LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Loose sheets inside front cover: Score card for shoot as Easton Park Notes made at Easton Park, Wickham Market Notes made at Apethorp Hall, Wansford. Notes and addresses on preliminary pages: Store Ticket for 1902: 89162 Miss M.M.Dangerfield, Bars Kimming, Mauchline, Ayrshire. Army & Navy Stores, Managing Director, W.Pheysey Esq. Bylaugh Park Shoot, Nov 99, Jany 1901. Athenaeum Secretary, Henry R.Tedder. G.D.Armour, Etchilhampton House, Devizes. A.Bellini's, Hanover Hotel & Restaurant, 6 & 8 Mill Street, W. Day, Lehmann Schipperke. Maurice de Bonvoisin, 53 Rue Pierre Charron. Sir Benjamin Baker, Bowden Green, Pangbourne, Berks. Camera Club. Secy, M.Cromack. L.R.Gotz, 215 Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C. Easton Park Shoot, Jany '97, Oct '97, Jany '00, Jany '02. George Grossmith's Secy, Cecil Breton Esquire. Earls Court Exhibition, Gordon Hunter Esquire. Motor Car. Wolff's. Societé Anonyma des Automobiles. Peugeut. Lille (Nord). Constuction Breveté, S.C.D.G. No 1339. Agent, Friswell, 48 Holborn Viaduct. P.Meagher, 172 Pentonville road, W.C. Cap'n Adrian Jones, 147 Church Street, Chelsea, S.W. Lamb Hotel, Ely. Frank Moyes, P. McIlvaine, Clarence W. 32 Portland Place, W. P.Meagher, 299 Goldhawk Road W. B.Morris. 'The Citizen', 15 Copthall Avenue, E.C. William Spooner, 379 in the Strand, W.C. L.Raven Hill, Battle House, Bromham, Nr Chippenham, Wilts. John I.Thorneycroft & Co, Church Wharf, Chiswick. Thorneycroft, Donaldson Esq, 19 West Cliff Road, Ramsgate. Stace, 46 Carminia Road, Bedford Hill, Balham, S.W. Taxes. Late Mr Fisher. George Howe, Office of Surveyor of Taxes, Wrights Lane. Slate. 9 & 10 Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London W.C. Soap (Courts Castile) 6 lbs, 6d. 3/s. ordinary large bar sent. Richards, H.Erle, 50 Leinster Gardens, W.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 The Slate, 15 Whitefriars St, Fleet St, E.C. Richard Rose, 28a South Audley Street, W. Sands Hunter & Co, 20 Cranbourne Street, L.Sq. W.C. Spielman & Co, 101 St Martin's Lane. Waterbury Watches, Allan Ross & Co. 66 Holborn Viaduct, E.C. Watney (Claude) Garston Manor, Watford, Herts. Woodbury Gallery, 37 New Bond Street. E.P.Halton Esq. Watney (Vernon) Fannich, Lochluichart, N.B. Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire. (Small drawing, 3 heads) L.Alma Tadema's 138 x 15 12/13 caricature of Irishman & wife. With a coin. (Cutting glued in: Sale of Skibo Castle. Jan 1, 1902.)
Wednesday January 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. A fine bright morning. Roy & Lennie shooting at Nymans. Usual walk round C.H. M went to Stores at 11.0am. Printed about 50 blues, legs etc, M.H. Wrote thanks for railway pass etc etc. Wore denture at breakfast 1st time. Horrid. Put things away in drawers etc & developed the last of M.R's legs. Left at 6.5 for the Punch dinner. Horridly bad tempered looking woman in bus. To Punch dinner. Up in room. Told Partridge about his ugly old Liberal Party. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, O.S, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Pleasant dinner. Settled for my being away the next 2 weeks. Long talk. Picture puzzles. Home by bus. Roy up. Came back with 2 duck. Bed at 12.30. Notice of me in the Westminster. (Red ink: Fine bright morning. Settled to be away next week.) Thursday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & usual walk. had a turn out at 5.0am. Something disagreed with me last night. Lentils? After breakfast skemed subject of Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum. Stace came late at 12.0 & photod him. Got all ready by 3.45. Quite mild weather. M at Mite's. Never came up in my room. M, Roy & self dined quietly together. Patience after. Read Sherlock Holmes in the Strand. Annoyed at my being put out of my place in the Strand Magazine. Wrote to Mr Dolman who wrote it. Bed at 12.0. More or less upset inside all day. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Edmund Blair Leighton, of a daughter.) Friday January 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & usual walk. After wrote letters. At 10.30 went on with drawing of Tweedledum & Tweedledee. Worked all day up to 9.30 when finished. M & self dined quietly together. Roy at Mite's. Diarrhoea came on before going to bed. Must be the red cabbage. Bed at 12.5am. Saturday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Sleepy. My birthday. Out round Campden Hill. Gave old W 2d. Man digging at top of Phillimore Gardens. Breakfast. Present from dear M & Mite. Darling Baby came round & wished me a Happy New
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Year. Roy & madiera. Up in room. Very seedy with D & slightly sick. Wrote labels. Put photos away in the morning. Lunch. Left in carriage with M & went up to the Haymarket Theatre & saw 'Frocks & Frills'. Cyril Maude & Miss Grace Lane. Good. Out & direct home in the carriage. Very wet. Dressed & dined 7.0pm. Roy in late. Was to have gone with Roy to 1 st night of Hare's revival of the Pair of Spectacles at the Criterion but did not as I felt altogether too tired & seedy. So Roy went alone. He had supper with Arthur Cusans. Went to bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Went with M in afternoon to see 'Frocks & Frills'. 57 years old today.) Sunday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Walked up Hornton Street to avoid sweepers. Fine morning. Put things straight & printed a lot of blues. Took M for a walk to top of Row. Saw Mrs Fritz Jackson. Home by bus. Roy at Mite's. After wrote many letters. Spencer called & up in my room. Still seedy with D. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self, & bed at 11.30 after. (Red ink: Seedy the last few days. Lentils.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Ellen Howell. Death of George James.) Monday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out for usual walk. Still upset by diarrhorea. After in morning put things straight etc. Miss Gill at lunch. Photod 5/s piece, a penny & a 20 franc piece. Developed etc. At 5.0pm left & went over by bus to see dear Mite & brought M back by the 2d tube. Horrid & crowded. Dressed & dined at 7.15. After M & Roy & self went to see a play called The Twin Sister. Lily Brayton good. H.B.Irving, Norman Forbes Robertson & also Ben Webster. 4 ladies in row of stalls in front kept looking round. Left & home by carriage. Sandwiches & bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to see at the Duke of York's 'The Twin Sister'.) Tuesday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for usual walk. Breakfast. Had headache & felt out of sorts. Roy off to City. In morning wrote letters. Put phos away & destroyed a good many plates. Luncheon. Got off in cart at 2.10pm & drove to Liverpool St. There 3.0pm. Caught the 3.25pm train & down to Wickham Market. Coldish. Lucas on platform. Mr Newman, Mr Lucas (cousin) & Sir Arthur & Lady Grant down. Drove to Easton Park with Lucas. After tea up in room & put things away & dressed. Dinner 8.15pm. Took Miss Elphinstone in. Good dinner. Talk in drawing room. Lost 2/6 at pool & bed at 11.45. Kept awake by clock. Stopped it. (Red ink: Went down to Colonel Lucas's shoot.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Brett. Obituary Mr John Brett, A.R.A.) Wednesday January 8 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 7.30. Had been kept awake by the clock which I stopped at 4.0am. Breakfast 8.30. Dull but good shooting morning. Hour's drive & began 10.15am. 6 guns. Sir Arthur Grant, Col Lucas, Mr Lucas, Mr Newman, Mr Elphinstone, self. Got 41 pheasants, 5 partridges, 1 hare. Burnt my finger with cigar & spoilt the afternoon. Delightful day. Lunch at a farm house. Home 5.15. Tea & wrote letters etc. Letter from M. Dinner.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Took Mrs Lucas in. Roulette. Sir A.Grant sloped off. Lost 1/s. Bed 11.30. No st billiards. Slept well. (Red ink: 1 day's shoot at Wickham Market.) Thursday January 9 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 7.0am. Same sort of morning as yesterday. Down 8.15. Took 2 photos in bad light of the hall. After breakfast started 9.15. Went to same house as Lord Darnley had 2 years ago. Very good shoot. Got to own guns 57 pheasants, 2 hares, 5 rabbits, 1 woodcock. 65 head. Same guns as yesterday. Finger hurt me from gun. Amusing stories home. Sir A.Grant 'You sprinkle corn in England & it comes up pheasants. In Scotland & it comes up vexation & abuse'. Boer women as much morals as uniform. Old Scotch illicit distilling woman & sovereign. Scotch keeper & hock, 'I just thought it was some new sort of soda water'. Story of little man named Crane, a ventriloquist, in girl's room. Pillow case. 'I'm here'. Late down for dinner. Next Mrs Lucas. Roulette after. Lost 5/s. Smoke & bed 11.45pm. Read A Solitary Summer. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot Wickham Market.) Friday January 10 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 8.0am. Letters. Wire forwarded from Mrs D'Arcy to put off next week's shooting. Nuisance. Down. Good R. Breakfast. Took 6 photos of house. All left at 10.0 in carriage. Began shooting in covert coat suit. Got in all 35 pheasants, 3 partridges. Lunch. Ladies out. Got 5 good shots & one right & left with Mrs Lucas sitting by. Home at 4.15pm. Letters. Up in room & wrote letters. Tea 5.0pm. 2 pretty girls. The parson's daughters, one like a young Mrs Oakes. Down & looked over Roosevelt's book, A1. Rubishy artist of 2nd Empire, P.Linden or Linder. The parson's daughter Miss Wood. Dinner. Drew blank. Sat next Miss Elkington. Drew Queen's head. Roulette. Won 14/6. Pool. Found 6d in pocket. Lost 2/s. Bed at 11.30. Packed. To sleep. 12.0am. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot Wickham Market.) Saturday January 11 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 7.0 & out round house. Breakfast at 8.0am & off 8.30am punctually. Down to station. Sir Arthur & Lady Grant & Newman & self. Dull morning. Smoking carriage by self as far as Ipswich. After to town. Pleasant talk. Otley met me. Drove home by 12.30pm. Beastly morning, wet & dark. Dear M writing. Lunch. Roy back depressed. Difficulty with bag lock. Wrote letters. Theatre put off for tonight. Roy depressed at dinner. Long talk of Garrick Club etc. M, self & Roy dined & bed after at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Home from Wickham Market.) Sunday January 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Walk round C.H, Hornton St. Roy decided not to go across channel. Left at 10.15 & by bus to Victoria. Served with 1 empty match box & another with only a dozen in it. Dover. Cap'n Dixon. Saw Mrs Faudel Phillips, Lady Monckton's brother. Lunch. Could not get any cigars. Payton who told me of Mrs Nealy & her turning the children out & suing for damages. Douglas Freshfield & Sir Horatio Davies. Told me of chassepot & pea. Victoria at 7.30 & home by bus. M, Roy & self dined. Bed after quiet evening. (Red ink: Went across to Calais alone.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Monday January 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round C.H. After all morning put things straight. Lunch with M. Left at 2.5 & to C.C. by bus. At 3.30 photod M.R. No light so out to Turkish bath. Saw Roger Wallace. Home by bus after getting sausages. Roy at drill with Lennie. Bed at 11.30. Set in colder & new moon. Frost tonight. Tuesday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out on cycle & got a punctured tyre . School girls again. Back 9.0am. After sent shirt & braces & wrote letters. Took 6 photos, no 7, of coins. Lunch 1.15. Maud Paxton at lunch. Dressed & to Kensingon Church at 2.0pm for Evelyn Coward's marriage. There ½ an hour too soon. M & Maud Paxton, Mrs Pitt. Dear Baby sprinkled flowers & gave the bride a bunch. After to the reception. Mr & Mrs Stone, Mrs Colin Hunter, Mrs Rawlinson etc. Left at 3.30 & home. Developed 7 plates. Much colder. Tidied room. (Red ink: Evelyn Coward married at Kensington Church.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Captain E.Pym Sankey to Evelyn Coward.) Wednesday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & cycled round Earls Court. After all morning tidying up etc. M went looking for maids. Lunch. Dated photos etc. Letter from Mrs Tate saying all guns filled for Saty. No more shooting. Left at 5.30 & walked to Punch dinner calling at C.C. No letters. Punch dinner. Sir W.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, A à B, P.M, O.S. Long talk. Got subject of Balfour as Navvy & left 10.45. Home all way by bus. Read paper & bed. Roy went to 1st night of Martin Harvey's 'Eugene Aram'. Not good. Thursday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out on cycle. Round Earls Court. After looked about for roads up everywhere. Sent Otley to Nash for labourer. At 12.0 photod him & a boy, having previously taken snap shots in Kensingon by Princes Gate. Went by bus. Developed & all ready by 4.0pm. Tea in M's room. Dined 8.0pm. Roy went to Levy's dance. