Puppet Show. Home 11.30pm. Thursday February 25 Began work early on Police cut. Photod policemen & tramp. After worked, & worked till 12.30am. (Cut not used after.) Friday February 26 Worked hard all day on Police cut. (Not used after.) (Pencil note: Used 3 years after, 13 May '90) Photod labourer in morning. Dined at 6.30 & after went to the Lyceum with M to see Faust. Home at 11.30pm. (Pencil note: Saw this twice in '94 April.) Saturday February 27 In morning put Photo House in complete order & pottered about. In afternoon same. Afterwards dined early & went to the Court Theatre. Bitterly cold. Supper at Garrick. Home 2.45am. Waited ¾ hour for supper. Savile Clarke, Justin McCarthy. Sunday February 28 Up at 10.30. Rode. Bitterly cold. Wretched ride round by Putney & home. Missed Waters. Lunch at home. Spoilt prints. Wrote lots of letters. Very cold. Snow. Mr & Mrs Fildes dined with us. Monday March 1 Up till 1.0am, Fildes's here. Bed. In morning very cold & heavy fall of snow. Sent Waters to stores. Wretched weather. North east winds. Tuesday March 2 Very bitterly cold. Worked on the drawing for Andersen. In evening took Mother to the Princes Theatre. Met Hollands & Frank Miles. Home. Very cold. 4 wheeler. Wednesday March 3 Worked & finished Andersens. Judy in. In afternoon walked to Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. All well. No block in Punch. Called Club & wrote letters. Thursday March 4 In morning foggy, wretched & cold. Got ready for Volunteer subject. Disappointed about Wycliff. Spencer sold me over hat. Worked hard & late in afternoon. Mother dined last time. Friday March 5 Worked hard all day on Volunteer subject. Dined 7.15. After went to see 'Engaged'. Home 11.30pm.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Saturday March 6 In morning fearfully wretched dull heavy day. Photod self in uniform. After developed & pottered. Rode to Wimbledon in afternoon. Dined with Sir Richard Webster in evening. Good dinner. Quietly to bed. Sunday March 7 Wretched hard frost. Spencer came in. Put things in order & printed 1 st Platinotypes. Did not go out. Sterne & Reeve called. Spencer & Adah dined & stayed till 11.30pm. Monday March 8 Cold fearfully dull day. Put photos in order etc etc. Worked afternoon. Did not go out. Dined at home quietly. Tuesday March 9 Bright morning. Spencer came in & asked us to dinner, hang it. Photod in cold by Waters in costume for the Artists' Benevolent. Bitterly cold but bright. Marion could not go to Spencer's so went by self. Good dinner. Billiards. Home by Waters. Met Brassey's friend Merton Skinner. Wednesday March 10 In morning printed & developed the Platinotype process, photos of self with invitation. Very cold. After lunch walked to the Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Pancakes. Took photos. Success. Thursday March 11 Worked after photoing Waters & Roy on Greek subject. In evening went to Boehms & heard Whistler's lecture & met Princess Louise. Home at 11.0pm. F.C.B bored. M could not go. Something upset me at dinner. Friday March 12 Worked hard all day on block for Greek subject. Did not go out. Quiet dinner & bed after. Collywobbles all day. Saturday March 13 Put things straight in morning & all ready at 2.30. Went down to Westwood with Polly. Saw Squire on platform & Ingram at Westgate. Very cold. Walked to Westwood. Dinner & quiet evening. Sunday March 14 In morning wrote postcards etc. Walked at 11.30 round coast to St Peters & thro' Churchyard. Cold. After lunch wrote till 7.30. Walked to Ramsgate & on pier. Home by 9.50. Not quite so cold. Crum ran away. Monday March 15 Very cold at Westwood. In morning at 10.30 walked to Hills, past Granville. Glass beer. Along Montefioris. Past sands to Broadstairs & round coast to Margate. Snow sleets. Very cold. Lunch at White Hart. Very pretty woman lunching with Cap'n Sparkes. Back to Westwood. Mrs Eykyn (Newman) there. Dinner & letters. Carriage to Margate with Polly. Very cold. Girl like Rosie

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Burnand. Sparkes' girl on platform. Belt sentenced to 12 months hard labour. To Garrick, Irving & Toole at supper. Left 1.0pm. Home 1.30. Cab. Tuesday March 16 In morning not quite so cold. Up & put things straight etc etc. Lunch with Chicks. In afternoon drove dear Roy to skate at the Ranelagh Club. Skated from 4.0 to 6.0. The seventeenth day of March 8 inches of ice. Slight thaw set in. Dressed & drove to Arthur à Beckett's dinner at 24 Gloster St. General Dumeny & wife. Learnt about Mrs Geiger etc. Renshaw. Home by carriage. Wednesday March 17 Dense black fog in morning. Cleared away & bright after. Frost. Printed photos. Walked to Punch Dinner. Left watch at Hawleys. Club. P.D. Good Dinner. No subject. Home after Club. Thursday March 18 Worked. Disappointed about cut. F.C.B called. In afternoon went up to Garrick Club met Milliken & Furniss & Tenniel & went to the Savoy Theatre, Mikado. Enjoyed it immensely. Club after. Home. Friday March 19 In morning at 12.30 got subject John Bull & Stores. Worked hard all day. Dressed after dinner & went to Club by carriage. Did John Bull & Stores. Had lock picked. Weather broke at last. Saturday March 20 In morning printed photos & developed prints. Put them to dry. Carriage to 1 Raymond Buildings. Lunch Club. F.C.B, Lt Col Jones, Gillie F etc etc. After to Kensington. Down to Westwood. Tom Thorn in train. Cards. 4/6 cards. Dinner Westwood. Bed 12.0pm. Sunday March 21 At Westwood. Silly Stokes there. Walked with blistered toe to Margate. Talk of Mervyn. Home after bitter at Faggs. Wrote heaps of letters. M carriage to Ramsgate, called Hammonds. Dinner. Walk round Granville S.W. Called at Hammonds. Rosie & Pugin there. Smoke own weed. Whiskey. Walk to Westwood. Sea fog. Monday March 22 Dull, foggy. sea fog. Wrote letters. Oyster lunch. At 1.0 walked to Ramsgate. Called Hill. Not in. Roy's coin. Walked up to Granville. Glass of Beer. Along cliff to Broadstairs with Crum. Home at 5.15.. Up to town. At Club. Irving, Toole & (illeg). Gillie F's stories of gambling. Tuesday March 23 At Stafford Terrace. Photod & put things in order. Drove up to Club. Rode at 11.45. Dined with Renshaw. Met Wyndham etc. After to play with Cartwright. Avenue. Very hot & close. Supper at Garrick nothing to eat. Home 1.30pm.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Wednesday March 24 Rode in morning. Worked on Clowes subject. Busy with photos etc etc. Walked to P.D. Bradbury absent. Club. Irving & Toole by themselves. Home after liqueur 1.30. Thursday March 25 Worked in morning. Clowes called & Turner with Toole. Photod labourer from Nash's. After work dined with Stokes at Privatillis. Bad wine & dinner. Pavilion. Cavour. Left Stokes at Cavour & on to Club. Met Allen Godfrey. After Club quietly home 1.30. Friday March 26 Dull morning. Up 6.45 walked to Museum & Public House. Sketched etc, door of Museum. Photod Waters in robes & wig. Worked hard all day. Polly came home 7.30pm. Bott Ayala '78. Put things in order. Bed 11.30. Saturday March 27 Worked on idea of Clowes drawing. Got rough sketch & called on Clowes in carriage. Round by Club, home. In evening dined with Polly at Hickmans, Palace Gardens. Met Flower etc etc. After played game of Billiards at Lewis's. Thought of Bear subject. 1st night of the 'School Mistress'. Sunday March 28 Rode round Wimbledon. Ended up coming home. In evening Sterne & Colin Hunter dined with us. Sterne free also Spencer. Mother here. Monday March 29 Worked on Clowes drawing for Exhibition. Altered composition of it. Tuesday March 30 My mother came & spent the day. Rode before breakfast. Worked on Clowes drawing. Got it sketched out. Wednesday March 31 Answer from Frank about Bear subject. Photod engraving etc & girl. Letter from Frank to be read before the Punch Dinner. Arthur presided. Saving the Ships subject. Thursday April 1 Worked all day on the Bear subject. Finished it 7.30. Very tired at night. Gladstone as Polar Bear. (illeg) Lord Rosebery's at home. Met Waggs, Lucy etc. Club after. Friday April 2 Worked all day on the Exhibition drawing. In evening dined with Clowes. Beat Winchester Clowes, Cunliffe Owen & took 2 Pools. Home in wet. Very wet.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Saturday April 3 Worked in morning on drawing for Exhibition (Clowes). After the Boat Race at Donaldsons. Lockyers, the Bakers, Cap'n Shaw, Lord G.Hamilton. Home. Rode round Wimbledon after. Lovely day. Sunday April 4 Picture Sunday. In morning worked all morning on Exhibition drawing. After with Maud & M went to pictures. Stone, Fildes, Hunter, Leighton, Princep, Millais (not showing) Boughton. M went on to Goodalls. Met Spencer & Roller etc. Conny & Oakes. Worked after on Exhibition drawing. Monday April 5 Up early went down to Winchester Clowes at Hitchen. Breakfast. Good cob. Meet. Cob reared with me. (Later note: Afterwards called Sambourne, Oct 22 '94) Got away. Ride thro' Hitchen. Lawn Tennis. Talk. Good dinner. Home by 11.30. Girls at Kings X. Tuesday April 6 Worked hard all day on drawing for Exhibition. Wednesday April 7 Worked on drawing for Exhibition. Finished at 3.0pm. Drove in cab to Clowes in rain. After to execute deed at Yarde & Loudon's. Received cheque for £71 odd. Von Joel. Very wet. Got rid of old W & after to Punch Dinner. F.C.B there. Good dinner. Home after Club. Thursday April 8 Finished the outline of Exhibition drawing. Not well. Liver out of order. Faustin called & took it away. After prepared for Liszt drawing. Photod Waters as Gladstone & self at piano. In evening drove to Grosvenor, Liszt reception. Supper Club & home. Friday April 9 Worked all day on drawing of Gladstone & Liszt, piano. Dined quietly at home after. Finished 8.0pm. Saturday April 10 Dull morning. Put things in order & printed photos etc etc. Took Roy & Maud to Exhibition, Indian & Colonial. Home by 1.0pm. In afternoon rode round Constitution Hill & Pimlico. Saw 9.0 M. After Mrs Stone dined with us. Billiards at Lewis's after. Fildes etc etc there. Sunday April 11 Fearfully dull & wet. Did not meet F.C.B. Rode to see Mother. In afternoon coloured the Exhibition drawing. Dined quietly at home. Spencer arranged to go a'huntin. Monday April 12 Up in morning 9.0am. Trained down to Slough. Hunted with Buck Hounds. Met Hickmans etc etc. Spencer went too. Fine day. Deer ran thro' Fulmer &