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Friday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled round Earls Court. Met Little C. After at work the whole day on drawing of Balfour & Bills. Road up. Finished at 9.30 & dined. M in bed. Roy went to Mite's & to Charley Burnand's dance. Very tired & bed at 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Lady Sophia Cecil.) Saturday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Very tired after work. Walk round Campden Hill. Saw old woman at 9.10. M in bed. All morning writing & tidying, put things away. Lunch. Roy back. Developed 18 plates of B.J taken April, 6 films unexposed of R.W. Tea in drawing room. At 5.0 walked up to Garrick, called sausages. Got P.O.O.15/s for M. Carriage fetched me & home to dinner at 8.0, M, Roy & self. Bed 11.30 after snooze. Slept well.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Sunday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.15. Breakfast. M in bed. Roy not down. Bus to Victoria. No Lewis. In Lockett Agnew's carriage down to Dover. Saw Cap'n & Mrs Dixon, Mr & Mrs Le Beg, Mr & Mrs Stuart Wortley, Huish & girl, Churchwood etc. Splendid passage. Lunch late, 2.45. Lunch with Col Denny & cousin. Saw Payton. Cigars. Back. Saw Lankester etc. Up to Victoria. Full carriage. Boy reading. Young old man with no teeth. Victoria at 7.5. Home by bus. Dora, Roy, M & self dined. Roy had been with Lennie. Bed 12.30 after snooze. M better. (Red ink: Crossed channel to Calais by myself.) Monday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Cycled Kensington Sq & Earls Court. Met Little Composure. Breakfast. Letters. M in bed. Sent 2nd pr of old braces off. Wrote letters. Developed after lunch & printing 50 blues. Photos of M.Haydon. Someone had opened envelopes containing 4 films M.R. All spoilt. A lesson for the future. M did not go out in carriage. In drawing room. Quiet dinner M, Roy & self & bed 1.30 after reading. Tuesday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round Earls Court. After in morning put denture in for 1st time since 20 Dec. At 10.30 left & went to C.C, calling May's & Sands & H. Could not get lens. At 12.0 photod Miss Joan Cann for 1 st time. One of the people. Out & walked to Garrick late & had lunch at 2.30pm. After a smoke & coffee walked to 9 Portland Place & saw Mr Hepburn who altered denture. Home by the 2d tube. Dressed & walked to 27 The Boltons. Dined with F.C.B about Coronation Number. Sir W.A, L.B, P.A, O.S & self there. Remarkably good dinner. L.B in inordinate praise of Phil May. Left with O.S & walked home, leaving O.S at Earls Court station. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Dinner at Burnand's to discuss the Coronation Number of Punch.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett.) Wednesday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round Earls Court. Called to know how Burnand was. After all day tidying room, dating printings etc. Lunch & left at 5.15 & walked to Athenaeum Club. Looked at letters & on to the Punch dinner. Sir W.A, Phil A, B.P, Raven Hill out of place, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, O.S. Self suggested both cartoons. For self Campbell Bannerman as Jorrocks. Found afterwards that I had suggested same cut in 1893 for Tenniel. This drawing was sold to Mr Astor's son for 15 guineas. Home by bus & bed at 11.30. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Andrew MacCullum.) Thursday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled short turn, round Park after. Quite early photod Otley for Jorrocks & enlarged page in book. Several mistakes in size & one paper wrong way round. Delay. Got to work 4.0pm. Roy, M & self dined at 8.0pm, Roy going to a dance at Charley Burnand's. Quiet evening & bed 11.30pm.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Friday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled short turn round Park. Home. Band playing. At work all day on Jorrocks. Finished 9.30. Roy at Lennie & Hogans. M & self dined. Bed at 12.0. Very tired. Saturday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & cycled round Earls Court. Met Burnand also Holland. Very cold. Back. Tired. Roy at breakfast. In morning tidied up etc. Wire to go to Gaiety. Roy back to lunch. Had had deal & made £10.0.0. First money on Stock Exchange. M & self left in carriage at 1.45 & went to the Gaiety & delighted with the 'Toreador'. Roy in box. Out & M to Mite's. Roy & self tea at Garrick & walked home getting fruit & sausages. Quiet dinner & bed 11.0 after. (Red ink: M & self went to see the 'Toreador'.) Sunday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Walk round C.H. 6d to old W. After breakfast. Cold N.E wind. M & Roy went to Lennie's. Printed some blues & left at 12.30 & walked to 27 Gloucester Terr. Lunched with Lennie. Saw Mite. Roy there also. Talk of his going into the House. After left & walked to C.C, Garrick & Athenaeum. Red haired girl with blue bow in hair walking well with girl & books. Wrote many letters at the Athenaeum. Left 7.5pm. Wet. Home by bus. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Roy argumentative. Snooze & bed 11.45pm. Very cold. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Marianna Heron-Allen. Death of Major Henry Jenkinson. Death of Spencer Jolliffe. Death of Jane Lehmann.) Monday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. Wet. Out round Campden Hill. After wrote letters & looked out drawing of Dean Bradley Oct 1 1881. Photod it & enlarged it. Lunch M & self. Tired after. Rested till 4.0pm. Dressed & went on foot to 25 Cadogan Gardens to call on Mortimer Mempes. M & Lennie there. Home by carriage. Cartoon of Jorrocks good. Roy at Haywards Heath at drill. (Red ink: Went to call on Mortimer Mempes. 1st heard of D'Arcy's Persian Oil, altho' Mempes said it was a sort of Whiteleys.) Tuesday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out on cycle. Round Kens Sq. A wretched morning for cycling. Exceedingly muddy. Breakfast. Roy off to City. After M went to Mite's at 11.30. Left 12.45 & by bus to C.C. Lunched at Garrick. Saw Phil Agnew, Lawrence B & Jones, Sir D Straight, Eric Lewis etc. Talk to Percival about D'Arcy. Out to C.C, 2.50. Photod M.R. Out at 4.0 & to Bath Club. Hair cut & bath. Very tired. Home by bus. Roy had made more money. Dressed & strolled to Midge's. Walked round church at Lancaster Gate. Mr & Mrs Neil, H, Midge, Dora, Roy M & self there. Ping pong after & home by the carriage at 11.15. Bed 1.0am. Colder. Roy began to make money on the Stock Exchange. (Red ink: Dined at Midge's, M, Roy & self.) Wednesday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Very tired. Hard frost. Out on cycle round Kens Sq. Saw Little C. Back. Roy in good spirits. Wrote letter. In morning did drawing of Dean Bradley. Lunch. Could not quite finish it. Dressed at 4.30 &
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 left at 5.0pm & walked up thro' Grosvenor Square & left cards on D'Arcy. To C.C, Garrick. Wrote letter for box at Drury Lane & then walked on thro' Lincoln's Inn Fields to P.D. Sir W.A, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, A à B, & O.S. Arthur & his (illeg). Got cut of Britannia & suggested cut of Dancing Master to Partridge. Left & home by bus. Thursday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. Something disagreed with me & felt pain in S all night & most of day. Took no photos. Skemed drawing of Britannia looking at Rift in Cloud & at 2.0 enlarged 2 plates. Bitterly cold. Worked in room after rest from 4.30 to 8.15. Roy out & dined with Tabs & Tweet & went to see Chevalier. Bitterly cold after dinner in drawing room. Bed at 11.30 after miserable rest owing to cold. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Gilbert Charsley to Sarah Lees.) Friday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Very cold. Out for walk round C.H. Back. Band. Supplement to 'Times'. After the entire day at work on drawing of Britannia looking at cleft in cloud. Did not finish until 10.0pm when dined. Did not like drawing when finished. Roy at Mite's & had made more money. M in my room. Dinner. Very tired. Bed 1.15 after snooze. Roy in after. Drawing came out all right. Saturday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 or 9.0. Very tired. Bright cold morning. Walk round Campden Hill. Drew cheques. Letter from Mr Astor junr to buy drawing of Jorrocks. Roy to City. M & self left after lunch & went to the matinée of 'Mice & Men' at the Lyric Theatre. Good. Saw old Mr Forbes Robertson in box. Lady standing in pit. Out. Put M in carriage & to the Garrick & C.C. Tea. Wrote letters. Home, getting sausages. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of Forbes Robertson's play 'Mice & Men'.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Douglas Straight to Edith Lane.) Sunday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Out round Campden Hill. Gave old W 6d. Back. In room in cold after breakfast. M Roy & self left at 12.0pm for Lennie's. M & self went up by bus & walked across Park. Roy walked. Saw dear Mite. Lennie very seedy. Lunched there & Lennie offered to find money for Roy's being a member of the Stock Exchange. Left after talk. Stories in Cornhill. Walked facing cold wind to Athenaeum Club. There all the afternoon & wrote many letters. Left 7.10 & home by bus. Miss Rose Innes dined. Champagne. Much argument. She left at 11.0. Bed. (Red ink: M, Roy & self lunched at Lennie's. Miss Rose Innes dined.) Monday February 3 Stafford Terrace. x. Up 8.20. Walk round Campden Hill. Miserably cold & beastly weather. Snowing. Wrote letters & after M & self left at 12.0 & went up in bus to the Strand & lunched at Rules. Self had oysters, M chop. To Drury Lane. Had Box II. Not eleven. Refused stalls. Very poor pantomime. Ugly women. Out & sent M home by carriage. To Garrick. Wrote 2 letters. Saw
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Chudleigh. Lillies. Sausages & home by bus. Roy dined at Lennie's. Lennie very ill. Cheque from Mr Astor. Not signed. (Red ink: Went with M to see Pantomime.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir John Monckton.) Tuesday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round C.H. Roy down at 8.30 & to City at 8.45am. After in morning looked thro' letters etc etc. Found Richard's & Gen'l Hawkins letters. Wretchedly cold miserable weather. Fire lasted all day being made up. Rested till 4.30 when after put in outline of Fancy Portrait of Dean Bradley. Dined at 7.0pm, M, Roy & self. M & R went in carriage to the Palace Theatre where we had Box AA. I went on top of a bus. Poor performance. Dogs. Man with memory. Esmé Berringer. Home by carriage. Roy complained of the cold. Bed at 12.45 & glad to get there. Enid Dickens married. Cheque returned from Mr Astor. Roy made £60 odd pounds in week. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to Palace Theatre.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir John Monckton.) Wednesday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.50 x. Woke in night. Went for walk up Hornton St. Roy off to city. Wrote General Hawkins to New York. M up & in my room. Tidied up etc. Went on to finish drawing of Dean Bradley. After could not quite pack it up. M went to Mite's. Walked the whole of the way to the Punch dinner. Called Grants in Piccadilly, Atheneum for letters. C.C. No letters. Garrick & on to P.D. F.C.B, self, A à B, O.S, L.B, P.M, (late with a patch over right eye) B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Burnand read letter from Tenniel complaining of Jorrocks cartoon. He had previously done it in May 1893. Turning to diary found that I had suggested it myself. Suggested my own cut, Nightmare & Brodrick. Left 10.30 & home by bus. Bed 12.0. Roy back & at home. Thursday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. Cold & raw. After skemed subject of Nightmare & Brodrick. Sent drawing off to Mr MurraySmith. At 12 photod Otley on table for bed & enlarged horse. Lunch. After delayed by dropping plate of horse on ground & had to take it over again. Finished by 4.30. Tea in dining room. M at Mite's. Wire from Tabs to say she could not dine tonight. They, H & Tabs & Gwen, went to Langleys & played ping pong. M, Roy & self dined quietly & bed after. Friday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Very cold but bright. Actually asked by old Xing sweeper for coppers. Back. Band. Bought £500 worth of East Rands. Worked all day on drawing of Nightmare. Finished at 9.30pm when M & self dined. Very tired after. Roy back having called on Midge & Dora after dining with Lennie. M had been at Mite's all the afternoon. Mite on bed covered with Fans. Bed at 12.15 after snooze. (Red ink: Purchased £500 worth of East Rands.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Saturday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Tired. Down & breakfast. A horrid snowy sleety morning. Left at 10.10 & took cab to D'Arcy's & had interview about Persia. After walked to Piccadilly Circus. Bus to C.C. Called at Sands & Hunter & Garrick. At 12.35 photod M.R. Came over very dark. Had to give up. Out 1.15. Mistake about luncheon. On to Garrick. Lunch opposite Bangs. Talk to Percival & after to Apollo Theatre. Tabs & Roy in Box B, No 6. No M. Saw 2 acts of Kitty Grey when left & walked up Regent St to 27 Gloucester Terr. Found straw down. Dear M & Baby, Mrs Sington, Loring & Otty. Lennie also not well. Great anxiety. Dear Mite had a little girl at 5.15pm. Great relief after suspense. Went up & saw Lennie. After left at 6.10 & found carriage at door. Drove to Bath Club, Turkish bath. Dressed & out & walked to 20 Charles St. Dined with Claude Watney. Met a Mr Oates. A bounder next me. Nice man telling Lancashire stories. On to Alhambra. Saw Roy Lankester. Nice man came into box. Poor show. On to Bath Club. Had soda & then actually went on to supper at the Grafton. Saw George Amstrong & wife, Forbes Robertson & wife etc etc. After to dance room. Gerald Du Maurier. Long talk with man who came into box. Phil Burne-Jones. Home 2.15am by cab & to bed. M awake. (Red ink: 1st interview with D'Arcy about the Persian oil. Went to box at Apollo & saw 2 acts of Kitty Grey. Dear little Ann born 5.15pm. Dined with Claude Watney.) Sunday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Doubts as to Channel. M up at 8.30. Out. Avoided O.W. & round Campden Hill. Wrote letters etc & at 12.10 M, Roy & self walked across Park to Lennie's. Roy with a stiff neck. Lennie nervous. Left M there to lunch & at 1.20 walked to Athenaeum. Lunch there. Smoke after. Very sleepy. Gentleman came up who was at Windsor Castle. Who was he? (Red ink: Mr Holmes) After in reading room. Read a book, Conolly on Lunacy. Saw Cruise of the Beagle. Left at 7.10 & home by bus. At 8.0 Tabs, Effie, Roy, M & self dined, Roy complaining of his neck. Very cold. Tabs & Effie left by cab at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Roy's mumps came on. Tabs & Effie dined with us.) Monday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Walk round C.H. At 9.15 Dr Sibley came & pronounced Roy's illness mumps. M also not well, a cold. Nurse sent for. After read D'Arcy's reports etc. All morning putting things straight etc. M & self at lunch. After gloomy walk, & left the reports at D'Arcy's. M did not go out. Sent Otley up to Stock Exchange with note from Roy & self at 10.0am. Called Garrick & C.C & got parcels tied together. Home by bus from Piccadilly. Very pretty woman next me. Fidgetty old lady could not get room. Nurse for Roy had arrived. M & self dined together. Rest in room & to bed at 11.15. Roy in bed all day. (Red ink: Roy laid up with mumps. Dr Sibley came.) Tuesday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. M remained in bed with cold. Walk around Campden Hill. Gave O.W 6d. Back. Saw Dr at breakfast, Dr Sibley. He was going to the King's Levée. Sorry did not go. After all morning printed blues & put trays etc in hut right & re-filled Hypos. Lunch by self. Up in room & rested.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Roy in his room all day with nurse. Tea. After wrote letters. Sent chitons to Stores. At 6.0pm went in carriage to C.C & Garrick & after called & saw Lennie. Very angry with Roy. Back. Burnand & Lehmann were to have dined here tonight, had to put them off on acct of Roy's illness. Dined by self. Miserably cold after. Up in M's room at 10.30pm & to bed at 11.0. M's cold very bad. Wednesday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Bitterly cold. Hardest frost of year. M remained in bed. Walk round Campden Hill. Breakfast. After house in dire confusion. Wrote cheque for £489.11.0 for Messels. After put room in order. Lunch. Put india rubber in reflector. Otley to go to Mite's in cart. Left after tea at 5.0pm & walked to C.C, Garrick. Letters. On to Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B (glum) O.S, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Very great difficulty to get title for subject, 1½ hours over it. Settled for Sworn Friends. Left at 11.25. R.H pointed out coverlet & horse. Home by bus with 2 pretty women. Straight up to bed. Bad fog & bitterly cold. M in room with fire. Thursday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. M's cold very bad. Foggy. Out & round C.H. Poor frozen monkey. Hard frost. Wrote Lennie & sent Otley round. Man from Stores came. After took no photographs but Otley helped me make 3 or 4 enlargements. Finished by 1.15. Left in remarkably good cab & at Lennie's 1.20. We walked to go to D'Arcy's. Met Hilda M. Took Lennie to 42 G.S & heard statement lecture on Petroleum & Persia by Brotherton Redwood. Dicksee, Joe Carr & others there. Much impressed. Left at 4.30. Went back for glove. Called Lennie's & on to S.T. Got to work at 6.0pm on drawing of Britannia & Japan, Russia looking on. Worked till 8.15. Dined by self. After in M's room & worked from 10.0pm to 1.0am on drawing. Put in sword, trident & Japanese helmet etc. Bed very tired. (Red ink: Lennie & self went to D'Arcy's & heard Brotherton Redwood on Persian Oil.) Friday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out for walk round Campden Hill. Band. Doubts as to enlarging head again. Could not find negatives. Told Otley to come in about coals. M & Roy still in bed. Very hard days work all day. Words with Otley in the afternoon about the coals. He had been drinking. Finished drawing at 9.30pm when dined. After up in my room & put all photos away etc. Tidied up. Bed 12.45am. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Archibald Milman. Obituary Sir Archibald Milman.) Saturday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired. Did not go out. Breakfast. After left at 10.0am. No opportunity of speaking with Otley. Walk thro' Kensington Gardens. Skating on the Round Pond. Called on D'Arcy & settled to put £1000 in the Petroleum. On to New Bond Street. Called Lang & Hussey's. On to C.C. No letters. To Garrick. Wrote Lennie. After to C.C at 12.45. Photod Miss M.R. Lunch at Club. Out at 2.0 & to Garrick. Coffee & liqueurs. Saw Joe Carr & Jeyes. Out & home by bus. Got little silver statuette of Napoleon. M & Roy still in rooms. Packed. Explanation with coals about Otley. Left in cart for
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Euston at 5.10pm. Freezing. Met Claude Watney at station, also Mr Lyndon & Mr Norton. L had lovely little dachshund. To Watford. Carriage to his house, Garston Manor, Watford. Good statuettes, armour, prints etc. Delightful dinner. Champagne, Pol Roger '80. Game of pyramid pool after. Grego's prints. Bed 11.30pm, they stayed up. Fox terrier, broken haired, Nipper. (Red ink: Went down to Claude Watney's.) Sunday February 16 Garston Manor, Watford. Up at 9.0am. Brilliant sun in room. Took photos of armour etc. Breakfast 10.15, Norton & myself. Lyndon & Claude down later. Read encyclopaedia on Petroleum. Stroll with Norton & Claude. Horses, Dairy etc. Lunch. Stories. After left at 2.40 & lovely motor car run to Tring & back. Sat in front seat after going back. Oh! so cold. Took phos. Back at 5.0pm. Tea. Bitterly cold. Very good dinner & stories. Mulligatawny soup. In Eastern room after. Game of billiards with Norton. Beaten by 9. Bed at 12.15am. Read Chinese Peril. Slept well. Splendid Burgundy at dinner, Nuits. Norton's Lancashire story, 'Faults on both sides'. Neither B nor T's. Also Japan, 'I've come to t' conclusion that F is in its infancy i' Lancashire'. (Red ink: Run in Claude Watney's motor with C.W & Norton to Tring.) Monday February 17 Garston Manor, Watford. Up 9.0am. Photod armour & Eastern room. Breakfast by self at 10.0am. Norton down after & then Claude W. Again photod. Decided for motor ride. Lovely morning, brilliant sun. Exhilarating run to Dunstable & back. Took camera & photod Dairy. Good lunch. Left 2.55pm & drove to Watford. Claude passed us in motor. Wrong platform. Goodbye to Lyndon & Norton. To Euston, Otley there. Called Lennie. Baby ill, convulsions. Mite better. Lennie in for £1000 in Petrol Persia. Home. M in morning room. Dr came. My drawing skewwhiff on page. Up in cold room & wrote letters & diary. Dined by self, M in room. In morning room after. Sleepy. Snooze in chair till 11.20. To bed. M coughed very much in the night. (Red ink: Dear little Ann ill with convulsions.) Tuesday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. All morning as dark as pitch. Elecric lights all over house. Had been for walk over Campden Hill. Wrote letters etc in the morning. After lunch Otley drove me to bridge on Serpentine. Skated on Long Water from 2.30 to 4.0pm. 3 very pretty sisters. Miserably dark. Called on Lennie after seeing young Rose. Home. Dressed. Otley had left for Lennie's with letter. Applied for shares in Tobacco Trust & M also. No, it was tomorrow, Wednesday morning. M sent the paper to Lennie & did not get it back. Went over to other side of Park & saw Lennie who advised to get shares if possible. Mite & Baby no worse. Walked on to Bellini's, Mill St, Conduit St. Saw about dinner. On to the Athenaeum Club. Wrote to Sir William Henry Wills. Back. Burnand & O.S at Bellini's. Fairish dinner, O.S upset by Burgundy. Left at 11.30 & called Bath Club with F.C.B. He put me down at Knightsbridge in his cab. Home by bus. In morning room & to bed. Cycle fetched in morning. (Red ink across page: Skated on the Serpentine end of Kensington Gardens. Burnand & Seaman dined with me at Bellini's.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Wednesday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. Walk round C.H. In morning wrote letters & also developed Watney photos. Frost breaking. Letter from Sir W.H.Wills about Tobacco Trust. Could not get any allotment. Rested after lunch. Midge with M in morning room. Left & walked up to the Punch dinner. Called at Grants & after wrote letters to Wills etc. Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, A à B, O.S, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Cuts soon made up. Got night scene in Kitchener's tent. Home in wet by bus. Frost broke. Lawrence Bradbury left for Round the World & Home Again. Put skates back in morning. In morning found cycle had been fetched. Otley tried to tinker up Roy's. Sent him at once for papers to Lennie's for Tobacco Trust & after applied for shares. Frost broken up. Thursday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out for walk. After schemed subject of Kitchener & Dryden. At 12.30 Otley having got costumes, photod Otley. Photos a complete failure. Did them over again. The camera shutter was not completely closed. Blamed plates. Much delayed & annoyed. Got some sort of enlargements by 4.0 & up in room & worked till 8.15 when dined. M had had her dinner. In morning room after. Read book on Theatres & to bed at 11.30. Very tired. Friday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out later. Band playing. Walk round C.H & after to work. Put in head of Kitchener. Down at 11.45 & re-photod Otley at table & also in dress for Dryden. Very poor results. Enlarged by 1.30. Lunch & after to work again. Bothered with Kitchener's head. Finished 9.55 when dined. Very tired. M in room. Read in morning room after & to bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Sold above drawing, a complete success.) Saturday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30, tired out. In morning took out plates of Claude Watney's developed on Wednesday. Decided to walk. Left at 12.0 with M, Roy, Nurse Aston, to end of Kensington Gardens. Met Mr Holmes. Saw Sir Eyre Shaw at top of Row. On to the Garrick. Lunch. Saw Judge Bacon. No one at Garrick. Left to avoid Arthur à B & on to Gaiety & saw by myself the Toreador for 3rd time. On to Athenaeum after & wrote letters. Tea. Back home 7.0 by bus. Got fruit. After dressed & walked to Lady Lawrence's to dinner. Took a little lady in from Durnock & Manchester. Very tall woman & little husband. Mr & Mrs Bloomfield & Mr & Mrs Makins. Talk of Watneys. Left in rain. Wore denture. Home by bus. Read for ½ an hour & to bed. In morning room. Mr W.C.Knight Clowes called on me at 10.0am about the cover for Academy Notes. (Red ink across page: Went by self to The Toreador. Dined by self at Lady Lawrence's.) Sunday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Doubts as to X'ing Channel. Walked round Campden Hill. Avoided O.W. Decided to go & got off 10.15. Top of bus to Hyde Park Corner. Walk to Victoria. Crowded carriage to Dover. 2 ladies. On board, saw Cap'n Dixon. Dowager Duchess of Sutherland (Blair) & also Isadore Spielmann & wife & daughter going to Genoa. Lovely Xing. Good
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 lunch. Cigars. Back. Saw Payton, Corini & wife, Sir Horatio Davies & Marsden Cobb & young Cotton. After home. Man like Cyrano de Bergerac in train. Home 7.30. Dressed & dined with M. Good dinner. Read Insect book after in morning room. Bed 11.45. Slept well. M had a pain over heart. (Red ink: X'd Channel by self. Met Sir Horatio Davies etc.) Monday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out. Cut old Colonel. Wet damp nasty morning. The whole earlier part of day writing letters. Nurse Aston leaves at 12.0, £6.19.6. M & Roy out for walk. Putting things straight etc all afternoon. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Roy at dinner 1st time for a fortnight. In morning room after for last time. Bed after reading. Looked over drawings to put them into tissue envelopes. Entire day. (Red ink: Nurse Aston left attending Roy.) Tuesday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. Wrote letters etc all morning. Began to think of Coronation cartoon. M & Roy out for walk. Got up in the drawing room again. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self & bed after snooze & reading. Sent Otley to Mudies to change books. Developed plates of Joan Cann. Wednesday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Out & walk. After all morning writing letters etc & putting things straight. Hung up swords etc etc. Tea in drawing room & walked up as far as end of Piccadilly. Felt tired. Took bus to Burnets. Settled about classic dress. Called C.C, Garrick & also Sands & Hunter. To P.D by bus. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G there. Took Frank cigars. Not very long discussion. Got Railway Shunting subject & home by 11.45 by bus. Conrad there. He & Roy up. Claude Watney had called in afternoon bringing me 50 cigars. Complimentary notice in Pall Mall Magazine on last week's cartoon, Kitchener & Dryden. 1 st wore denture at Punch dinner. Thursday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Did not go out before breakfast. After photod Roy at 11.30 having previously been twice to Addison Road Station to get a railway truck. Back. Stace came 12.15. Photod him & Otley & enlarged for once without a hitch. Ready to work 4.30 & on till 8.15pm when M, Roy & self dined. Roy & German books. (illeg) Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Friday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round C.H. After to work. Did not enlarge again. Roy went to Glovers to stay with Conrad. After at it all day. M in my room & read a story of Balzac's. She went to bed at 10.0pm. Self dined 10.0 & snooze till 1.30 after, when up & to bed. (Red ink: Roy went to Glovers.) Saturday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Very tired. Walk round C.H. after the whole morning putting things away etc. Lunch 1.30. M & self left in carriage & drove to the Garrick Theatre. Good box A. De la Rues close by. Young De la Rue