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 on to Denham. Home after lunch at Pallis's. Bottle Boll. Dined with Spencer at the Cafe Royal. Twiss 25 yrs married. Home 1.0pm. Photod Spencer & self in Drawing Room. Tuesday April 13 Up & worked all day on drawing for Exhibition. Clowes & Faustin called. At 7.45 dined & went to Boehms. Boxall & Forbes there. Home 12.0pm. Read Macaulay. Wednesday April 14 Dull. East wind. Spencer called with Baby in morning. Wrote up diary & letters. After walked. Called on Lane. Not in. Club, wrote letters. Again on Lane, found he had given up business. Back to Club. After to Punch Dinner. Bradbury not there. Milliken ill. Home by cab. Thursday April 15 Worked in morning on the Birds & Bill etc. In afternoon Tenniel & Furniss called & we rode over Wimbledon Common. Furniss in funk. Home by 9.30pm. Alice Nicol came. Dined at home. After went to Albert Hall. Shakespears there. Walked home. Bed 11.30. Friday April 16 Worked all day on Birds & Bill. Picking holes. After in evening went to hear 'The Lord Harry' at Princess's. Sentimental play. Home 11.30. Supper. Bed 12.30. Saturday April 17 In morning wrote letters etc etc. Tidied up. Rode in Row in evening. Folkestone went well. Met Charles Burnand. Home. Dinner. Quiet evening. Sunday April 18 Dreadfully dull morning. Rode over Wimbledon Common. Back by 1.0pm. Spencer & Mother there. Lunch 12.15pm. Ellis called. Charles Burnand dined with us. Met Miss Nicol. Monday April 19 Row with Waters about hitting Punch. Miss Nicol here. Tuesday April 20 Punch Dinner this evening. Suggested cartoon Gladstone & (illeg). Had Greek one to do. Stokes dined at 18 Stafford Terr. Wednesday April 21 Dear Roy left for Westwood. Worked hard & late on Greek defying the Lightning. Could not finish till 9.15. Thursday April 22 Worry letter from F.C.B about block. Began Academy drawing.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Friday April 23 In morning worked on Academy drawing. After in the afternoon rode with Tenniel to call on Bradbury. Did so. Did not see him. Back home thro' Battersea Park. Carriage out at Wimbledon. Shewed Tenniel stable. Skemed Academy drawing in afternoon. Saturday April 24 In morning should have hunted with Queen's. Did not. Waters photod self in costume for Academy block. Developed 22 plates. Vernon Watney dined with us quite quietly. Settled to go to Paris next Saty. Sunday April 25 Did not ride, cold east wind. Printed all my photos ready for work. Worked & began Academy drawing in afternoon. After dined with M at Fildes. Gordon Thompson & Woods there. Spencer & Percy called in afternoon. Monday April 26 Worked all day on Academy drawing. Did not go out. Tuesday April 27 (Blank) Wednesday April 28 Up very early & worked hard all day at Academy drawing. Could not finish. After drove to Press Day Academy. There 2 hours. Met Furniss & drove to Punch Dinner. Keene there. Good Dinner. Left at 8.45 in carriage. Cold came on. Influenza. Worked till 1.0pm. Mother read to me. Thursday April 29 Up at 7.0am. Finished Academy drawing. In all day. Printed photos & tired. Woods called with cold. Put off dinner. Stopped in all day, did not go out. Cold east wind. Friday April 30 In morning printed photos etc etc. After took cab to Grosvenor Gallery for Press View. Influenza came on badly. Saw Woodruffe. Met M & drove to Rules. Lunch. Cold very bad. Academy. Conrad Cook etc etc. Home 6.0pm. Changed. Food & on to Victoria en route for Paris. Very seedy. Saturday May 1 Arrived after roughish passage Calais at 1.0am. Saw Osborne Q.M. On to Paris in coupé. Very cold. Arrived 5.41am. Clean. Continental. Bath. Delay about room. After changed things. Breakfast in Grand Café, on to Salon. Felt really ill & feverish. Went home to bed for 3 or 4 hours. No appetite for dinner. Called chemist, got tonic. Eden Theatre. Row between cocottes. Fight. Back. Met Tyndall. Bed. Spencer went to Ball. Sunday May 2 Got up much better. Dressed. Walked to Binda. Breakfast with Tyndall. After walked on to Course of Longchamps. Spencer lost 5 franc piece. Lots of girls

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 etc. 2 women. Americaine. Lunch. Walked a long way back. Spencer's foot bad. Back to hotel after large cocktail at Binda's. Dressed as going out. Met Watney & Foot. Dined at Le Doyen. Cold. After to Nouveau Cirque, Watney & Foot. Very tired. Home. Bed 1.0pm. Monday May 3 Up in morning. After went to see Mr Ward. Enormously fine house near Opera. Saw Mr Ward. Busy. Parc Monceau. Lunch at Cabinet de Lion d'Or. After back to hotel. On to Salon. Very hot & crowded. Better. Turned out. Met Bonvoisin. 'No revolution in that weather'. After cocktail at Bodega. Bad & upset me. Bought jacket after. Dined at Continental with Watney etc, Foot. After to Hippodrome. Saw Americaine & home. Went with Spencer to see if we could get to Valentinos. Closed. Tuesday May 4 Up in morning. Dressed. Missed Watney & Foot. Walked to Louvre & Morgue. Collywobbles. Bought Greek coin. Back to lunch. After Spencer had wire. Packed. Bought doll & chocolate. Dinner. Saw Knowles. Left Hotel at 7.10. Caught train, coupé. Asparagrass at 1.0pm in train, from Amiens. Calais 2.0pm. Wednesday May 5 Arrived at Stafford Terrace 6.45. Travelled all night. Beautiful passage. Found M not well. Mother & Mrs H there. Dull morning, bright after. Wrote letters for Artists Gen'l B'ent. After rode in Park in brown suit. Saw Wyndham & Finlay. Bright & hot. Cold began again in throat. Home. Lunch. More letters. Clock put up. Mistake about Folkestone. Rode to P.D. Saw Sir Ed Sullivan & daughter. Late for Dinner. Very livery. Sleepy & congested after. Home 12.0am. Thursday May 6 Lovely morning. Up 10.0am. Cold on chest & liver out of order. Wrote all day. Rode in evening. Met McLaren & children. After F.C.B. Over to see Tenniel. Got instructions. Back. Mrs Stone to dinner. Quiet evening. Friday May 7 In morning went to Academy. Stopped by detectives drawing Burne Jones picture. Left sketch. Home in cab. Saw cad Humphreys. After photod Waters & worked all day. Caught carriage & S.J & self dined with Tindall at Wellington Club. Good dinner. Went on to Abbey & Parsons afterwards. Great night. Supper dance. Home by 5.30am. Saturday May 8 Head very bad in morning. Wrote letters. Slept till 12.0 noon. Mother & Mervyn left for country. In afternoon wrote etc etc. Played tennis at Davis's. Home cab. In evening went to Foreign Office reception. Met Sir E Reed etc. Home 12.30am. Sunday May 9 Quiet day. At 11.0 rode to Colin Hunters. Ride with Macbeth, Hunter & Mr Fletcher & self. Champagne at Colin's. Home. Lunch. Wrote all afternoon.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Dined at Stone's in evening. Met Lockwoods, Kendals, Holls, selves. Oppressively hot in morning, like Sirocco. Monday May 10 Weather set in cold & dull. Wrote all morning. After went to play Tennis with Yeames, Col Osborne & Davis all afternoon. Dined there. Tadema in to dinner. Long talk. Classic. Home. 12.0am. Tuesday May 11 Frightfully wet cold damp dull day. Marion had cold set in. Wrote out letters for A.G.B.T. After went in wet & carriage to Meagher, Sands & Hunter & also to Stewards meeting A.G.B.T. Saw Millais. Back home with Chester. Were to have Lucy's to dinner. Did not come. Bed 11.0pm. M's cold bad. Wednesday May 12 Cold wet dull day. M in bed with cold. Finished writing up for A.G.B.T. Waters told me he was married. P.D. Woodalls Great Smoking Party. Drove from Club there. Wet, very. 2.0pm. No supper. Home in pouring rain. Thursday May 13 Photod policeman as John Bull at 2.30pm. Worked. Awfully dark & dull. After sleep after dinner went to Augustus Harris's great reception at Drury Lane. Saw Mrs Abney. Slow. Supper. Drunken Jap. Miss Beattie Kingston. Supper at Garrick. Ham etc. Drunken Fitzgerald. Friday May 14 Worked all day on John Bull & Gun. Finished 7.15pm. After went to Exhibition & to Pavilion & Cavour. Club after. M went to Westwood at 3.0pm. Plain governess. Saturday May 15 Countess Granville at home. In morning wrote up my list. At 4.30pm drove to Club. Spencer. After to Freemasons Tavern. Artists Benevolent Dinner. Great success. £500 subscription. Arts Club. Cohen. After to supper with Spencer, Colin Hunter, Gordon & Farquharson. Late. 2 magnums of '74. Sunday May 16 In morning pouring wet day. Rode with Colin Hunter. After lunch at Natorps'. After walk to Club. Rest. Got all right. Dined next Ashby Sterry. About 9.0pm only. Boughtons’ at home. Pretty women. Home after smoke at Parsons. Left party for hour & back with wine. Monday May 17 In morning wrote list up. After lunched with Chicks & took them to the Exhibition. Dear Roy a coin. After walked up Row. Met Sir E Sullivan. Carriage to P.D. after. Good Dinner. Derby sweep. Took F.C.B on to Harding Cox's. Good evening, very. Home 3.0am. Good dancing. Tuesday May 18 Man from Partridges, British Workman picture. Fine morning at last. Went for most lovely ride in Row, enjoyed it enormously. Rode with Wyndham.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Afterwards home. Dressed. Lunched at Mrs Skirrows. Good lunch. Slow. Madame Toussauds. Club. Home to Stafford Terr. Wrote letters. After Maud dined late. After went to Exhibition. Sutherland. Club. Saw Chapmell & home 1.30. Called Allen Godfrey about frames. Wednesday May 19 Up 8.30am. Very well. Drove. Called on F.C.B. After went to Folkestone. A'Beckett & Black(illeg). After Exhibition. Lunch. Sat by sea. Walk up Lees. Train back. Home to Stafford Terr. Dined at 8.45pm by self. After to Lord Granville's at home. Met Sir C.Russell, F.C.B, Lady Wentworth, Agnews etc. Called Club & home. Thursday May 20 Up 9.0am Waited for letter from F.C.B. Came at 12.0. Did little King of Spain. Hard at work all day & did not go out all day. Finished at 9.0pm. Friday May 21 In morning wrote letters. After went out to call in carriage & called on Mrs Geiger, Mrs Lucy & also on Harding Cox. After went to Club & wrote letters. Came across Spencer in Park. After dined at Inventions. Very pretty woman dining. After Club & on to wonderful night at the Grosvenor Gallery to meet the Colonial Commissioners etc. Reel. Home in violent thunderstorm. Great night at the Grosvenor Gallery. Saturday May 22 Up early. 'The devils'. Dear Maud sitting side of bed. Caught train to go to Folkestone. Sir Edward Reed etc. Very chippy all day & bilious. Scramble on to bus etc. Fly to Exhibition. Long ceremony. Uniform etc. Lunch. Morris, Miss Corwen & also Miss (blank). After across country to Ramsgate. Colder after dinner. Very bilious. Bed. Spencer went down with me. Wore brown check suit. Sunday May 23 At Westwood. Most lovely hot day. Went long walk to Margate etc. Home. Lunch. Sat out & read. Sleep. After wrote letters & walk to Ramsgate & back. Supper. Monday May 24 Wet day in London all day. Wet in morning at Westwood. After lovely. Walked to Broadstairs. Biscuit & cheese. On to Ramsgate. Called Hills. After dog cart met me. Home to Westwood & back to town in violent rain. After dinner by 7.40. Waters met me. Tuesday May 25 Developed photos & put house in order etc etc. After dinner took Marion to the Exhibition. Home by carriage. Rode in evening. Printed & squared up all photos. Wednesday May 26