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 came into box. Capital play Pilkerton's Peerage. Admirably played. Out. M back in carriage. Called C.C. No letters. Garrick. Tea. Home & got fruit. After quiet dinner with M. Read & to bed after snooze. Roy at Glovers. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of Pilkerton's Peerage.) Sunday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am & down. Did not go out before breakfast. Started in heavy rain with mackintosh at 10.15. By bus from church to Victoria. No Lewis. Down to Dover in a full carriage. Lovely crossing. Bainbridge, his wife, daughter & young Gilbey. Long talk to Bainbridge who told me of Furniss's starting John Bull. Calais 2.35. Short lunch. Cigars. Back by boat. Met Waley & also Higgins of the Opera, Mereweather & a friend. After most objectionable young cad of a Yankee in carriage. Up to town. Douglas Gordon, another, Mereweather & another & self up to Victoria. Home by 7.45. Dressed. Dora & Ryle to dinner. 2 bottles of Burgundy. Good dinner. They left at 11.0. Ghosts. Ryle's story of Carter & himself. Bed at 12.30am after snooze. (Red ink: X'd Channel by self. Met Bainbridge etc. Furniss starting a paper called 'John Bull'. Dora & Arthur Ryle dined.) Monday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. M remained in bed. Walk round C.H. Gave old W 1d. Back. Breakfast. Letters etc. Roy back from Glovers. Developed films etc. Failure for last of M.R. Dull coldish morning. Lunch. After got to work on Coronation page. Roy had been up before the Stock Exchange Committee. Back at 6.0pm. Quiet dinner at 8.0, M, Roy & self. Read Arabian Nights to Roy after. Bed at 11.50 after snooze. Tuesday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. M in bed. Breakfast after walk round C.H. Roy down. Bad bacon. After wrote letters till 11.30am. Dressed & left at 12.10 by bus to Sands & Hunter's & also Burnets. Lunch at the Garrick Club next William Stone. Out at 2.10 & to C.C. At 2.35 photod M.R seated. Bad light, 1st double. Out 3.30. On to Burnets & by bus to Bath Club. Had hair cut & bath. Out at 6.20. Home by bus. Pretty girl in Piccadilly, good figure. Called at Butts about chickory. Got mushrooms, rhubarb etc, & home by 7.0. M at desk. Flossie Kingscote to be divorced. Midge & Mrs Joachim had called. Roy went to Glovers at 3.0pm. M & self had quiet dinner by ourselves. Bed at 11.45 after snooze. Very tired. Wednesday March 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Dense fog. Out & round C.H. M down to breakfast by electric light. After wrote to agents for Rome exhibition. Felt seedy & depressed. Depression lasted till Friday, when cleared. Tried to scheme Coronation page. Not much good. Left at 5.15 & walked the entire way to the Punch dinner. Called C.C & Garrick. F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, A.G there. Cuts soon made up. Got one of Volunteer & Recruit. Left at 10.30 & home all way by bus. Perugini in bus I think. Very foggy & miserable. Letters & a very kind one from Schomberg McDonnell. Bed at 12.0am. Complimented on Shunting drawing last week. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Thomas Lucas.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Thursday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. Very foggy & damp. M down to breakfast. After wrote letters & to Schomberg MacDonnell. Schemed subject of Volunteer & Brodrick & Labourer. At 12.30 photod man from Nash's & Otley. Very foggy. Photos a failure. As much as I could do to get a print. Came out sunny after as usual. Dear M left at 2.50 in carriage for Worthing. Worked from 4.0 after resting till 5.30 when in room & dressed. Walked up thro' park to William Stone's & dined with him, meeting a Mr Amaldarada. Good dinner. To Her Majesty's after & saw Ulysses. Dense fog. Home by bus. Conductor had to take lamp & walk the whole way home. As dense as the fog in Novr M & self were in. Up to bedroom. Lit fire. Read papers & sleep at 1.0am. (Red ink: M left at 2.50pm for Worthing. Dined with William Stone in the Albany. Fog.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Thomas Lucas.) Friday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Went for ride on Roy's cycle, 1st time since Jany 28th. Past Kensington Sq. Little Composure. After back, breakfast & all day at work on drawing of Volunteer, Brodrick & Labourer. Finished at 9.20 & dined by self after. Dinner all right. After in morning room till 1.0am when went to bed. (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederick Delmar.) Saturday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Dull damp morning. Walked up Phillimore Gds & down Holland Walk. Spoken to by begger-woman. Breakfast. Wrote letters. Otley to go about dog summons. After all day putting things straight. Lunch. At 4.0 enlarged M.R on couch. Had developed in the morning. Tea outside. Letters. Dined 7.30. Left in carriage at 8.30. To Empire. Saw Hitchens & after Douglas Sladen, no, Douglas Gordon I mean. To Garrick. Talk to Col Lucas about Oil & home at 12.30am in carriage. Read South Sea Bubbles. By self. All away. (Red ink: Went to the Empire Theatre.) Sunday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & dressed for Channel. Left 10.15. Blue Miles suit. Lovely bright morning. Good breeze. Met Lewis at Victoria & down Dover. Lovely passage. There at 2.25. Met Spearman going back to Paris. Long talk with Lewis about Barr estate. D.M Probyn in hot box. Calais. Saw Mrs Kenneth Grahame. Oh! After Merry W & friend. Good lunch. 32 cigars. Back. Saw Robson Roose & also Payton daughters & dogs. Equally good passage back. Introduced Merry W to Mrs K.G. All up to Victoria. Fast run. There 7.10. Lewis, Merry W, self & M.W's friend. Walked to Hyde Park Corner. Home by bus. Dined by self & read South Sea Bubbles. After bed 11.45. Slept well. (Red ink: Crossed the Channel. Last saw A.S.Lewis. All his optimistic prognostications as to the Barr E came to nothing.) Monday March 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.30. Dull dark gloomy morning. Out & round C.H avoiding O.W. Met Chesterton. Breakfast & after put draperies away in small black case. After in morning put things away. Destroyed remaining OO plates. Lunch. Roy had come back at 11.0am. Read South Sea Bubbles & began
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 page for Coronation again. Roy home at 5.30. Dressed & left at 6.15 in carriage taking square bag to C.C. Called Athenaeum Club. Fritz Jackson elected. On to Authors Club. There ½ an hour too soon. German caricatures of Kitchener etc. Dinner. Between Douglas Sladen & Lord Monkswell. Lord Coleridge, Dr Conan Doyle etc. Many came up & were introduced. A à B at other end of table. Stayed till 11.30. Hartley & Purdon Clarke. Home by carriage. News of Lord Methuen being defeated & taken prisoner. Dreadful. Bally Howly Martin also at the dinner. Same as usual. (Red ink across page: Dined as guest of the Author's Club.) Tuesday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Roy making a noise in his room. Down 8.40. Lennie fetched me in a motor at 9.10am. Went for run to top of Fitzjohn's Avenue. Back 10.10. Saw dear Baby Linley. Wrote letters. Dull wretched grey morning again. Miserable. Dressed & walked up the Row. A dead horse lying there. On, called C.C 2.20. Dark as night. A 2.45 M.R called. Could not photo. Out 3.0pm & home by bus. Met M.R same bus. Got out Kensington Court. Bought fruit. Tea in room. Re-lit fire. Roy back tired & no appetite for dinner. He & I dined quietly & left in carriage at 7.45 & to the Vaudeville. Mistake about stalls. Good seats. Saw Blue Bell for the 2 nd time. Out & to Garrick. Home at 11.30 by carriage. Bed 12.30 tired after reading paper on Lord Methuen. (Red ink: 1st run in Lennie's new Panhard motor to Hampstead. Roy & self went to see 'Blue Bell'.) Wednesday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. Walk round Campden Hill. Old W comes along path bottom of Brundell Lodge. Back. Roy went off in cart with mare at 9.30am. After all day putting straight & skeming drawing for Coronation. Left in afternoon & walked up to the Garrick Club taking bus in Piccadilly. Met at 6.20 Mr G.Fitzgerald about cover for new magazine. On after to the Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, Sir W.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got subject of Irishman & home by bus. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Interview with Mr Fitzgerald about Colonial Magazine. It all fizzled out after.) Thursday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round C.H. After got to work & skemed subject of Wyndham & Irish horse. Photod the old mare & Otley on her at 11.30. Bright sun. Stace came 12.30 & after took him. Developed & enlarged. Lunch & after worked one hour from 5.0 to 6.0pm. Dressed & walked to the Berkeley & dined with Miss Rose Innes. Dora, M, Roy & self. Went on after to see A Country Girl & thought it very stupid. Home with Roy by cab. M took Dora back in carriage. Miss Rose Innes left feeling ill with her vaccination. Dear M returned from Worthing at 4.0pm. (Red ink: M, Roy & self dined with Miss Rose Innes at the Berkeley & went to see 'The Country Girl' after.) Friday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up & walk round C.H. After to work all day on drawing of Irish horse & Wyndham. Finished at 9.30pm. M & self dined quietly. Roy at Midge's. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Roy back saying all wrangling at Midge's.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 (Cutting glued in: The wife of J.Spagnoletti, twin sons. Death of Charles Spagnoletti, aged two days.) Saturday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired. Out & walk round C.H. After all morning putting things straight etc. Lunch. M & self left in carriage & drove to the Savoy. Saw revival of 'Iolanthe'. Came across Welman who came into our box. Dora with us. Put M & Dora in a 4 wheel cab & walked to Garrick. Had tea, then to C.C & to the Athenaeum. Finally went home by bus & got fruit. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self, & to bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to the Savoy matinée & saw 'Iolanthe'. Met Major Welman.) Sunday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Lovely day & morning. Breakfast. At 10.30 M, Roy & self all left in Lennie's motor & over to G.T. Saw dear little Ann & dear Mite looking better again. Evelyn Coward there & also Gawd. Left at 11.15 & round Park & on to Wimbledon Common where motor broke down. Lennie & I went backwards & forwards. Called at Mr Mark Mayhew's (illeg) Putney Heath SW. Finally had lunch at the Kings Head. Took photos & walked home. Lennie put me down in cab. There 4.30, M still at Maud's. Got to work & finally skemed position of the King for tomorrow. Dinner. M, Roy, Lennie, Dora & self. 2 bottles of Perinet. The last I have. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: 1st saw dear little Ann. Ride in Lennie's motor. Broke down on Wimbledon Common & lunched at the Kings Head.) Monday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. Out round Campden Hill. Met old W in Holland Walk. Breakfast & after got ready to photo Stace. He came at 11.15. Put the royal robe on him & took 13. After C.Lilford Delph came & I took 10 of him. Developed them in afternoon & put to dry. Lovely warm sunny afernoon. Also stuck extending slips in double backs of Hares & mended stick. M back in afternoon having taken little Linley to the Zoo. He was delighted with the pelicans & monkeys. M read, & worked skeming Queen till dinner time. M, Roy & self dined together at 8.0pm. Roy reading C.H.Burnett's Nursery Rhymes. Nightmare in chair. Bed 12.15am. A very good Punch, my horse came out well. (Red ink: Photod Stace for the King & also Lilford Delph.) Tuesday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. Out round Campden Hill. Roy had no appetite. After got ready to photo Dora for the Queen. Sent Otley for her at 11.0, M went in the carriage. Difficulty to put throne up. At 11.45 photod her in satin dress. Mrs Galbraith called & G. Sent Dora back & developed plates after. Printed blues. M back & lunch. Rested after tired & at 5.0 to 6.0 wrote many letters etc. M & self dined at 6.45 & went in Otley's 4 wheeler to Terry's Theatre & saw stupid play, Sherlock Jones & The New Clown. Silly. Wretchedly shabby theatre. Home by cab. M tired. Roy went to Sherlock Holmes with Lennie. (Red ink: Photod Dora for the Queen. M & self went to see 'The New Clown' at Terry's.