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Photod Spencer's baby. (2 photos of Baby) After walked to Punch Dinner. Out of my place. Bradbury back. Professor Strong. Walked home with Milliken & D.M. Tabby came to tea in afternoon. Thursday May 27 Skemed Orleans Princes. Saw a great many Grooms for new coachman, 6 or more. M out making many calls. M called at the Du Mauriers, D.M depressed. They give dance tomorrow. Rode at 5.30 to 7.15pm. Quiet evening & dinner. Friday May 28 Hard at work all day on Orleans Princes. Photod Pincher. After dined at Mrs Geiger's. Home 11.30. Met Oppenheimers, Cap'n Edgecombe, Maclean etc etc. Tabs in to lunch, went off after by self. Saturday May 29 Lady Rosebery, Foreign Office at home. Put things in order. After M drove me to Victoria. A'Beckett only just caught train. After went to Beckenham. Over Flowery hall. Photos. Lunch with Major Foster. Renshaw ill. After home. Dinner at Stafford Terr. Sleep. Drove to Foreign Office. Prince of Wales, Prince Edward. After to Garrick. Home at 3.0pm. Saw Salomon, Carr etc. Sunday May 30 Hot still morning. Rode through Flags etc to Putney & round Wimbledon. Down Roehampton Lane. Passed by Bolding. Home 1.15. Went to Lewis's. Lawn Tennis. After home. Macdonald & Fletchers dined with us. Bed 11.30. Monday May 31 Up at 9.30 & went to Goring. Met Tenniel at Reading. After met Vicat Cole. Lunch at Lockleys. After photod boat etc. Steamed down the Henley course. Caught 8.5 from Henley. After had supper with Tenniel, Arts Club. Saw Sydney Vacher. Home 12.30am. Tuesday June 1 Dull morning. Thundery. Developed plates. M went to Morell Mackenzies. Crane called. Spoke to Waters. Rode in evening. Saw Mocatta. Also D.Ms, Lewis's etc. Home. Folkestone fresh. Bed early. Wednesday June 2 Quilters at home. 9.30, music. 74 South Audley St, W. Dull day, very. Finished Arthur's photos etc printed a lot. M went for drive with Dr Harcourt. After drove to P.D. Bradbury queer. Went with Tenniel to Institute. Saw Miss Purves. After to Quilter's pictures. Nigger girl singing etc etc. Stayed till 2.30am. Smoke & talk. Home 3.0am.

Thursday June 3

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Dull wretched day all day. Wrote letters. Began British Workman. Mrs Macdonald called. Hair cut. To dine at Cohens. Drove to Cohens. Dull stupid dinner. Club after & home. Friday June 4 Waited about Burnands letter. In re Bright. Photod self in hurry & finished at 9.30pm. Champagne & bed. Good block all the same. Saturday June 5 Brewers came with Watneys beer & stood for photos. Worked hard all day. Waters drove for last time. After dined at Tuers. Sat next Mrs Whitehorn. Good dinner. Sunday June 6 Rode Folkestone. Weary ride & he nearly tumbled down. Over Wimbledon & home. In afternoon Lawn Tennis at Lewis's. After Tom Angell dined with us. Harold Powers at Lewis's. Sleepy after dinner. Monday June 7 7.45 Abbey dinner. Waterloo Place. Continental. Worked on British Workman drawing. Waters left my service at 3.50 today. Walked up to dine at Continental. 50 dinner. Met Whistler & Gosse, Rider Haggard. Night of the Great Division at House of Commons. Government defeated by 30. Tuesday June 8 In morning wrote letters. After took M down to Ascot. Lunch at Bowen Mays. Fine day. Stood on course & home by train. Crane drove for 1 st time. Stokes dined at 7.30. Wednesday June 9 Poor Mason buried. Had man & telegraph boy. Worked & developed plates. In afternon walked to Addison Rd. Took train to Hampton Court. Good dinner at Sadlers, very. All there but D.M. Home in evening. Met John Penn at Club. Home at 11.45. M dined at the Leech's. Mervyn up. Edgar called, his wedding day. Thursday June 10 This morning was as dark as a November day & heavy rain. Spoilt Ascot. Worked by gaslight on British Workman drawing. In evening dined at H Dickens. Slow dinner. After to Burnands' at home. Mrs Jopling, Adah S.J. Home 2.15am. Friday June 11 Fine hot morning. Up at 10.15. Waited about for letter from Burnand. Much put out by my letters not having been posted the night before. Consequently had to wait until 2.0pm for instructions. Photod after, 1 st from Crane. Did Salisbury & Chamberlain. Worked till 9.30. Late dinner. Bottle champagne. Bed. M trumpet at dinner. Saturday June 12

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 In morning printed up photos etc etc till late. All day put things in order. Began to draw the British Workman drawing. Rode Folkestone in evening. Wet & showery. Dined at home. Bed early. Sunday June 13 In morning at 9.0am rode. Went to Fildes at 10.0am. Photod girl. Awfully hot. Lunch at Fildes'. Val's birthday. After to tennis at Lewis's. Miss Payton & dog & Spencer & wife in to lunch with M. Dog dirty. Mr & Mrs Perugini, Mr & Mrs Fildes, Mr Walter Austin, Mr Pelleau dined with us. Monday June 14 Dull afternoon. In morning developed Britannia plate & photos. In afternoon worked on British Workman drawing. Dined at home quietly. Bed early. Wrote letters. Tuesday June 15 Grand dinner at the Grand Café. Met Dyce. Home by hansom. Wednesday June 16 'Punch' dinner. Good Dinner. Walked to Garrick. Cab after, home at 12.30am. Thursday June 17 Photod self in Fishing get up. Worked at it. Friday June 18 Worked hard all day on Fishing cut. Dined at home. Did not go out. Bed 11.0pm. Saturday June 19 Drove at 11.0am with Polly to Waterloo. Put down at bridge. Collision with carriage. After went down to Holloway College. Met Arthur, Broadley & Thinn, Davy etc. Lunched earlier & home. Got home to Stafford Terr. Found all out. Dined & on to Colinderies. Supper at Club after. Home. Sunday June 20 Went at 10.0am to Fildes. Took 48 photos. Bright day. After at 3.30 home. Developed some plates. After drove in carriage to Santley's & on to Club. Dined quietly. Met (illeg) Fawkes & Bangs. Talk in Smoking Room & home. Monday June 21 Developed some plates. Worked. Rode before dinner. After went to see 'Clito' at Princess's. Club after & home. Tuesday June 22 Worked on British Workman drawing. After rode up to Club. Wet after. Slippery. Dined there & went to see Adonis. Imitation of Irving. Home by cab to Vicat Coles. Slow. Good fiddling. Walked home. Wednesday June 23

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Worked on British Workman drawing. Developed a few plates. After rode to Punch Dinner. Good dinner, Bradbury better. Agreed to go to hear Wilson Barrett. Home 1.30pm. Thursday June 24 Worked on End of Season. Rode at 6.0pm. After dinner at home went to Academy Soirée. Club after. Home 2.0am. Friday June 25 Rode before breakfast. Worked hard all day on Punch drawing End of Season. Dined at home at 9.30. After went to Mansion House Ball. Called Club. Home 2.0am. Saturday June 26 Beatty Kingston at home 4 to 7. In morning put things in order. Took cab, called on Buchanan & Dobbie etc etc. Home in afternoon walked in house with F.C.B. To Barn Elms to see jumping etc. Met Mrs Senwright etc. Home. Dined at Colinderies. Met Evans Thomas, after Boucicault. Walked home. Bed at 12.0am. Sunday June 27 In morning up in time to ride to Maud Grove. Caught up F.C.B & Col Mapleson. After rode over Wimbledon & through Richmond Park. Lunch at Club. Barnes, Heilbuth, Mapleson, F.C.B & self. Ride back, missed our way on tow path. Home by 7.0. After dressed & dined at F.C.B's. Sat next Miss Manuele. Tricks with cards etc. After on to Grosvenor Gallery to meet the Prince. Supper. Boughtons, Swinburne, Godwin etc etc. Good evening. Home by 5.0am. Monday June 28 Very seedy all day. Lay about. Could not work. Dined in evening at Café Royal. Tenniel, Barnes, Furniss, Friend, Milliken, self. (Pencil note: Hunter told Milliken yarns. Written Sunday Feby 18 '94.) Went to 'Clito' after. On to Boehms dance after. Tuesday June 29 Up at 10.30. Better. Worked on British Workman drawing. Rode in evening. Did not go out. Quiet evening. Bed 11.30pm. Wednesday June 30 M returned with Mother & Miss Liddell. Rode before breakfast. Rode to Punch Dinner. Good dinner. Home by Garrick. Thursday July 1 Dinner at Skinners Hall, 7.0pm. Worked on Lord Randolph as Pug Dog. After went to dinner at Skinners Hall. Arrived late. After called Club & fetched M from Savoy & on to Critchetts. Home 1.30.