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Wednesday March 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25 & out on Roy's cycle round Earls Court. Lovely morning. Roy off to go in motor to Glovers etc. Lovely bright sunny morning. Printed blues etc. Lunch. M had gone to lunch with Tabby at the Coburg. Enlarged statues, throne etc. Tired very after lunch. One hour's rest & after enlarged 9 of the photos for Coronation. Left off at 5.0 & dressed. Walked thro' park & called at Grants to have gaiters tried on. Called C.C & on by bus to Punch dinner. Someone I seemed to know in bus. An elderly couple. Woman had been handsome, man feeble creature. F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Four cartoons to make up. All done by 10.30pm. Home by bus. Roy had been on motor car with Lennie to Balcombe. Bed 12.30 after snooze. Thursday March 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out in a gale. Cycled over to Lennie's & waited ¼ of an hour for him to come down. No good. Home in the rain. Breakfast. Sent Parks cheque. After skemed subject of Motor Car & Bills. Photod Otley & a boy in squelches of rain. No good. The lens got dimmed with the wet. Tiresome hindering afternoon. Had to do Otley twice. At work 5.30 & got on with the drawing. Dined at 8.20, M, Roy & self quietly. Bed after rest. Sir W.Agnew congratulated me on above cartoon at Punch dinner, Monday March 24. Friday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. After at work all day on drawing of Motor Car & Bills. Finished at 9.30pm when M & self dined quietly. Bed after rest. Roy dined at the Conservative Club. Home late & made a noise. (Cutting glued in: Death of W.I.Brunel.) Saturday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out. Walk round Campden Hill. Changeable day. Stace came at 11.15 & photod him at 11.30 for the King in chair & Neptune. Decided to go to see the Boat Race. Left at 12.20 & toddled down with the mare. Saw race. Also young Donaldson & Mr & Mrs Cummings. Back to lunch at 1.30. Developed plates etc. Roy back to lunch late. Also enlarged horses etc. M & self dined quite quietly. Roy out dining with Lennie & Sir Edgar Boehm. They went to the Hippodrome & saw Seals. (Red ink: Out with mare to the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race.) (Cutting glued in: Results of previous Boat Races from 1829 to 1902.) Sunday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Walk round Holland Walk. Met Mr Sylvester & a dog, x between a French poodle & a Scotch terrier. Decided not to go in a motor car. Lennie called at 11.0 & Roy, he & Nipper went to Charlwood. At work all day & in afternoon enlarging etc for drawing of King & Neptune. Photod Shell & also Horses. In yard till 5.30pm. After traced out the drawing. At 8.0 Sir Edgar Boehm, Lennie, Roy, self & M dined. 2 bottles of Dumeny etc. Sir E.B too much wine & brandy. Bed at 12.0 after rest. (Red ink: At work all day on drawing of the King & Neptune.) (Cuttings glued in: Golden
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 wedding of Thomas & Emma Braithwaite. Diamond wedding of Arthur & Sarah Henderson.) Monday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Gloucester Road. Saw Little Composure & after across Park & home on Roy's cycle. At work all day on drawing of the King & Neptune. Left off at 5.0pm & walked up in the rain to the Garrick. Called C.C. Interview with Mr Fitzgerald. On to Punch dinner for Easter, or rather to make up the week after Easter. F.C.B, self, Raven Hill, A.G.(out of place) O.S, Sir W.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, & H.W.L. Suggested Bird's Eye Susan. Also Peace. Left & home. Roy had been to Haywards Heath. Great gale & windows rattling in the night. (Red ink: 2nd interview with Mr Fitzgerald.) Tuesday March 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out for walk. Avoided old W & fast up Phillimore Gardens, no up Campden Hill. Back & at work all day on the King & Neptune. Work up to 9.45 when finished. Roy had not had his dinner. M, Roy & self dined. Slept in chair with good fire till 2.0pm. This day the Barr Estate at Knightsbridge, St George's Place came to an end. The lease expires at noon today & deprives me of £650 per annum. (Red ink: The Barr Estate ceased to exist this day. Alas!) (Cuttings glued in: Mr Rhodes's Will. Saty April 5. Death of Kate Knox-Holmes.) Wednesday March 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired. Out past Holland House. Roy off to City. Wrote letters. Sent Otley to Chappels. After skemed figure for Peace after putting away all photos from yesterday & a lot too. Dressed & lunched at home at 1.30pm with M. At 2.10 went up by bus to the C.C & photod M.R for Peace blowing trumpet. Out at 5.0 & tea at Garrick. Talk to Garner about Roy's election. Called & paid bill at Sands & Hunters. Saw young Calderon. Got ½ plate camera. Home by bus. Woman in it like Tadema's Cleopatra side face. M packing. Had a quiet dinner at home, M, Roy & self. Bed early afterwards. Very depressed about losing all my interest in the Barr Estate. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Funeral of Mr Rhodes. Saty April 5. George Frampton elected R.A. Thurs 27 March 1902.) Thursday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. Avoided old W. In morning wrote letters & packed. M & self got off in Otley's cab at 12.45pm driving to Marylebone. Station master most civil & stopped train at Eckington. Arrived 4.45. Dorothy Howlden met me. Drove to Renishaw & had tea. Commenced letter to Otley. Howlden came in at 5.30pm. Played a round of golf. After put things away & dressed. Dinner. Mr & Mrs H, Dorothy, M & self. Had sparkling Moselle at dinner. Oh! Had not tasted it since Mrs Fletcher at Barrow Hedges in 1885. Game of billiards after. Beat Mr H by 3 after being 60 ahead. Doubts about Roy enjoying himself. Felt seedy & livery. Dear M in bed. Had nightmare at night. Both however slept well although near the tapestried room. Dear Mite left Gloucester Terrace & went to Nymans. Linley went to Glovers. (Red ink: M & self went to Renishaw Hall.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Friday March 28 Renishaw Hall. Up at 8.15. Felt very seedy with liver after dinner last night. Breakfast & was let in for family prayers. After was bustled for time. Changed check trowsers for gaiters as felt cold. M & self were driven to see Welbeck. Mr & Mrs H, M & Dorothy in one trap, self with Watmore in another. Got there at 12.30. Lovely drive. Put horse up. Lunch in cottage. M & sandwiches. Went over riding stable. Photod & finally drove back. After played round of golf at 5.0pm with Mr H. At 6th hole Roy appeared. He played three back. Roy & book of stories. Dinner. Roy beat Mr H & self at game of billiards. Bed. Roy & ghosts. Roy brought my camera & golf clubs down with him from London. (Red ink: Roy came down to Renishaw.) Saturday March 29 Renishaw Hall. Up at 8.15. Breakfast 9.15. Had been out for stroll. Left with Mr Howlden immediately after breakfast to catch train for Sheffield. Missed it. Midland & Gt C. Back & horse put in trap & drove to S, Roy remaining at Renishaw. Good glass of beer. Got to Sheffield thro Henley. Called at Henley Silver Rolling Mills. Then by train to S. Looked in at Mappin & Webbs. After walked to Gell St. Found 34, now 86, unchanged. Took photos. Drizzle of rain. Also saw Adams's old school. Altered. Walk down Hanover Street to Swiss Place. Found my Aunt Worth's old house 'To Let'. In a shocking state. Long walk back to Henley. Drove back. Lunch. After H, Roy & self played round of golf. Walked round the lake after. Strong wind. Dinner. Champagne. Played Roy billiards. Beaten. Sleepy after. Bed at 11.30. Slept well. Better. (Red ink: Went to Sheffield & photod Gell St etc etc.) Sunday March 30 Renishaw Hall. Up at 8.15. Out before breakfast & walked down asphalt walk. Breakfast. Letters. Avoided prayers & stayed in house. Roy, M & Mr & Mrs H & Dorothy went to church. Photod hall & drawing room. Early dinner at 1.0. After played round of golf. Self went round in 68, Roy in 72. Howlden out of it. After a walk to Pike Pitt. Dorothy kicking a ball. Back. Rest & dressed. Supper at 8.0pm. Game of billiards after with Howlden, beat him by 40. Had changed plates. Smoke & bed at 11.40. Slept well. Roy did not seem very well at night. Pike Pool water was (illeg). (Red ink: Walked to Pike Pool. Rags the terrier pup. Turned back.) Monday March 31 Renishaw Hall. Up at 8.20. Bath. Breakfast. Took photo of haunted room. After at 10.40 all started for Hardwick Hall. M & Mrs H & Roy in one trap. Self & Marjory H in another. Thro' Staveley, Arkwright Town. Fine house of the Arkwrights. Lovely house Hardwick. Took photos. Splendid tapestry & pictures. One of the Duchess of Devonshire shewing C. Lunch at Hardwick Arms. Left at 2.15 & home 3.50. Roy to leave at 5.0. Roy did leave 5.0. Mr H & self seeing him off, & had stroll round the lake after. Talk of Dora & family affairs. After back in house & wrote seven letters also diary. Lost waistcoat. Mr & Mrs Morgan dined. Mrs Morgan's sister married Sir Edmund Hay Currie. Heard Archibald Hay Currie died 15 years ago leaving three children. Incident of subscription to church. Mr M had given £1000. Played one game of
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 billiards, beat H by 3. Bed after yarns of the Sitwells. (Red ink: Drove to Hardwick. Roy returned to town.) Tuesday April 1 Renishaw Hall. Up at 8.30am. Dull morning. After breakfast photod hall & steps etc. Was 2 hours at work thinking out the Empire Cover. Luncheon. After took camera at 2.10 & photod trees, back & end buildings. At 3.0 played round of golf with Mr H, beating him 5 holes to 4. M & Mrs H came & Marjory. Bother looking for balls. After took small camera & snap shotted terrace etc. Tea. Walk round with Mr H & took 2 or 3 of lane & roots. Back 6.30. Wrote letters & changed plates. Dinner 7.30. Claret. Marjory locked up the wine. H & self sleepy after dinner. Bed at 10.30. Went down into hall for camera etc & packed. Bed 11.45. M rubbed my chest. A nasty chest cold all day. (Cutting glued in: Killed in action, Capt Douglas Heron.) Wednesday April 2 Renishaw Hall. Up at 7.15 & bath. Breakfast 8.0. Caught Mrs H before leaving. Lovely bright sun. Photod bed & chairs outside for throne. Left at 10.20 walking down to Ecklington station. M followed with Mrs H & Rags. Up to London. Changed at Nottingham. Waited ½ hour. Comfortable lunch & at Marylebone 3.0pm. Otley met us. Home by 3.30pm. Papers. Developed a doz 5 x 4s. Tea & to work. Skemed subject of School Boys etc. After sent rough notions to Mr Fitzgerald. Dinner at 8.20. Ink would not work. M, self & Roy. Bed 10.30pm. Rags' 1st day at Stafford Terr. (Red ink: Returned to Stafford Terrace from Renishaw Hall.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Herbert Newton Smith, of a son.) Thursday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0.x. Roy down 8.45. Walk round Campden Hill. Gave old W 2d. Back. Photod Roy at 9.45 for School Boys. After went to Kensington Church for background. Met Huish. Fine morning. Found out that W.Coutts Fyfe died on Tuesday. Very shocked. After skemed subject of School Boys, Balfour, or rather had skemed it yesterday afternoon. Wrote letters & enlarged at 12.0, also one for Mrs Howlden. Up in room 4.30pm. Wrote Howlden about Julu & trap. Worked till 8.0pm, M reading The House with the Green Shutters. Roy dined with Harold Messel at the Bath Club. Dinner M & self at 8.15pm. Read above book & to bed at 12.0. Roy still out. Times, Thursday 3 April. On Tuesday 1st April at 27 Stafford Terrace, Kensington W, suddenly of pneumonia, William Coutts Fyfe, Secretary of the Westminster Fire Office. Friends please accept this the only intimation. Funeral on Saturday the 5th inst, Kensal Green Cemetary at 4 o'clock. (Red ink: Mrs C.F left Stafford Terrace Tuesday 5 Aug with dogs.) (Letter glued in announcing death of Mr Henry Barr, from Fred'k Barr.) Friday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round Campden Hill. After to work all day on drawing of Schoolboys. Sent cheque to Fenton & Sons & paid wages etc. Roy dined with Lennie at the Arts Club. M & self dined at 10.0pm after M reading Lucas Malet's book, The Barrier without a Gate. Roy in 12.15. Bed 1.0am. Very done up & tired.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Saturday April 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Singularly tired. Down. Heavy rain. Did not go out. Breakfast. Roy off to City. After went round to Dank & Clark's (changed name) & had my hair cut. Back. Sorted & put away photos etc. Wrote two letters. Lunch. M & self at 2.45 walked as far as Knightsbridge Barracks. Carriage overtook me. To the Garrick, no, Wyndhams Theatre, & saw Mrs Tree in 2 plays. M, self & Maud Paxton. Heard Thro' the Telephone & Caesar's Wife. Both good & admirably played. Warner, Leonard Boyne & Sutton, Mrs Tree & Fay Davis. All good. Called C.C. Telegram from Monckton Station Master. Saw Box 7 at the Garrick. Put M & Maud P in carriage. Tea at Garrick. Only 3 names written on page for Roy. Walked nearly all way home. Shops going on at Knightsbridge. Fruit & home 7.15. (Red ink: M & self & Maud Paxton went to matinée of Wyndhams Theatre.) Sunday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am.x. Out past Holland House reverse way. Breakfast. Roy & self started at 10.20am & went to Victoria. Notice sea rough. Came back. Got on & developed a dozen Renishaw photos. Lunch. Dora with us. Had printed 50 blues Renishaw etc. At 2.30 M & self, Dora, Roy & Rags went to Melbury Road. No pictures at Fildes or Stones. Called Colin Hunters & saw Jack Hunter. After to Shannons. Badly brought up girls. No pictures Princeps. Walked home. M & Dora went in carriage to St John's Wood. Goodall, Rivière, Dicksee, Parsons. Self developed 18 ¼ plates. 6 failures of Gell Street after all my trouble. M back at 6.0pm. Put plates away & dated photos. (Red ink: Roy & self went to Victoria & came back, too rough. Picture Sunday.) Monday April 7 Stafford Terrace. U at 8.15am. Took Rags for walk round Hornton Street. Followed well. After in morning wrote letters. In afternoon enlarged for Coronation picture. Got them too large. Put champagne out & finished by 6.50. The Howldens came to dinner. M, Roy, self & Mr & Mrs H. Went on to the Garrick Theatre & had Box 8, no, 7. Saw Pilkerton's Peerage for 2 nd time. Got 2 stalls & went down. Theatre not very full. Home by carriage. Roy to supper at the Savoy. I don't think the Howldens enjoyed it very much. Cold east wind. Wrote to put off sitting for tomorrow. (Red ink: The Howldens dined with us. Went to see Pilkerton's Peerage.) Tuesday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Took Rags up Holland Walk. Missed schoolgirls. After in morning schemed page or cover for Academy Notes. Lunch by self. M out at Midge's to meet Frisbys. After enlarged a photo of Ethel Warwick. At 3.25 Phil Agnew called & had talk about the exhibition for Spottiswoodes. Left at 4.0pm. Up in room & began drawing for Academy Notes. M in room at 6.0. Roy dined at Langleys. M & self dined quite quietly. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Bitterly cold east wind. (Red ink: Phil Agnew called about Spottiswoodes.) Wednesday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out for walk with Rags. Back. Breakfast. Roy bad cold & snuffly. Up in room & wrote letters. Went on with drawing for
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Academy Notes & worked up to 5.30pm, M in room. After dressed & walked to the Punch dinner, or at least as far as the Garrick. Called C.C. Poor Cole very ill. By bus from Strand to P.D. Phil A, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, O.S. Good dinner. Cuts made up fairly early & left 10.40 & home all way by bus. M & Roy in who had dined at Lennie's. Bed 12.30am. Met Macmillan in the Row. Talk about Andersen’s tales. Thursday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk with Rags down to Owen Seaman's studio Pembroke Gardens. Got book & back by 9.15am. Breakfast. After schemed subject of John Bull putting up enormous weight 196,843,000 £ & Hicks-Beach. Stace came at 12.0. Had sent Otley for costume. Photod both at 12.30. Dull morning & no sun. Developed after . Lunch by self. M at Charley Hartree's. Worked all afternoon & up to 8.15 when dined. Roy dined with Harold Messel & went to the Toreador after & supper. Cold miserable weather. Poor Cole the Hall Porter at the Garrick Club died this day. (Red ink: Death of poor Cole, Hall Porter, Garrick.) Friday April 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. M had had bad night & woke with hands numb. Out with Rags & over C.H. Gave old W 2½. Letters. A letter from F.C.B about peace rumours, & after 4 or 5 wires. In doubt as to altering drawing. Went on with J.B putting up Weight. Roy back at 6.0. Had made £7. He & M dined 7.30, self at 10.0pm. Bed 12.15. Very tired. Roy's cold very bad. Mite came up in motor car in morning. (Cutting glued in: The Countess of Westmorland, of a daughter.) Saturday April 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.30. Out with Rags up Holland Walk & in & out Essex Villas. Roy down with bad cold. M tired. Up in room & wrote many letters. Tidied up. Put in letters of Academy Notes & lunch with M. After dressed & went to christening of dear little Ann. Rev Canon Pennyfather called Ann 'him'. Lennie's motor there & went off with Dora Langley, Miss Phillips & Maud Paxton. All six feet high. Back to Stafford Terrace to tea & got on with work for 2 hours. M came up in room. After dressed & to Butts. Bought fruit. Carriage to Mite's. Mite, M, Roy & self. Champagne to drink Baby's health. Left at 10.30pm. Lennie & bronzes. News by last post from Lewis that Rose had been refused a lease by the Ecclesiastical Commissoners. So ends the optimistic view of poor little Lewis dangled before me since 1897. (Red ink: Dear little Ann christened at St Mary Abbots.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Shackle.) Sunday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & a lovely morning. Took Rags up Holland Walk. Back. Breakfast at 10.50. Lennie came in his motor & Roy & self ran down to Nymans. Got there in 2 hours exactly. Mr & Mrs Messel etc. 14 at lunch. Photod mound & left at 2.35 for my 1st view of Balcombe House. Very much pleased with it. Agent a man named Baker, 2 nice dogs. Picked flowers & back Nymans at 4.30pm. Left at 4.45 in car for home. Lovely run. Took 2 phos from the car. Roy's cap came off. Back in 1¾ hours. Lennie went on. M,
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Mite Roy & self dined quietly. Roy's cough troublesome at night. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Went by motor to Nymans & first saw Balcombe House. Saw Mr LeBag at Reigate.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ernest Gambart. Death of W.H.Penhaligon.) Monday April 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am & out with old Rick & Rags round Campden Hill. Breakfast. News came from Mr F.Barr that the sole surviving trustee had died, Mr H.Barr, in the Barr Estate. After writing letters set to work & all day at Mr Clowes's drawing for Academy Notes. Finished it at 6.30. Cleared up. M in my room. Left at 7.25 & by cab to the C.C. & on to the Junior Carlton where I dined with C.E.Galbraith. Next a very nice man named Connal a picture buyer. Old Sir Jacob Wilson & three others. Left at 11.30pm & home by bus from top of St James's Street. Ethel English had dined with M & Roy. (Red ink: Dined with Galbraith at the Junior Carlton Club.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Christiana Chapple.) Tuesday April 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. x. Out for walk with dogs. Wet damp morning. Roy's cough troublesome at breakfast. Felt tired & seedy after last night's dinner. Mr Clowes called at ten am. Satisfied with drawing. After looked out drawings for the Spottiswoode exhibition. Then began to scheme the 'Peace' subject. Went on to 3.30pm. when enlarged figure & one of M.Hall. Tea below, Up in room after, M with me. Roy dined at Midge's. To meet S.J.H & his wife Adah & Ethel English. After M & self dined quite quietly. Very tired after. Slept in chair until Roy came in at 11.50 by carriage. Wednesday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Good bath. Lovely spring morning. Warm. After took dogs for walk. Had to whip Rags. Breakfast. Felt tired & seedy after. Went on with Peace & worked on it up to 4.45 when left off. M in my room, had been in Mite's motor car. Dressed & strolled up the Row to C.C. Saw Colwood Ledger's swagger carriage. Also met Dr (blank) who narried Nelly Keith's sister. Called Garrick. Heard that the Garrick had paid all x's for poor Cole's funeral. On by bus. No, walked past Drury Lane to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, B.P, A.G, F.C.B, self, A à B & O.S & P.A. Suggested own cut of Free Trade & Hicks-Beach. Peace for Partridge. Wrote Maud Paxton etc & home by bus all way. M & Roy had dined at Mite's. Bed 12.0 very tired. (Red ink: John Aird bought Partridge's Peace drawing.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Henry Cavendish to Isabel Jay.) Thursday April 17 st th Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out on Roy's cycle 1 time since Mon March 4 . Called Maud Paxton, 23 Courtfield Gardens. After through Nevern Square & home. Breakfast. Dogs. After schemed subject. Maud kindly stood for me for Free Trade. After photod Otley. Delph could not come. Enlarged by 4.15. M out in carriage. Got to work at 5.0pm to 8.15 when dined. Roy dined with Sir Edgar Boehm at the Bath Club & they went to The Princess's Theatre after. Poor M's hands hurt her very much. Numb in the night. Lennie & Mite dined with us. A peaceful quiet evening, M shewing them old photographs. Mite had
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 a bad cold. Bottle of Dumeny '93. They left at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Photod Maud Paxton.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Mrs Hermann Vezin. Death and obituary of Jules Dalou.) Friday April 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out with dogs. Gave O.W 2d & home. Breakfast. At work all day on drawing of Hicks-Beach as Autolycus & Miss Free Trade. Finished at 9.20. Boy went by mistake to Burnands & back to me again. Annoyed. Roy reading 'In the midst of Life'. The Man & the Snake. Dined by self at 9.30pm, M & Roy having previously dined. Bed at 11.45 after reading W.G. Poor M's hands hurt her in the night again. Did not apply for issue of Consuls. Not worth while. (Cutting glued in: Lord Byron died for Greece, April 19th, 1824.) Saturday April 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 or 8.30 & out at 9.0 & took turns in & out of S.T, Essex V & Durham V & P.G on cycle trying the free wheel. All right. Rags & old Rick round. After Roy to City. A long morning writing letters. New camera ½ plate came home. After lunch at 1.20 M & self in the carriage to the St James's Theatre & saw Paolo & Francesca. Dull play. Mrs P Douglas just behind. Lovely spring morning. Put M in carriage at 5.0pm & strolled on to the C.C & the Garrick. Saw Fahey. Wrote letters & asked Schomberg McDonnell to dine on May 13th. Tea. Headache. Home by bus, walking to Piccadilly. Hartree's lady friend in bus. Bought fruit. Home at 7.10pm. Roy away with Lennie in motor. Dora Webster married this day to a Mr Mellor. Invited but did not go. M & self dined by ourselves, Roy not being back. Quiet evening. Roy dined with Lennie. (Red ink: Went with M to Lyceum & saw a dull play, Paolo & Francesca.) (Cutting glued in: Death & obituary of Frank Stockton. Ap 21.) Sunday April 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out on bicycle 1st time in traffic with free wheel. Saw Linley & Nurse Francis in Bayswater Road. Baby with dreadful tongue. Back. Lovely morning, quite warm. Dear M wandered out to call on Mrs Kenneth Grahame. Self tried to put camera up. Could not. After Lennie, Mite, Roy, M & self to luncheon. Motor came up at 2.30. Started at 2.50 & went through Brentford & Hounslow to Windsor & Staines by Eton, Slough & Black Park to Uxbridge & home to Gloucester Terrace by 5.30pm. Forty five miles delightful run. Tea at Gloucester Terrace. Saw little Ann, Linley etc. Miss Phillips there. Goodbye to Lennie & Mite & also Ricarni who leaves. M. Roy & self walked home & dined quietly together at 8.0. Read & snooze & to bed 11.45 very tired. M's arm hurt her in the night. (Red ink: Delightful motor ride to Windsor.) Monday April 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out for walk. Rick went back & had to whip Rags for running home. Rags killed a rat after breakfast. Lennie & Mite start for abroad at 10.30. Dressed in court suit & attended the Kings Levée, M driving up with me. Got to St James's Palace 11.30am. Saw Sir R Wilson, Lester Reed, William Stone, young Trendell, Arthur Wagg etc. The king looked well. Out & at the Athenaeum by 12.15pm. Wrote letters. Saw Sir
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 William Richmond & the man I sat next at Sir Henry Thompson's last year. M did not come up till 1.5pm. Called at the Hipppodrome & home by 1.45. Lunch. Sent camera to Sands & Hunter & tidied room. After began again the drawing for the Coronation. Dressed at 7.0pm to dine at 7.30pm. M, Roy & self & to go to the Hippodrome. We did go to Hippodrome in Otley's cab. Box. Poor show except a man shooting at eggs & piano. Back in a 4 wheeler & were seen by Mrs Galbraith. (Red ink: Went to the Levée. Mite & Lennie left for abroad.) (Cutting glued in: List of attendees at the Levée.) Tuesday April 22 Stafford Terrace. Good night. Up 8.15. Wet. Out for walk. No dogs. Telephone pipes being put down. Breakfast. Letter from dear Mite. Roy argumentative. Pictures brought down from from spare room to hall. Finished lettering handles of golf clubs. Went on scheming Coronation picture & also Peace. M out to see chicks. Lunch. Sent Otley to May's, C.C etc. M had many callers. Mr Morley, Mrs Braunstein, Mrs Douglas, Midge, Mrs Wallace etc. In yard from 4.0pm to 6.0pm. enlarging. Back in room 6.30 to 7.30, M there also. Roy at Club. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Read 'In the midst of Life' after. Bed at 11.30 after rest. Wednesday April 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out on own cycle along Cromwell Rd & to Kensington High School. No L.C. Back Redcliffe Gds & Nevern Square. At work on Coronation page & schemed figures. Put drawings up & after lunch (M away at the Nemhards) cab to C.C & at 3.0 photod Miss Morgan, 1 st time since last June 22nd. No good. Out at 5.0 & tea at Garrick. Walked & by bus to Miles's & had things tried on. Back. Called Sands & Hunter & to the Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Arthur à B, O.S, P.M, B.P, H.W.L. Suggested cut of Peace & War & 'They twain were casting dice'. Wrote letters & off home by bus at 10.30. Called at C.C for bag & home by cab. Wrote letters to model at home & posted it. Bright full moon. Bed. Roy dined at the Galbraiths, Hans Crescent Hotel, & went to Mrs Cameron Corbett's ball. (Red ink: Went up by cab with miserable horse.) (Cutting glued in: Death & obituary of Mr Phil Morris. Thursday Ap 24.) Thursday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walked up Campden Hill leading Rick. Met Miss Tambay. After back & immediately schemed subject of Peace & War. Miss Cann came at 11.30. Photod her by 12.15. Developed. Bother with new camera. After lunch a very long time enlarging. Things went wrong & miscalculated exposure. Finished by 5.0pm & up in room at work till 8.30pm. Roy most tiresome & argumentative at dinner, a nuisance. Bed at 12.0 after rest. (Red ink: Miss Joan Cann sat for last time.) Friday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.15am & worked 2 hours on figure of War before breakfast. Out with dogs at 8.45 leading Rick up Holland Walk. Lovely spring morning. Was overtaken by old Xing sweeper & had to give her 6d. Back. Band & papers. At work till 5.0 when letter came from Sir Henry Thompson to say dinner was on May 9th. Went on to work & finished at 8.50. M & self