Friday July 2

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Review day. Went down by 11.30 train to Aldershot. Very hot. Lunch at 3 rd Middlesex. Blunt, Coombes, Buckford. (Jumped Folkestone over hurdle.) Rode after troops.Young Officer. Woodville. Heathorne. Percy. Sulky. Dinner. Fly, 10/- Home crowded train. Supper at Garrick. Bouccicault. Home 1.30. Saturday July 3 Head in morning. Developed 18 plates Britannia. After lunched at home. M & Miss Liddell went to Albert Hall. Tennis at Tuers. Good game. Dinner at home. Miss Rose Innes, Mr Sinclair, Hensman, Ben Baker, Miss Liddell, Spencer M & self. Sunday July 4 Awfully hot day. 102º Sun, 86º in my room. Printed a heap of Britannia photos. Lunch at home. Rider Haggards called. Miss Liddell & M & self went to Lewis's after. Hot. Game Fowler, Lewis, Miss Lehman & self. Dinner at home. Bed 11.30. Monday July 5 Not quite so hot. General Election. Voted at 7.30pm. Saw carriage in afternoon. M & Miss Liddell drove out. Dined quietly at home. Worked in afternoon. Went round to see carriage. Tuesday July 6 Mr Ward died. Worked on Horse in Row subject. Letter from Spencer. After dined at Addison Road. Big dinner. Home 11.30 by carriage. Wednesday July 7 Henley. Worked all day on Horse in Row subject. Took cab up to Row & sketched. After dined with Vernon Watney at Colinderies. '74 Marmer(?) Too much. At house after. Home. M cried. Not well. Bad night. Thursday July 8 Henley. Very seedy in morning. M not well. Hard work to get drawing done. Finished 5.0pm. Dined quietly at home. Did not go to Henley. M better night. Friday July 9 Henley. Went down to Henley 10.0 train. Walked. Caught Arthur all right. Party on board. 'Bangs' Beetle x x Weldon, Col & Grain. Good lunch. After row about. Vicat Cole, Abbey, Sergeant etc etc. Dinner. Fireworks etc etc. Bed in town. Sleepy. Liver. (Red ink: Next time went to Henley Thursday th July 4 1894 with Mite to Mr Wallace's.) Saturday July 10 At Henley. Up 8.30am. Went to Inn. Saw Cole at breakfast. Caught the 10.10. 1 hour shunted. Met Weld Blundell. After home. Seedy. Liver. Took dear Roy to Eton & Harrow match. Home. Ride to Wimbledon & back. Dinner quietly. After pill & bed. Sunday July 11

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Dull morning. Did not ride. Pill. Wrote letters etc. Thought to go to Richmond. Did not. Wrote letters. In afternoon went to Lewis's. George Roller called. Quiet dinner at home after. Met the Sketchleys. Ought to have gone to Lady Monckton's at home. Did not. Bed 11.0pm. Monday July 12 Dull morning. M went to lunch at Mrs Gabrielli's. Old gent & sherry. Pouring rain all day. Worked on British Workman. Too wet to ride. Letters from F.C.B etc. Quiet dinner at home & bed 11.0pm. Tuesday July 13 Up 9.30. Drove to Westminster Bridge, caught the Torpedo Boat. Donaldsons. Run round Nore & back. Lord Wharncliffe, Sir F Milner etc etc. Mrs Simmonds etc etc on board. Hat overboard. Good run. Home 5.50 pier. After called Nicholls. Wire. Home. Spencer there. Ward's legacy. Dinner. Went to Court Theatre. Headache. Bed. (Red ink: See Monday July 10, 1882. Tuesday May 10 1887. Tuesday Aug 21 1894.) Wednesday July 14 Fine morning. Breakfast in bed. Work on Fish out of Water. M went to concert Albert Hall. Went to Hickman's to Tennis. Drove to Punch Dinner. Burnand leaves for abroad. Fish out of Water subject. Walked with Du Maurier. Thursday July 15 Rode before breakfast.Worked on Fish out of Water. Photod all morning. Began drawing. Mrs Stone in to dinner. (Note across page: Halls sent fish kindly. Had the crayfish for dinner.) Friday July 16 Society of Arts Soirée at Colinderies. Photod catfish. Finished Fish out of Water. After dinner went to slow evening at Colinderies & to still slower at Mrs Gabrielli's. Saw Miss Beatty Kingston. Home 1.0pm. Miss Liddell left for Westwood. Saturday July 17 Worked in morning on drawing for British Workman. Rode to Wimbledon at 6.0pm. Home to dinner. Quiet evening. Sunday July 18 In morning wrote letters. After went to Richmond being driven by Spencer's man by Cobweb. After lunched at Richmond Club & drove home through Camp. Very hot. Crowded. Drove up to Lewis's. Tennis on. Good game. Home to dinner 8.10pm. Monday July 19 Worked on British Workman drawing. Rode to Wimbledon in evening. Photod self for picture British Workman by Lawrence. x x. Letter sent about Pullingers interest in Barr Estate. Tuesday July 20

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Worked on British Workman Drawing. Finished outline. Conny in to lunch. Wednesday July 21 Worked on B.W drawing. At 6.0pm drove in carriage (with Roy) & called on Mr F.Barr, 8 Hans Road SW. Drove on to Punch Dinner. Saw Sergeant, Harry Eames, Chelsea Hospital. Good dinner. Extra pint. Home by cab. Thursday July 22 Rode before breakfast. Worked hard all day & up till 3.30am on 'Une affaire d'Honneur'. Photod self & Crane in morning. Friday July 23 Up at 7.50. Caught 9.30am at Waterloo to Portsmouth. Old officer in train with photo things & dark Englishman. Very wet. Met Donaldson & 2 friends. Went aboard his boat & stayed there. Wet all day. Saw attack on the Colossus. Torpedos. Rough sea going home & very wet. Decided to stay down at Pier Hotel. Wired. Good dinner. Fire in room. Grog & bed 12.0pm. Saturday July 24 At Pier Hotel, Portsmouth. Fire kept in all night. Dried things etc. Up 8.0am. Walk on beach. Met 2 friends. Breakfast. Caught 10am train. Sir Charles Dilke done for. After bought Occuna (Froudi). Up to town. Donaldson drove me to end of Phillimore Gardens. M better. Maud at the Goodalls. Rode in evening to Wimbledon. Saw M.L at Redcliffe Gardens coming home. Sunday July 25 Went to Tattersalls to look at horse. Saw Cornish horse. Showery morning. M & self drove to Chiswick Lunched with Donaldsons. Stewart & (Pencil note: Mummy Peas. Written Sunday 18 July 94) After home. Drove up to Lewis's. Too wet to play.. Picked up the Miss Huxleys. Saw Clara Bergheim. She & Miss Bergheim dined with us. Hair. Conny's baby born. Monday July 26 Chicks last day at home before Arundel. In evening M & self went to see Jim the Pinman. Went in afternoon to Vaughn to look for gun. Posted letter pillar box. Saw M from hansom. Tuesday July 27 Chicks & M went to Arundel. In evening lost my silver cigar case. Dined for st 1 time at Beefsteak. Saw Charles Allen. After went to Pavilion. Bessie Bellwood. Club after & home. Wednesday July 28 Finished British Workman drawing. 'Punch' dinner. No subject. No Bradbury. Burnand away. Marion down with Chicks at Arundel. Thursday July 29