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 dined. Mr Galbraith came in at 9.30pm & took away Academy ticket & also brought a book for me to sign. Very tired. Rested in chair & bed at 12.30pm. Did a very good drawing of Peace & War. Saturday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out leading Rick up Campden Hill, London side. Breakfast & after tidied room. Sun. After developed photos taken Wednesday. Lunch. Finished photos & room. Very tired. Books late. Sorted papers etc & after dined at 6.30pm. Roy & self left at 7.40 for Lyceum. Up in cab, a poor hansom. Saw Bram Stoker, F.C.B & wife, Lucy & ditto, Bernard P & wife, Furniss, Sir F Haines & many others. Went to Garrick with Roy for supper. Saw Hare, Col Lucas, Joe Knight, Cap’n Eckington etc etc. Left 12.35 & home by carriage, Joe Parkinson going out. (Red ink: 1st night of Faust originally was Saturday December 19th 1885.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Henry Cruso to Mildred Robinson.) Sunday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.10. x & very tired. Out 9.40 with dogs from house & up Holland Walk. Back. Breakfast. After printed about 50 blues. A violent wind all day. Sort of gale with cloudless sky. Took at 12.15pm M up to top of Row. Bothered with wind. Met Cartwright. Back by bus. Lunch. Roy back from Queens Club. Again printed blues & had 1½ hrs rest from 4 to 4.30. Tea & after from 5 to 7.30 wrote letters & Store orders. At 8.0 Mr Blair & Mr & Mrs Braunstein dined with us. Pleasant evening. Bad waiting, Freda & Edith knocked the plates about. No forks. After long talk they left. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: The Braunsteins dined with us.) Monday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on cycle past Earls Court. No L.C. After back. Breakfast. Printed a few blues. Very cold but brilliant sun all day. Dressed leisurely & left for the Royal Academy at 12.15 by bus. Saw Millet, Parsons, & many others. Amongst them North who took me off to see Connals & lunch at Berkeley Square. Good lunch & long talk. After left with North & cab to Piccadilly Circus. Bus to C.C. Letter. New hall porter, Hawkins. Wrote 2 letters & called Sands & Hunter’s. Back to Academy, another look round. Saw Ryle. Wonderful Norwegian picture. After to the Woodbury Gallery & walked home. Girl in black down the Park. Got asparagrass & home. M & Miss White. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Very cold at night. Could not find Century Magazine. Man from Chichester called & saw Roy about furniture. (Red ink: Varnishing day at the R.A. Lunch wth Mr North at Mrs Connal's.) Tuesday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on cycle. Earls Court & School. Cold windy morning. Saw man from Chapman & Hall’s on doorstep. Man called from Stores about boards. Went on with drawing for Coronation all day & in afternoon developed etc. Many callers. M & self dined quietly. Roy out at supper & dinner with Hogan. Rest in chair & bed 12.0. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Richard Selleck. Marriage of George Bowles to Marion Penn.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Wednesday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & cycled round Earls Court etc. Blocked by carts. After got on with Coronation drawing etc. Got sketch for Canada. Lunch. Left & up by cab to C.C. At 3.0pm or 3.25 M.R came. Photod and out 5.0. Talk to Thompson Lyon. Tea Garrick & on to the Private View of New Gallery. Met Midge & Dora on steps. Met M after & Sir W.H.Wills, Mr Lemon etc. Went with M in carriage on to Woodbury Gallery & after walk to Garrick. Got bag & on by bus to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, P.A, O.S, R.H, self, F.C.B, A.G, B.P, Suggested cut of Bull & Dogs & left at 10.45 & home by omnibus. (Red ink: Photod M.R last time till Sep 26. Private view New Gallery.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Edward Orlebar to Lucy Thornton.) Thursday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle. Past Earls Court etc. Saw Little Composure & home. Breakfast & after schemed subject of Bull & Bulldogs. Photod Otley at 12.0am & also plaster bull. Roy at home for Stock Exchange holidays. Got done at 5.0pm & went on with drawing up to 8.15pm when M, self, Roy & Dora dined. Quiet evening. Dora left at 10.45pm. Bed 12.0. (Cuttings glued in: Sir F.Dixon Hartland's dinner. The Marchioness of Headfort, of a son.) Friday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & did hour's work before breakfast. After out for walk round C.H. At work all day on drawing of Bull & Tuppenny. M went with Mrs Galbraith to the Private View. Met Pirie(sic, Pirrie) who told me of Fletcher's great fortune, £700,000. M in my room. Dinner at 9.0pm. Roy dined at Midge's & home at 11.30pm. Bed 12.30 very tired. (Red ink: 1st news of Atlantic Combine.) (Cutting glued in: Death & obituary of William Tinsley. Sat 3 May.) Saturday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired. After cycled round Park & home. In morning wrote letters & developed many films, Joan Cann & those taken on Wedy. Dressed. Put up dress things. M & self lunched. Heavy rain showers. Walked to Butts. No oranges. Carriage on to the Prince of Wales's Theatre & saw Hawtrey in a piece called 'The President'. Put M in carriage & to Garrick. Tea & dressed. To Academy Banquet. Got there 6.10pm. Talk to many. Aird, D'Arcy etc. Sat next a Mr Wolf. Harris & Dolly Story. Good speech by Prince of Wales. Duke of Abercorn very complimentary. Marconi, Rudyard Kipling etc. Left at 12.0 & home by cab. Slight head. Bed at 2.0am after snooze. Private view of the Punch drawings. Cut down the India rubber plant & sent shoots to gardener at Balcombe House, Mr Mitchell. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'The President' at Prince of Wales's Theatre. After the Royal Academy Banquet. Edgar's birthday.) Sunday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.50 & out. Slight head. Met Sir Henry Bergne & sons. After in morning printed blues. At 12.15 bus to top of Row with M & walked back. Met Roy with dogs, Joe Parkinson etc. After lunch rested 2 hours. Spencer called, Gwen & Evelyn, Midge & Tilda, Stone & Paxton. Put photos
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 away & wrote letters. Posted them. Edgar & Sophy dined. Talk of Fletchers' great good fortune. They left at 11.0. Very cold. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Edgar & Sophia dined with us. Congratulated Sophia.) Monday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Showery morning & cold. Walk by self up Campden Hill. No dogs. Roy to go to Haywards Heath. Wrote letter of recommendation for Roy to Garrick Club. After could not get to work on Coronation drawing till 12.30. Lunch. A rest & at 5.0pm put in perspective of steps. M out. Worked till 8.0, daylight all time. Roy came back to dinner not having gone to drill. Wrote H.Fletcher to congratulate him on his wealth. After read & to bed at 11.30pm. Very cold at night. Tuesday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. x. M's poor hands hurt her. Out with dogs. Round Hornton Street. Very cold. Back. Letters. On with Coronation drawing & schemed the England Scotland & Wales & after at 5.0 enlarged. Work from 7.0 to 8.0pm. At 8.15 Mrs Kenneth Grahame dined with us. Roy out to dinner. Oh! so slow Mrs G. Walked home with her. (Red ink: Mrs Kenneth Grahame dined with us.) Wednesday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle. Saw L.C. Past Radcliffe Gds & home. Cold raw morning. After got allotment of £500 in P & O Debentures. After went on all day with drawing of Coronation. Bothered with it. M went to 'Paris in London' with Maud Paxton. Dressed at 5.10pm & walked to Garrick calling C.C & Sands & Hunters. Got parcel at Garrick & by bus to Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A, Sir W.A, P.M, B.P, H.W.L & A.G. Cut made up in extraordinarily short time. Over 8.45. After left at 10.0 & called C.C for bag & home by bus. Arrived 11.0pm. Edith reading in dining room. Read & snooze till 12.0 when to bed. Thursday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cold & out. Took dogs up Holland Walk. No school girls. Back. Letter from the Fagans. After schemed subject of Britannia & Dove. Miss Cann could not come. Sent Otley for Miss Tambay. Poor model. She came at 11.45. Took photos as Britannia & developed. After some for Wales & Scotland. Otley had got the dresses. Developed & ready to draw at 4.30. Worked up to 8.30 when M & self dined together. Roy went out somewhere. Bed at 11.30 after rest. No, Roy dined with us. (Red ink: Miss Tambay sat 1st time. Poor model.) Friday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am & worked 2 hours before breakfast on Britannia. Put face etc in & got on with outline. Summons for Roy from a boat builder at Oxford came. After worked all day & got done at 7.10pm. M in room. Dressed hurriedly & went by cab to dine with Sir Henry Thompson. There at 8.0pm punctually. Long talk to Sargent about Sir George Sitwell. Jeune never recognised me. Left at 11.15 & home by cab all the way 2/6. Sir Henry went to bed not well. Went for walk with dogs in the morning. (Red ink:
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Sir Henry Thompson’s dinner of ten)(Plan of table seating: Sir H.T, Sir Francis Jeune, another, Moberly Bell, L.S, J.S.Sargent RA, Sir H's son. a young man, Prof Ray Lankester, Lord Ashbourne.) Saturday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. Took dogs up Holland Walk. Pretty girl in grey dress. After breakfast at 11.0am. Photod Maud Paxton for Scotland etc & dear M. Developed & began to enlarge. Had sent Otley for Lee Mitford rifle. Lunch. Enlarged all the afternoon up to 5.0pm. M out with Dora & called on Mrs Lucas. Roy had an early dinner & went to the première of 3 Little Maids at the Apollo Theatre. M & self dined quietly. Snooze after. Very cold. Bed at 12.0am. Sunday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Out with dogs. Gave old W 6d. Home. Still very cold. In room & traced yesterday's 6 studies. After took M for walk at 12.20. Strolled down to ornamental water. Peacocks out. Back. Lunch. Had rest & after went on with work. Roy up. Told him of Summons. Dressed & by carriage to the De la Rues at 5.10pm. Ethel English had called & Mrs Blackburn. Saw Kitty Fildes, Fane girls, Lady Stevenson, Tweedie etc etc. M & self left with flowers (roses) & home by 7.0. Saw the King in Kensington Road driving in a carriage & pair. After posted letters & at 8.0 Mr Peter Reed & Dora dined with us. Wasted a bottle of '89 champagne. He stayed till 11.10pm. Snooze till 2.30 when to bed. (Red ink: Roy & self & M went to the De la Rue's at home.) Monday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. M wide awake. Out. Wet morning. Took dogs. Met old Colonel. Breakfast. Wrote letters & cheque for 200 for P & O. Dull dark rainy morning. Sent Otley to May's. Wired Woodcock to put off sitting. Went on with work. Worked up to 5.0pm or 4.30 & started 5.15. Walked up the Park & to the C.C & Garrick Club. Gave instructions for dinner tomorrow & wine & then on thro' Lincolns Inn, walking round New Square to Bouverie St. The Punch dinner on account of Whitsuntide. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, R.L, O.S & B.P. Long time making up my cut. At last got a Balloon one. Suggested by Seaman with not a bad legend. Left at 10.50 & home all way by bus. Wet. Locked Roy out who was at a dance at Kensington Empress Rooms. Bed after reading W.G. Tuesday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on bicycle. Saw L.C & cycled round by Redcliffe Gardens & home along Earls Court. After got to work to scheme Balloon subject. At 12.0 photod Otley & enlarged etc. Got them by 3.30pm. Sent Otley up to Club with bags etc. Many callers. Decided Roy should go to the dinner at the Garrick Club. Left off at 6.0pm & walked up to the Garrick. Letters at C.C from B.J & M.R. Cannot come on Thursday. On to Club. There at 7.40. Arranged table. Stone the first to come, McDonnell 20 minutes late. Everything went off well. (Red ink: Dinner of 9 men at the Garrick Club. Cost £12.12.0.) (Plan of table seating: Col Welby, Lucy, G.W.Wolff, Sir Norman Lockyer, Hon Schomberg McDonnell. L.S, C.N.Lawrence, W.Stone, Roy.) 6