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Marion returned from Chicks. Letter from Arthur about Chinaman etc. Did not work till late. In evening rode to Wimbledon & back. Friday July 30 Worked all day on John Bull & Chinaman. finished late. Photod Stace & self. Self as Chinese. Stace in helmet. (Pencil note: Used this photo on Tuesday July 30 1901. A very bad cut. L.S. 15 Oct 1894.) Saturday July 31 In morning put photos straight etc. Went to Whistlers to look for gun. Selected one. Blisset. After to Club. Beerbohm Tree & Grossmith whispered. Saw Furniss, Evans, Macmillan, Jones etc. After to Westwood. Flurry at train. Went to Ramsgate. Tassell met us. Quiet evening. Sunday August 1 Fine morning. Lovely. Walk with Stokes to Margate past Friends. After called Faggs. Footsore. Hid from Stokes. Read in afternoon. Dossier No 113. After drove with Stokes. Called on Burnands. Wet. Home. Phillip & tricks. Quiet evening. Bed 11.30. Monday August 2 Bank Holiday. At Westwood. Wet morning. Walked with Stokes into Margate. Home. Lunch & wrote letters. After drove with Stokes to Ramsgate. Home. Quiet dinner. Tuesday August 3 At Westwood. Quiet day. Walked in afternoon to Foss Gap & round by Broadstairs. After drove to Ramsgate with Polly. Home by 7.10. Locked door. Supper at Garrick. Saw Dungaroon & Dixey etc. Home 1.30. Wednesday August 4 Rode to Punch Dinner. Bradbury not well & violent. Punched Furniss & Milliken. Called Beefsteak after. Saw Blunt & also Conway & Ward. Made sketch for Conway. Home 1.30. Fire in Whitefriars Street. Looked at it with Tenniel & Furniss & à Beckett & Milliken. Thursday August 5 Mr Victor Barthe called. Photod Stace as Policeman & John Bull's helmet. Went for ride in evening. Dined at home. Friday August 6 Worked all day on Policeman & Opera. Finished 9.15pm. Conny went to Hobbs for me. Saturday August 7 In morning rode over to see Hobbs horse. Rude stupid fellow. Home 10.0pm. Went to Boehm's studio. Photod Conny in Duke's clothes. Developed them after with Con. In evening Graham & Chaters letter came saying Pullinger had called. Dined at Café Royal with Spencer & Adah.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 After to Adelphi to see Harbour Lights. Supper at Garrick after. Saw Bouccicault & Leslie Ward. Sunday August 8 In morning M & self went to Tattersalls. Met Conny. No horse. Walk as far as Albert Hall. Home after. Spent whole afternoon with photos etc etc. Quiet dinner & bed. Monday August 9 Worked. Begun Cosens book. Rode before breakfast. Mother came. Conny at dinner. Liqueur. Tuesday August 10 Pouring rain all day. Rode in evening before dinner. Wednesday August 11 In morning worked on Cosens drawing. After in afternoon walked thro' Park. Called on Graham & Hunter in re Pullinger. Paid for gun. Punch Dinner. No Bradbury. Burnand back, not so well. After to Beefsteak. Ponsonby, Whistler etc. Home.2.30am. Photod Stace in Old English costume. Thursday August 12 In morning photod Crane in Court Dress. After long tiring day rode Folkestone to Wimbledon. Home 8.0pm. Conny dined. Champagne & bed. Wilson & Barrett supper. Did not go. (May the all wise father have you in his keeping.) Friday August 13 Rode in morning. Worked hard all day on Leighton & Horsley. Dinner 9.15pm. Champagne. Bed. Wrote Chater & Graham. Saturday August 14 In morning tidied up. Lunch. Worked on Cosens book.. After Edgar called. Drove in carriage to Waterloo. Called for Conny. Down to Warehams, Sutton Park, Guildford. Captain Mottram. Looked at cob. No good. Walk there 3½ miles. Met Gardener. Hard drive back. Club. No dinner. Dined Cavour. After to Pavilion with Conny. Home 12.0pm. Sunday August 15 Fine morning. Edgar here. Drive up to Tattersalls. Looked at horse. Walked home. Met Reeve & wife. Good lunch. Reeve called with wife. Monday August 16 In morning went up to Tattersalls. Rode Punch to Tattersalls, Crane walked. Had horse out. Called at Ogdens. After bought horse, 65 gns. (Wish to goodness I had not.) Lunch at Cafe Royal. Home. Put out about Crane. Conny & self went for ride.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Tuesday August 17 Worked. Finished drawing for Cosens. Sent it off. In morning rode to Preeces'. Horse refused to jump after. Wednesday August 18 Returned horse. In morning photod Stace in 65 positions. After did some work. After walked to Punch Dinner. Called Club. No Bradbury. F.C.B better. Late sitting. Called Beefsteak. Talk with Conway etc. Thursday August 19 Worked on Times & Churchill. Dull dark day all day. Friday August 20 Worked hard all day on 'Arry & Daniel. Photod in morning. Horse returned from Tattersalls. Late dinner. Saturday August 21 In morning developed 25 photos. Very hot. After caught 3.50pm train down to Littlehampton. Saw Ward. Hideous boy & gentleman ditto in train. Dearest Chicks. Walk with Maud. Theatre & cricket. Butterflies etc etc. Sunday August 22 At Littlehampton. Lovely hot day. Dear Chicks. Roy & self to station after dinner Littlehampton. Hot, very. Home & back by train. Blues. Ward. Folkestone met me. Took Ward home. Monday August 23 At home. Rode Slug in morning. Developed 20 plates up to 1.0pm. After worked on drawing Cosens. After Lucy, wife, Leslie Ward, Spencer & Milliken dined. After Roulette till 2.0pm. Tuesday August 24 In morning rather seedy. Developed plates. Worked at noon on Cosens drawing. After Edgar came. Horse tried. Rode to Wimbledon. Home dark. Dinner. Wednesday August 25 Fine morning. Rode Folkestone before breakfast. Bed & man. Boots. Cheques. Went with Conny to look at mare (Dolly) at Dr Fitzgerald's. Afterwards bought her. On to Punch Dinner. (Pencil note: Going strong, thankful to say. Tuesday 29 May 1900. Still alive 16 Jany 1904) Thursday August 26 Photod Conny in chair. Very hot. In evening went to hear the Mikado with Tilda & M & M. Stokes & Conny came in. Upset with Stokes. Row in box. Nuisance. Friday August 27 Hard days work. Awfully hot. Got Gladstone & Churchill done at 5.0pm. Packed up. Dinner 6.30. Caught 8.50 Euston. Adah S.J, row about fares.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 3rd class. Dog. Charles Hutton, Col Jones, Pearcy, S.J & self. Family carriage. Smoke & turn in. Saturday August 28 Woke at 6.30am. Snore. Col Jones. Stone thro' window in night. Breakfast in Perth. Lord Cranbrooke. On to Aberdeen. Imperial Hotel. Cuckoo. Lunch at Imperial. Chivas. Bought pipe. Hone etc. Buss waiting. Drove to Linton. Stopped for whiskey & milk. Left cards on Mrs Macdonald. Arrived Linton. Tried gun. Rabbit 85 yards. Good dinner. Cards. Won £1.15.0. Sunday August 29 At Linton. Up early. Story. Fee foo, you know. Photod a lot of figures. Running tap etc etc. Lunch. Pipe in afternoon. Pearcy helped me to photo rocks. Home dinner. Cards. Lost 10/-. Lovely day. Monday August 30 Linton. Drive up to moor. Cottage. Forbes. No sport, brace & half. Oat cakes etc etc. Home by Corrindal. Kidnapped lost. Good dinner. Cards. Hutton played. Won 10/-. Tuesday August 31 Linton. Worked all day. Did Punch block. Foxes' tails. Walk in evening. Dinner. Won 18/-. Wednesday September 1 Linton. Drove to hill again. Forbes cottage. Driven grouse. Got one. Poor sport. Home. Bull calf followed Col Jones. Cards last time. Lost £2.0.0 Thursday September 2 Linton. Drove to Corrindal & on to Hill of Fair. Keepers. Good lunch. Hot. Wet. Poor sport, 2 hares, snipe etc. Home. After dinner went to ball at Monymusk. Sir F Grant, Mrs Macpherson Grant, Miss Bolderson, Miss Hamilton etc etc. Hard frost. Paircy. Good butler. Home. Friday September 3 Lovely day. Hot. Photod all morning. Ferreted rabbits. In afternoon packed. Dr Henry called & dined after. Bed 10.30. No cards. Saturday September 4 Up 5.30am. Started 6.35. Monymusk 7.15. Breakfast in Aberdeen, Imperial Hotel. Bought glass paper. George Thompson. Left Aberdeen 10.15 for Tressady. Long journey. Coupé snob. Met Mr Johnson who knew the Hollands & Lewis's at Elgin. Lunch at Inverness. Tabs girl. On to Tressady. Claude W met me. 1st night of Ellwood. Revoked whist. Thring, Dryhurst, Ryle, Foot, Watney, self, Rev'd Carter. Sunday September 5 Tressady. Up 8.30. No bath. No swim. Wrote letters all morning. In afternoon called on the Westons. Quoits. Home. Quiet evening.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Monday September 6 st Tressady. 1 day's shoot. Ellwood, Foot, self. Long tramp. Good sport. Shot badly. Lunch. Heavy rain. Home. Champagne. Go bang. Bed. Tuesday September 7 Tressady. Foot left. Went with Mr Carter to Lairg to fish. Poor day. Cold. Wired to Dr Fitzgerald about mare. Answer. 5¼ lb grilse caught at the last by Macpherson. Home. Vernon very late, 30 brace. Bed early. Wednesday September 8 Tressady. Wrote letters. Started to shoot to meet Major Weston, Col Woods & party, Bifron. Wet. Turned back. Walk to Burnie. After lunch went to photo. Sent cheque for £105 to Dr Fitzgerald about mare. Broke camera in pool. Photod. Helped by Ryle. Home. Tennis. Watney & self versus Ryle & Dryhurst (Lord Washburne). Mended camera. Dinner. Whist etc etc. Thursday September 9 Tressady. Up early. Shoot in line. Dryhurst walked. Claude, Vernon, Ellwood, Thring & self. Adders. My hare day. Long shots etc. Walk home by road along valley. Rained. Very tired & sleepy. Friday September 10 Tressady. Did not fish or shoot. Stayed in. Photod in afternoon. Read & wrote letters. Tennis. Claude Watney (duffer) & self against Lord Washburne & Thring. Vernon & Ellwood got 12½ brace. Fine. Held extraordinary hand at whist, 4 honours & 8 trumps inclusive. Bed. Saturday September 11 Tressady. Up early. Drive to meet Weston for shoot. Mr Brooke (Bifron) & Captain Wright (Castle of Dunrobin) met us. Long walk over hill. Gun gave in in left bar'l. Fearful hill climb & grouse. Done up. Adders. Milk at John Murrays. Nectar. Drive home. Tired after dinner. Sunday September 12 Tressady. Lovely morning. Bathed for 1st & last time in Burnie. After breakfast engrosed in 'Mill on the Floss'. Ryle. Rural stool etc. After vain attempts to photo pig did groups. Lunch. Quoits. Letters. Walk. Dined next Claude. Monday September 13 Tressady. Went for drive to shoot. Chose Mr Watney's gun. Ellwood, Vernon & self. 14½ brace, 1 snipe, 1 hare before lunch. Rained heavily after. Walk home. Scott & Col Jupp dined at Tressady. Good dinner. Scott revoked at whist. Cards in hat. Bed. Tuesday September 14 Tressady. Wrote letters. Fine morning. Drove to Lairg with Vernon & Carter. Wet. Fine sky. Carter waders & torn coat, 'I'll never go to Lairg again'. Read Mystery of Orcival. Vernon caught 8 lb grilse. Home. Tea at

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Lairg Hotel. Read book about Horse etc, American Trotter. Whist after dinner. Held 9 trumps. Bed. Lord Washburne left. No salute. Wednesday September 15 Lovely morning. Walked to shoot, 2½ brace, 5 hares before lunch. Lovely picturesque lunch. Rev'd Douglas came. Hot. Long long tramp after. Carter done up. Walk home 5 miles. Scott the collie lost & found. Home. Letters. Claret. Sleep after dinner. Bed. Thursday September 16 Tressady. Tired in morning. Ellwood, Douglas & self drove beyond Murrays to shoot. Poor sport. First ham lunch. Long walk till 6.0pm. Home. Claret. No cards. Ellwood's last night. Friday September 17 Stayed at home & wrote letters. Ellwood left. Photod pig. Highland lassie. Tramp abusive. Lunch. Highland lassie at fire. Quoits with Carter. Tennis (poor). Changed plates. Dinner. Dear Chicks' letter. Whist. Bed. Bad night. Saturday September 18 Tressady. Grey morning. All chippy. Fine after. Drove for walk. Shoot Craggy Fair. Heel bad with walking sideways. Shot very badly. Home over steep hills. Coming back Vernon shot Rocketter. Welcome milk. Home to Tressady. Whist. Bed. Sunday September 19 Dull morning. Photod Vernon before lunch. Quoits with Ryle & Vernon. Dinner. Claret. Read. Went up in evening to hill with Ryle & Douglas & tried to photo. Failed. Packed things. (Red ink: Eileen Fletcher born this day. Written 21 September 1904 when she was just 18.) Monday September 20 Last day at Tressady. Went to shoot with Vernon & Douglas over dogs. Poor bag. Lunch on rock. Home by Angus' cottage. Saw swarm of grouse. Met Claude driving drag. Last night. Good night. Good bye. Tuesday September 21 Started 6.15am from Tressady. Claude drove me. Douglas came to fish, in train with me. Long weary journey. To Inverness in time. Thankful for grouse lunch. Men in kilt & dog. Changed carriage twice. Blues at Aberdeen. Caught Deeside train. Woman & Minister. Nicol girls & Madame S at Murtle. On to Banchory. Lost portmanteau, wired all over place. Dinner at Inn. Young Farquhar. Got portmanteau. (across page: Drove to Ball after dressing ball at Blackhall Castle. Sat outside fly. Frenchman. Mr Hays Dyce in kilt. Sinclair etc etc. Mrs Macpherson Grant, Alice Farquharson etc. Bad floor. Reels etc. Home to hotel at 2.30pm. Whiskey. Bed. Farquhar slept on sofa.)

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Wednesday September 22 At Inn, Banchory. Up 9.0am. Breakfast. Uncomfortable. Caught train up the line. Hot walk, greatcoat. Went to the Farquhars place. Good lunch. Back to Murtle. Alice Nicol engaged. Sharp walk to station. Lawn Tennis. Dinner good. George Thompson & wife there. Thursday September 23 At Murtle. Up & walk round Murtle. Late for breakfast. Read. In afternoon photod & went to Drum Castle. Mrs Irvine, Miss Sherbrook. Home to Murtle. Slow dinner. Cards. X. Bed. Friday September 24 At Murtle House. In morning photod etc etc. Dull weather. Caught train. Lost coat. On to Aberdeen. Saw G.Thompson. Called Mrs Macdonald. Reporter there. Back to G.Thompson. Lunch with Nicol. Pretty little girl. Caught train. Old codgers angry. Man in train knew me from portrait at Kepplestone. Travelled all night. Saturday September 25 Arrived at 7.45am in London. No Crane. Went to Stafford Terr. Letters, breakfast. Did photos etc. Went on to Club. Lunched. Col Jones & Evans. Comyns Carr & Story. Down to Westwood. Polly met me at Ramsgate. Confounded Stokes. Drove with S in fly to Westwood. Dinner, bed early. Window open at night. Saw Mrs Bergheim at Westgate. Sunday September 26 At Westwood. Rode Blunderbore in morning. Stokes to lunch. Idled about. Seedy. Stokes & self walked to Ramsgate. Called Burnand. Tricks etc. Walked on pier. Stokes's boring stories. Home by dog cart. Monday September 27 At Westwood. Stokes & self idled about. Took photos in gale of wind. Lunch. Drove with Stokes to Ramsgate. Home. Tried to shoot rabbit etc. Dinner. Bed. Tuesday September 28 At Westwood. Rode over to Margate. Called Green. Wine. Hair cut etc. Back Westwood. Shot starlings. Mrs Tomson etc, Clara Bergheim & Mrs Peto called. Also young Thornton. Bottle wine for Polly's birthday. Wednesday September 29 Came up from Westwood by 10.15, Granville express. Arrived 12.15 st Stafford Terr. Developed photos etc etc. Walked to Punch Dinner. 1 dinner after being away. Brad'y bellowing. Home after Beefsteak. Saw Grain, Blunt etc etc. Thursday September 30 At Stafford Terrace. Horses came up from Thanet. Worked all day on blocks for Punch, Punch defending Lass o' Richmond Hill. Seedy in morning. Rode Katrina for 1st time round Row. Soldiers etc. Home. Dined

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 with Stokes at Privatelli. Good dinner. Home at 12.30pm. Cardinal & Yeoman. Friday October 1 Rode Katrina. Worked all day on Lass o' Richmond Hill. Finished 8.0pm. In all day. Worked after dinner on Lord Mayor Hanson. Very tired. Up till 2.0am Saturday October 2 Tidied up things & put lots away. Took cab direct to Victoria. Mare went down to Thanet. Tassell met me at Margate. Met M & Mother at gate. Quiet dinner. Bed early. Headache all day. Annoyed with F.C.B's letter. Sunday October 3 Lovely morning. Hot. Rode Katrina at 11.30. Met Squire & his brother-inlaw & dogs. Rode round through Ramsgate & over hurdle. Home. Levys called. Did photos. Wrote lots of letters. Walked to Margate. Boots creaked etc. Bed 11.0pm. Monday October 4 At Westwood. Very hot. Printed photos all day. Rode in evening round Margate etc etc. Glass at Captain Digby. Mare went A1. Quiet dinner. Sleepless at night. Tuesday October 5 At Westwood. Piping hot day, 107º in sun. Did photo reprints all day. Rode round to Ramsgate in evening. Piles etc sore. Home. Quiet dinner. Read 'Voyage of the Pelican' after. Wednesday October 6 Dull weather. Up at 7.15am.& rode round Cleve Court past Dent de Lyon etc etc. Mare refused hurdle. After did photos etc etc. M seedy. Caught the 1.15pm train up to town. Called Stafford Terrace. Walked towards Punch Dinner. Cab on to Bouverie St. Good Dinner. Met Spencer at Garrick after. Lacy & Stirling. Home 1.20am. Thursday October 7 Heavy rain in morning. Rode Folkestone. Wrote letters. Crane gave notice. Worked all day on France & Duc d'Aumale. Cab on to Constitutional Club. Met Ricketts & Stokes. Good dinner. Saw Joachim. Were to have gone to Criterion, Exhibition instead. Good. Saw Schlessingers. Called Cavour. On to Rules for supper. Girl !!! Stokes. On to Garrick. Had Whiskey & Potash. On home. Good bye to Stokes. Friday October 8 Worked hard all day on France & Orleans Duc d'Aumale. Finished 6.45pm. Drove to Garrick. Dined with Tenniel. Too much to eat. Went to see 'Run of Luck'. Back to Club. Called Rules. Garrick & home.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Saturday October 9 Tidied up room. Went to Club & called at Tattersalls. Saw horses etc. On to Club. Went down to Westwood with Col Jones & Frank & Jack Burnand. Dog cart met me. Jones & woman etc. Quiet evening. Bed early. Sunday October 10 At Westwood. Rode in morning all round by Margate, Kingsgate, Ramsgate etc etc. Saw carriage at Ramsgate. Round by fields home. Saw farmer. Pilleau to dinner. Burnand came after. Conny, Gerty & Jack. Heavy rain. Carriage to Ramsgate for girls. Squared up a lot of photos. Cleared up. Pilleau walked home. Bed 12.0pm. Monday October 11 At Westwood. Caught the 10.0pm from Ramsgate. Porter hass & baggage, missed him. After went up in carriage with Mr & Miss Campbell Clark. Saw Mrs Clark Victoria. On to Kensington. Changed. Lunched. Went to Tattersalls barely in time. Yeoman fetched 50 guineas. Saw Ward. Folkestone unsold. Walked on to Club. Dull time. Blues. Wrote. Met Dobbie. Walked back to Stafford Terrace. Dined. Bottle wine. On to see La Bernhuise(?) Rot. Supped at Rules. Beefsteak. Home. Tuesday October 12 At Stafford Terrace. Rather seedy. Caught the 10.10am train for Margate. Wet. Tassell met me with carriage. Back to Westwood. Gerty there. Mrs Ramsbottom. 1st meet of Harriers. Went out to Sarre to try to meet them. Home to tea. Squared up photos. Bed 11.0am. Wednesday October 13 At Westwood. Rode Katrina. Went tremendous gallop. Caught the 1.30pm from Margate. Left Westwood. Got home. Carriage met us. After went to Punch Dinner. Complained about cut. Bradbury bad, very. Good Dinner. Called at Beefsteak. Had grilled ham, good. Saw Grossmith, Blunt, Grain etc. Thursday October 14 Mare came up from Westwood. Worked on Churchill as Puck. Photod dear Roy. Worked after dinner. Sleepy. Friday October 15 In morning rode Katrina. Went fast etc. After worked all day on Churchill as Puck. After dined. Worked till 2.0am on 2nd block, jellyfish. Saturday October 16 Dull morning. Put things in order etc etc. At 3.30pm rode Katrina to Wimbledon. Got soaked with rain. Home. Changed. Walked to Punch Dinner (Almanack). Good evening. Bradbury ill. Walked to Beefsteak. Garrick. Saw Weldon, Fortescue, Thorne etc.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Sunday October 17 Dull morning.At 10.30 rode & met Furniss on his really nice little horse. Rode round Highgate also to Hendon & home through Edgware Road. Lunch. Put house in order. Weldon called & stayed 2 hrs. Charles Keene dined. Very sleepy after dinner. Photos. Bed. Monday October 18 Rode Katrina with Cahill M.D. Marion called Keith. Lucy K engaged to K. Hall. Worked on Mr Coren's drawing. Developed photos.etc. Dined. Tuesday October 19 Rode Folkestone in the morning. Saw Coward & Cahill. Worked on Coren's drawing. In the evening went to see 'Faust'. Good night. Home. Bed. Wednesday October 20 In morning rode in Row. Katrina galloped like blazes. Saw Jolley for 1st time. Worked on cut for Coren. Developed some photos. My mother was to have come. Wired. At 5.30pm took cab & called on Denlin at Northumberland Avenue. Drewett. On to Punch Dinner. No Bradbury. Good Dinner. After called at Beefsteak. Wyndham there. Supper & home. Thursday October 21 In morning rode early to Battersea Park 3 times round. Bilious. Saw men for coachman's place. Finished Coren's drawing & began Beresford as Sea serpent. Bed 11.0pm. Dreadfully sleepy after dinner. My mother came in afternoon. Friday October 22 Up in morning early. Did not ride. Katrina a failure in harness. Crane nearly smashed carriage with M going to tea at Pilleaus'.Worked all day on Sea Serpent. Left notes in coat at office & had to send. Bottle of Champagne & quiet evening. Saturday October 23 Dull morning. Up. Developed some plates. Put room in order. Dressed. Lunch. Rode Katrina thro' Wimbledon & Richmond. Shied at stags etc. Home. Uncomfortable. Changed. Drove Folkestone to corner of Charing X. Dined with Birch at Savage Club. Singing etc. Whistling. Townley's songs. Furness in. On to Garrick. 2 games of Billiards with A.Stirling. Supper bad. Weldon. Home at 1.45am. Sunday October 24 Fine day. At 10.30 Furniss came on his pretty little horse. Rode round Wimbledon & Richmond. F delighted. Home. Spencer & wife there. Sherry. Lunch. Play with Chicks. Drove in Spencer's new Paris Victoria to Club & back. Coffee etc. Touched up drawings. Angell called. Dinner. Wrote letters etc. Bed. Letter from F.C.B.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Monday October 25 Dull rainy morning. Hesitated about riding. Did ride in Park. Coward walking. Saw Cahill, Bartlett etc. Really good ride. Home. Mr Fawcett called. Delayed. Round to stables. Settled with Crane. Jolley on his own horse. Worked on Almanack. Began Calendar. At 7.15 dressed, went to Spencer's club. Dined. Jones, Angell & another. So so dinner. Talk. Pool after. Divided 2 Pools. Stranger took £2.0.0. Billiards with Angell. Supper. Home 3.0am. Tuesday October 26 Very seedy in morning. Rode round Battersea Park 3 times. Guards there. Met Williams. Home. Met Polly & Mother. Turner at work. Wrote up diary. Venice Hunt married today. Met M & my Mother in High St. Pilleau dined. No appetite. Went after to Avenue Theatre. Wednesday October 27 Punch Dinner. Cut for Prince & Colinderies. Bradbury seedy. Alice Linley to lunch. Walked along with Milliken. Looked in at Club. Marion dined at Mrs Stone's. News of Mrs Humphreys death. Mrs Hare. Called at Rackstraws in Exhibition & ordered fur coat. Walked on to Dobbies. Thursday October 28 Tabby lunched with us. Tabby walked all the way. M helped me to photo for Prince & Colinderies. Worked on it, put head in. Worked after dinner. Rode before breakfast. Park. Friday October 29 Photod self in cloak in morning. Worked all day on Prince & Colinderies. Finished late, 9.15. Champagne & bed. Rode before breakfast. Tired. Saturday October 30 Worked on Calendar. Rode in morning, Wimbledon. Marion & Roy drove to Wimbledon & called on Pidgeon & took back book. Dull heavy & wet. Worked on Calendar afternoon & evening. Mother read all evening. Sunday October 31 Rode over to Furniss. Hot damp morning. Saw Burton Barber. Gallop along ride. Hampstead. Home 1.30. Got on with Calendar. Monday November 1 Worked on Calendar. In evening went with Mother & Marion to German Reeds 1st night Corney Grain's new song. Home 11.0pm. Saw the Reeds, De Balkes(?) etc. Tuesday November 2 Finished Calendar. After in the evening dined at Anderson Critchetts. Good evening. Beatty Kingston, Garton etc etc. Home with Boughton. Rode round Richmond Park in afternoon.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Wednesday November 3 Worked on Queen, Almanack 1887-47. After walked to Punch Dinner. Rode in Park before breakfast. Met Macmillan. Good Dinner. Home. Called Garrick. Saw Irving & Gillie Farquhar. Letter from Rules. Thursday November 4 Dined at Prof Flowers. Late for dinner. Seedy after. Worked all day. Photod in morning. (Pencil note: Lawrence & self, Saty Apl 29, '99.) Britannia & Colinderies. Home & worked till 1.30am. Friday November 5 Worked hard all day on subject Colinderies & Britannia. Finished 9.0pm. On 2nd block after. Smith called for clothes. Saturday November 6 Crane leaves my service. Could not ride, very wet. Disappointed. Worked on Almanack. Sunday November 7 Fine morning very. Rode with Furniss over Wimbledon etc etc. Macbeth caught us up. Galloping. Ride through Park & home. Worked on Almanack after. Young Flower called. Monday November 8 Cold raw day. Worked on Almanack. Rode to meet Tenniel & Furniss. Rode along the Finchley Road fast. Mare frightened at train. Home. Worked late Almanack. Tuesday November 9 Lord Mayors Day. Row at Trafalgar Square. Socialists. Worked all day on Almanack. Sophy & Edgar dined. Did not go out. Wednesday November 10 Very wet. Gloomy. Worked hard all day, did not ride. 1st Decade of Almanack.1837-47. Cab to 'Punch' Dinner. After good Dinner home. Katrina went well in harness. M dined with her mother. Stupid Arthur. Good Dinner. William Agnew there. Thursday November 11 Worked all day on Almanack. Did not ride on account of the wet. Skemed 2nd Almanack cut. Quiet dinner & worked after. Friday November 12 Worked on Almanack in morning. Rode Folkestone before breakfast. Did Punch block in afternoon. Dinner 8.30. Short bottle Champagne. After bed quietly. Marion went by Mortlake to Harrow with Mrs Ionides. Saturday November 13 Lovely morning. Bartlett called. Nervous. Mare fresh. Rode past Lillie Bridge. Girl in fit at Walham Green. Up hill. Wimbledon Park. Twice round

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Richmond Park & home. Printed photos. Got on with Almanack in afternoon. Dined quietly at home & bed 11.0am. (Pencil note: Girl taken ill at Pomona House, Walham. Written Sunday Feby 18 '94. Bartlett died 1891 about.) Sunday November 14 Lovely morning. Furniss, Macbeth & Oakes & self rode to Wimbledon. Nervous. Rode with Percy. Through Park by self. Met others at Sheen gate. Glass bitter. Home past Coward's. Photos. Shelley. Mother called. Worked afternoon & after dinner on 2nd Decade Almanack. Monday November 15 Marion lunched with Mother. Rode after lunch to Richmond Park. (Red ink: Faust produced again by Irving. Not made (illeg) ‘The Sphere’. Monday May 5 1902.) Tuesday November 16 Mother not well. Worked on 2nd Decade all day. Did not go out. Wednesday November 17 Worked all day on 2nd Decade. Cab to Punch Dinner. Quiet good Dinner. Too much Champagne. Called Club. Home 1.15pm. Thursday November 18 Finished at 1.30, 2nd Decade Almanack block. Rode after through Richmond etc. Mare sluggish. Home & worked on 3rd Decade. Stokes, Mother (not well) Bonvoisin & Spencer dined with us. Bed 11.30. Friday November 19 No Punch block. Did not ride. The mare a mash. Worked all day & late on 3rd Decade Almanack. Laurence photod self as Volunteer saluting. Burnand wired. Saturday November 20 At 10.0am rode with Bartlett. Very nervous. Mare fidgetty. Over Putney Bridge, Wimbledon Park etc. Mare fresh. Spoilt ride in Park. Mare short(?) spring jumps. Home. Lunch. Work after. Dined at Dr Barnes'. Met Samson etc etc. In at Fancourt Barnes after. On to Spencer's & home. Saw Luckham & Hobblin. Sunday November 21 Drizzly morning. Rode Folkestone. Gave Spencer a mount on the mare. Furniss turned up. Socialist meeting in Trafalgar Sqr. Rode round Richmond etc. Spencer went to Club. Home 1.30. Lunch. Wycliff T. called. Work after dinner & late on Almanack block, 3rd Decade. Baker called. Monday November 22 Dense fog. Worked all day from 9.0am till 1.30pm on 3 rd Almanack Decade. Finished it. Mare went for exercise etc.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Tuesday November 23 th Dense fog. Lost key of door. Annoyed. Piano tuned. Began 4 Decade. In afternoon rode with Jolly over Wimbledon. Hoar frost. Back home in fog. Worked late after dinner. Wednesday November 24 Worked all day on 4th Drawing. Mrs Stone & Alice Lee were to have dined. Awful fog. Turned back by fog from 'Punch' Dinner. Worked after dinner. Dined at home quietly. Bed 12.30. Thursday November 25 Worked from 9.0am till 3.0am next morning continuously on last 2 decades of Almanack. Got through all right. M not well with cough. Burnand wired. Miss Penn burnt her hand. Heard of Mr Booker's death. Friday November 26 Dull foggy morning. M to go to Westwood. No cut turned up. Drove with M to Victoria. Saw her off. Rosie Burnand in train. Mrs Thomson etc, all Thanet going down. Ingram played his chess tournament at Margate. After called at Punch Office. Saw Bradbury. On in carriage, called Milliken & Lawley. Bought concertina & dominoes & knives. Home. Dressed. Dined at the Beefsteak Club. Saw Lord Onslow, Gardner, F.C.B etc. Did not go to play. Home at 1.0pm. Saturday November 27 In morning rode with Bartlett & his son. Rode Folkestone. Good ride. Home to lunch. Finished block for British Workman. Man called. Put room in order etc. Dressed. After drove in carriage to Wyndham Club. Dined with John Penn. Good dinner & wine, very. On to New Club. After supped at the Garrick. Magnum of Lanson. Home 3.0am. Sunday November 28 Very seedy in morning. Up in hurry. Caught by driving mare the 8.45am from Victoria. Went to Westwood. M met me at Broadstairs. Westwood. Walked towards Greenes. Met Mother. Lunch. No smoke, seedy. Stokes there with a bad head. Quiet afternoon. Bed early. Wrote a lot of letters. Monday November 29 At Westwood. Got up better. Went in morning after rain for long walk. Ramsgate, called Hills. Cheque. Cornelian & gold bought. Lunched at the Albion. Good beef. Tide up, walked along past Granville & on to Dumpton. Broadstairs, called & paid Raven. Down stone stairs along shore. Kingsgate, glass Gin & Ginger at Captain Digby. Down Gap. Had to turn back & go down Botany Bay Gap. Along to Margate. Collared by Woottons man. Cheque for £8.1.6. Home to Westwood at 6.0pm. M nervous. Dinner. Read. Bed. Tuesday November 30 Came up by 10.0am train from Westwood. Very cold. Tassell drove dogcart. Gave cheque for corn. On to Stafford Terrace. No carriage.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Worked on drawing for Dickens. In evening dined at home & went to Sir R. Webster's. Dull. Carriage drove me on to Beefsteak. All strangers. Saw Macmillan. Door of carriage scraped by commissionaire. Called Garrick. Home by carriage. Wednesday December 1 (Blank) Thursday December 2 In morning photod self as Neptune. No page block. Wired Swain. Had cab up to Grosvenor Gallery Restaurant. 1st Seasons dinner. Weldon, Jones, Elliott, self, Warre, etc. Home at 12.30am. Friday December 3 Very cold. Hard frost all day. Worked. Did John Bull & Neptune & worked till 3.0am on second block after. Long tiring day. Bitterly cold & frost. Saturday December 4 In morning very wet. Put room in order & went to call on Dickens. Called Cutler & Read. 'Punch' Libel case on. Afterwards carriage called at Club for me. Home. Very tired. Sat & read in Morning Room. After dressed & drove with mare to Holls. Dined. Mr & Mrs Carbutt, Petties, Orchardsons etc etc. Hard frost. Drove to Garrick. Saw Jones etc, Irving. Home 1.30. Sunday December 5 Up at 7.0am. Caught train & went to Westwood. Hard frost. M met me at Broadstairs. After drove to Ramsgate. Walk on Pier. Met Mr Humphreys & Lena Humphreys. After sent M on in carriage. Walked to Broadstairs along sands & on to Westwood. Stokes there. Dinner. Awfully cold. Read in afternoon, Fortunes of the Rongons. Tea. Supper. Bed. Monday December 6 At Westwood. Up with M & caught Granville Express. Home by 12.30pm. Carriage met us. Fine. Warmer morning. Chicks well. Did some photos. After finished Fortunes of Rongons. M & mother went to look for rooms. Almanack published. In the evening drove with mare up to Conservative Club & dined with Fancourt Barnes. Dined with Brown, Jones & Robinson. Billiards & home. Cold. Fur coat. Tuesday December 7 Began Covent Garden Circus Drawing. Weldon, Rider Haggards, Baker & Tyndall dined with us. Rode at 2.0pm mare. Saw Mrs Boehm after & Mrs McTear. Wednesday December 8 Worked on Covent Garden Circus drawing. Wet. Heavy hailstorms. In evening walked to 'Punch' Dinner. Agnew congratulated me on Almanack work. Talk about 'Punch' Libel.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Thursday December 9 Only heard from F.C.B in middle of day about Lord Mayor's cut. In evening took Marion to see the Grand Duchess. Roman Emperor man. Hideous chorus women. Home by carriage. Friday December 10 Worked hard all day on Lord Mayor & Guildhall School of Music. Finished very late 9.30pm. Quiet dinner & bed. Saturday December 11 In morning rode with Bartlett round Hammersmith & over Wimbledon Common. Slight wet. Developed some plates after. In the evening went with M & mother to the St James's Theatre. Saw the Hobby Horse. Kendal & Scotch friend. Very heavy wet. Called in at Society of British Artists Smoking Concert. Saw Fildes, Keene, Carr, Morris etc etc. Looked in at Club. Left early. Supper a haddock. Bad fowl for dinner. Sunday December 12 In the morning rode with Furniss & met F.C.B at Edith Grove. Very cold. Rode to Wimbledon. Galloped up drive & all separated. Rode home alone up thro' Richmond Park. Home. Lunch. Mother in to lunch etc. Weldon & Pelleau called. Stayed a long time. Mother would not stay to dinner. Quiet evening & bed. Monday December 13 Worked all day on Dickens drawing for Covent Garden Circus Company. Wired to Frank about Percy's horse. Sold. Ella fetched £15.0.0. Tuesday December 14 Worked all day & after dinner on Dickens drawing for Covent Garden Circus Company. Students' Soirée. Did not go. Mrs Corbutt called. Mrs Percy Reeve called. Wednesday December 15 Could not ride. Folkestone got cough. Queens hounds met at Greenford Green. Worked & finished (nearly) the Dickens drawing for Covent Garden Circus Company. Walked to Punch Dinner. Full dinner, all there but Bradbury. Good Dinner. 2 cuts. After looked in at Beefsteak. Home 1.30am. Thursday December 16 Seedy in morning. Finished the Dickens drawing. In morning worked & rode Folkestone afterwards. Saw Wyndham, Kendal & also Finlay. After home. Worked on King Bon-bon picture. In evening dined with Frederick Macmillan at the Devonshire Club. Good dinner. Morel Mackenzie, Burnand, Smalley, Austin Dobson, Burne Jones, Yates, Mowbray Morris, Tadema, Whistler, Dixey, self, Hugh Thompson, Comyns Carr, 2 Macmillans etc. Home by cab. Very cold. George Lewis. Cold on the way, developed tomorrow.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Friday December 17 Got up with influenza awfully bad all day. Dense dark dismal damned black fog all day. Miserable & could hardly get work done at all. Finished 9.0am & bed 10.30. Had Tallow & Grog. Saturday December 18 Frightfully hard frost. Could not ride. Cold very bad. Walked to Club. Called Dickens. Saw Evans. Lunched at Club. Montague Williams, Beerbohm Tree etc. After walked home. Had toys out with Chicks. Tea. After dined with Charles Critchett. Good dinner. Cold bad. Miss Gully. Found books. Home. Hard frost. Bed. Tallow & grog. Sunday December 19 Frightfully hard frost. Could not ride. Cold better. Up at 10.0am. Put things in order. After lunch went for walk with M & Roy. On to Tattersalls & after to Westminster Abbey. Roy in Metopolitan. Home. Cold. Dinner. Bed early. Major Pelleau & his brother Pelleau called. Monday December 20 Up at 9.0am. Hard frost. Put things straight. Drawings away etc. M & Mother went in carriage to get things for dinner. Pipe burst & water in house. Gas man came. Mr Morris called about soap. After Burnands, Mrs Geiger, Mr Lockyer, Guthrie & Baker to dine here tonight. Good evening & dinner. Whiskey flask knocked over. Tuesday December 21 Beastly morning. Hard frost. Rather seedy. Could not photo, much to my disgust. Spencer called & took M out in Victoria. Dull wretched weather. Walked up to Club. Lunched & walked back. Had 2 sausages for lunch. Saw Roy & Maud buying Xmas tree. Dined in evening at the Joachims. Met Arthur Burnand & also Dickens & man like Sir Wm Wiseman. Collared by Dickens's recitation. Hard frost. Wednesday December 22 Worked all day & late into the evening on Mr Punch's Political Party. Finished it at 1.30. Swain sent early in the morning for it. Snatched some dinner. Thursday December 23 Rode Folkestone in morning round Wimbledon & Richmond. Saw them skating in the Park. Glass of Beer & biscuit. Home. Lunch. Commenced Tuer's drawing. Conny called. Friday December 24 In morning rode to Wimbledon on Folkestone. Got wet & blistered. After took cab to Garrick. Lunch. Saw F.C.B & Jones, Meredith & Merivale, Hatton, etc etc. Heavy rain. Went to Milliken & Lawley & Saddler etc etc. Cab home. Left umbrella. Lost at last. Dressed & went down to Olympia. Dined there & saw performance after. Marion came with Spencer. Saw Finlay & Kendal etc etc. Girl hurt.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1886 Saturday December 25 Frosty morning. Could not ride. Chicks went out. M seedy. Boiled mutton for lunch. Laddie brought by Angell. Photod children in morning. At 2.0pm the carriage drove us to Saint Paul's. Roy & Maud. Spencer & greyhound called. After at Bath Hotel saw Mother. Left Maud. Called Thomas's Hotel. Saw Sophy. Walked home with Roy. Freezing. Prepared Magic Lantern. After Mother came. Dinner. Chicks down. Edgar & Sophy. Magic lantern. Mother could not get home. Very tired. Bed. Sunday December 26 Fly for Mother. Heavy rain all day. Dull wretchedly cold, wet & ice under it. In morning altered trees for boots etc. M seedy, lunched in bed. After Frank Burnand called. Smoking dolls. Spencer called. We walked to Club. Cup of tea & muffin. Great rain & snow after. Went to Stafford Terrace. Dressed. Put field boots on & walked to F.C.Burnand's. A'Becketts & daughter there. Awful snow. No cabs. Walked home by 12.30. Good evening. Monday December 27 Up rather late. Heavy snow on the ground. Fine morning. Chicks & snow. Maud made snow orange. Boxing day. Put boots on trees. Spencer called. Went for walk to Club. After lunched with him. Saw Fred Little. Tommy Angell left. Walked up to Henglers. Slippery. Saw performance. Back home. Walked, slippery, very. Toothache came on. Dined. Went to Drury Lane Pantomime, boxing night. Broadley sent ticket. Went by train. Walked part of way back. Saw Joe Knight at the Club. Cab from Piccadilly home. Tuesday December 28 Up 9.30. Brighter morning. Wrote letters & cleared things up. Thaw. Reuss Lauteren & Co sent pot of Paté de Fois Gras. Carriage to go to Bath Hotel. Carriage out with Maud & Mother. Worked on Tuer's drawing in afternoon of 'Two Grand Old Men'. Did not go out at all all day. Quiet. Wednesday December 29 Worked on Tuer's drawing of Two Grand Old Men. Finished it. After walked as far as Piccadilly towards P.D. Took cab at Picadilly Circus. Good Dinner. Cecil Brooks discussed. No Agnew. Home 12.30. Effie called. Thursday December 30 In morning put things right. After feeling seedy walked to Club. Saw Evans & also Jim Matthews. Hard frost. Back. Letter from F.C.B. Skemed drawing for Gog & Magog. Worked after dinner. Drew Griffin. Called on Mother. Friday December 31 Hard frost. Cold. Stace came round. Photod him. Gave him Xmas box. Gog. Gogmagog. Hard. Worried day, very. Mother reading 'She'. Got done 9.30pm. Dinner. Bottle of Lanson. Bed after.

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