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 bottles of Champagne drunk & 1 of Claret. Took own cigars & 1 bottle of Chateau y'Quem. Wednesday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am & out on bicycle. Saw L.C. Went up Queens Gate & into the Bayswater Road & home. After at work all day on Balloon subject. Roy had his dinner earlier. Finished 9.30 when M & self dined. Tired after & bed. Roy arguing. Thursday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am & out. M & self both overslept ourselves. Walk round Campden Hill. Saw very pretty little girl. After at work on drawing for Coronation. Photod roses etc & a garland. Lunch at home & left at 2.0pm & up to the C.C. At 3.10 photod Rose Woodcock. Not much good & very dark owing to heavy showers. Out at 5.0 & to the Garrick. Had tea. Anxious about Roy's election. Talk to Kenneth Grahame. Lord Rathbone had written a letter. Met me on stairs & said Roy had been announced elected. Very glad. Left & home by bus. Told M & Roy. Dressed & went with M in new carriage to dine at the Hickmans. Very good dinner. Met yound Aird & wife, the Trenches, the Rivières etc etc. Took Mrs Trench in & sat next to Lady Kitson. Plenty of wine. Left at 10.45 & home. (Red ink: Roy elected a member of the Garrick Club. M & self dined at Sir A.Hickmans.) Friday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk over C.H. Gave O.W 1d. Back. Breakfast. Roy off to City. Developed films taken yesterday. A failure most of them. After to work on Coronation drawing. Great bother trying to stick down bulging cardboard on a drawing board. No good. M up in room reading. Roy out to dinner with his partners. M & self dined quietly & bed early. Cold heavy showers all afternoon. Miserable weather. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Hugh Meiklejohn. Death of John Guscotte.) (Red ink: 16 May 1903. Miss Holland disappeared from the Moat Farm, Essex. Murdered by Dougal. Not discovered until nearly a year afterwards. Above a mistake. It was on 16 May 1899.) Saturday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walked over Campden Hill with dogs. O.W 1d. Back & in morning printed some blues. Roy had packed & left to go to visit Conrad at Brighton. After put in Australia in my picture. Lunch & M & self went in carriage to the Haymarket Theatre & sat in the same box where M & I went with C.O.Barker on Tuesday November 25 1884. We then saw 'Diplomacy'. Saw 'Caste' with Brandon Thomas as Hawtree, Cyril Maude as Eccles, Miss Emery as Esther, Miss Marie Tempest as Polly & Giddens as Claridge. Allen Aynesworth as D'Alroy & Miss G.Ward as the Marquise. M cried. Out. Squelching shower of rain. Put M in carriage & went to Garrick. Tea. Letter from M.R. Saw Hare & young Bancroft. After left in heavy rain & home by bus. Laid out 1¼ on fruit. Tilda & Dora at Stafford Terrace. Man had been abusive about Tilda's luggage. Freda had to send for Otley. Quiet dinner & read after. Bed at 11.45. Nightmare in chair about the electric lights. (Red ink: M & self
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 went to see 'Caste'.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Athelstan Braxton Hicks. Meeting of the shareholders of the White Star Company.) Sunday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out with dogs up Holland Walk taking Observer. Bright sun but still cold showers threatening. After home. Breakfast. Rags went for Rick. Roy at Brighton. Tilda with us. Printed a few blues & at 12.0 took M & Tilda for a walk up the Park. Got caught in a hail shower. After home at 1.30. Rest for 2 hours after. Worked from 4.15 to 8.0 on Coronation drawing. Hamilton Langley & Dora dined with us. Pleasant evening & H well. They left at 10.40. Read Chateau Briand & bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: M, Tilda & self caught in heavy rain in the Park.) Monday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out with dogs. Walked into Notting Hill Road past the late Mr Tuer's & home. Cold north wind & showers. Did no photography & worked the entire day on drawing for Coronation. Put in the architecture round the King & flowers etc. Got on fairly well. M & Tilda went over to see the chicks in carriage & M in my room reading History of Spain afterwards. Dinner at 8.10, M, Tilda & self, & to bed at 11.30pm. Pall Mall instead of Westminster Gazette. Sent Otley to the Fire Brigade. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Schutz Wilson. Mon 19 May. Death of Cedric HammondChambers.) Tuesday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out past Campden Hill with dogs. Met school girls. 8.45. Cold N wind. Letter from Dora to say she could not come today. After worked the entire day on Coronation page. Drew the Queen in. Also at 11.30 photod a fireman for Colonial. After developed him etc. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lt Calverley Bewicke. Death of Miltiades Ziffo. Deaths of Sarah Furness, Mathew Furness, Mary Furness, drowned on the Lakes of Killarny.) Wednesday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & cycled round park, calling at H.Langleys. Filthy old butler. Saw H on doorstep. Back home. Breakfast & after at 11.0 photod Dora for Ireland & also Canada. All done over again. Fine morning, coldish. After developed. Did hour's work 12 to 1.0. Then tidied. Dressed. Lunch. M, self & Tilda. After left in bus to C.C. Wire. Called Sands & H. Back by bus & did 2 hours tracing work. After Canon Harford called. Bother. Then walked all the way to the Punch dinner, calling at the Garrick Club. Sir W.A, B.P, F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, R.L, O.S. Long stupid discussion on my cut. Got Education Bill to do. Left & home by bus. Little dancer again in bus from the Vaudeville. Home 11.30. Water all turned off. Blown out. Roy out at a dance. Bed 12.30. Good night's rest. (Red ink: Wire from M.R for sittings.) Thursday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on bicycle short turn round park. Dear M went with Tilda to the doctor (Stone) for Electricity. Photod Roy quite early, 9pm, on bicycle & at 11.0 a boy Spring holding bicycle up. Developed & enlarged. Got to work 4.0pm & at 7.10 dressed. Went with M to call on Dr
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Phillips. Had a very good dinner. Took a clergyman's wife in to dinner, keen on motoring. An Admiral's daughter. Left at 11.0. Rained all day from 1.0pm. Had no hot water in bath in the morning. (Red ink: M & self dined at Dr Phillips. Very good dinner.) Friday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dull dark day all day. Out & over Hill with dogs. Back & all day at work on drawing of Balfour & Bill on bicycle. At 1.45 a wire came & subsequently three others to do 2 cartoons. Answered would not. Roy went to the Apollo Theatre with Conrad. M & self dined at 9.0pm. Very tired & no asparagrass. Bed at 12.0. Tilda left with her box at 9.30am. Saturday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Very tired. Warm muggy morning. Out over Hill. Gave old woman 6d. Took dogs. Roy down early to breakfast. After another wire from Burnand to go on with Peace drawing. Had 9 wires altogether. Got to drawing at 1.0pm. Put in feet. Enlarged Miss Morgan & worked all afternoon up to 8.30pm when dined. Could not finish. Roy at home. M seedy. M & Evelyn Fletcher went to see 'The Country Mouse' & came across Sophy & Anna Dietz. Bed at 11.30. Tired. (Red ink: M went with Evelyn Fletcher & her governess to see 'The Country Mouse'.) Sunday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & did one hour's work before breakfast, 8.0 to 9.0am. Then took the dogs up Holland Walk. Back & from 10.0 to 2.15 finished the Peace cartoon. Messenger took it away. Had rest for 1½ hours & wanted it. Dressed. Sophy called & after just avoided Adah Spencer. Walked up to Piccadilly. Most lovely summer's day. Called C.C & found no letter. After to Athenaeum. Nice letter from Lord Selborne. Back by bus. Funny old lady with cock eye. Evelyn Fletcher dined with us. Rags growled at her. Bed after snooze. Monday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Lovely summer morning. Letter from Molloy. Cycled round past K School. Saw little C. Back & over Campden Hill. Breakfast. Roy down very late. Annoyed. He goes to Drill. After printed 100 blues back plates. Lunch M & self & at 2.30 began to put in figures in the Coronation drawing. Put in India, Ceylon & Guiana in ink, & pencil Canada & South Africa. Tired & knocked off at 8.0pm & wrote this diary. Men from Nash mended window sash & pole in M's room. Ordered Rags's basket. Dinner. Roy did not go to Drill. He was very fidgetty & altogether unrestful at dinner. M & he went to bed 10.30. Read Balzac's Succubus & to bed at 12.30am. Tuesday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out on cycle thro' Kensington Court. Saw Little C corner of Cromwell Road. Round Park & home. M in bed. Rags killed a rat. No definite Peace news. Went on with Coronation drawing. Rather bothered with the head of Canada. M went to lunch at the Miss Lawrences’. After worked all afternoon. At 7.0 went round Battersea Park on a bicycle. Lots of
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 people. Dinner at 8.20pm. New basket for Rags used. Letter from Phil Agnew. Not a pleasant one. Answered it & after read paper & snooze. Bed at 12.0am. Wednesday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & cycled past Kensington Court. Saw little C & sister. Across park & home. Bus obstruction etc. Most lovely morning, bright sun. Worked all day on Coronation drawing up to 4.30 when dressed & walked up to the Punch dinner the entire way. Rain came on. Found I had drawn Friar Tuck for the Derby at the Garrick. After to Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, R.L, A à B, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R (back from Italy 1 st time since Ap 9th) H.W.L. Could not get off doing 2nd cut. Got a Turkish Bath one to do. Left 11.0pm. Called at the Bath Club to get wraps & left my pocket book on table. Home by bus, wet & crowded. (Red ink: Drew 3rd horse for the Derby Sweep at the Garrick.) Thursday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle past School & saw L.C. After back. Schemed subject of Turkish Bath, Budget & Sir M.H-B. Photod Otley & Stace at 11.45 & got all ready by 4.0pm. Very dark & could hardly get prints. After M, Roy & self dined quietly together. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Friday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up & out on cycle. Saw L.C. Back & all day at work on cartoon of Mr Budget & Turkish Bath. Finished at 9.0pm when M & self dined. Roy dined at Hamilton Langley's. Saturday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Up & out with dogs. Gave O.W 3d. Back & worked the entire day on Coronation drawing. Put in Scotland again, Channel Islands etc. M went to the theatre to see Ulysses. Roy to Brighton in afternoon. M back in my room. Dined at 8.30. Freda forgot coffee & lights & altogether waited abominably. Read paper & bed at 12.0, nevertheless got up with headache. (Red ink: Worked all day on Coronation drawing.) Sunday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & out with dogs. Up Holland Walk as far as Alexander's house. Hot close morning. Worked all morning with headache. Tired & slack. Bothered with head of Malay girl. Lunch, M & self. Rest after. Mrs Galbraith called. Slipped out & on cycle to Sir Alfred Hickman's. Forgot collar. 1st season's tennis. Sir A & Col Trench & Galloway & self. Got beaten 3 sets when heavy rain came on & we had to stop. Dressed there & had bath. Dinner. Took a lady from Tresall in, with a young husband. Wonderful old brandy 1787. News of Peace came in whilst at dessert. Home by carriage, M & self. Roy at Brighton. (Red ink: 1st lawn tennis of the season at Sir Alfred Hickmans. M & self dined there.) Monday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out with dogs. No old woman. Flags out for news of Peace. Lovely morning. Worked all day on Coronation drawing. News of conclusion of war in the 'Times'. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Snooze after & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Hard at work on Coronation drawing.) Tuesday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. Damp morning. Met Colossus going to School. After back. Bothered with the King's head all the morning. Thought I had it right. Found it was too big. Out it came again after lunch & got it right about 4.0pm. Went on to work up to 7.45 principally on the King. Dressed & went with M to dine at Courtauld Thompson's. (Red ink: Courtauld & Miss Thompson's dinner. Remarkably good one.) (Plan of table seating: Miss Thompson, Admiral Sir (blank) Erskine, Miss Bradley, self, Lady Erskine, Courthold Thompson, Mrs Hankey, a youth, Mrs S, Captain Hankey). Left at 11.0 & took picture of George 4th away. Home in carriage. Bed 12.0am. Wednesday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Walk round Campden Hill. Met Mr & Mrs Yates Thompson riding. Asked to dinner for tomorrow. Home. Wet early morning. Worked all day on Coronation drawing. Knocked off at 5.0 & went up walking through Park to Alfred Webb Miles & had yachting suit tried on. Walked to C.C & to Garrick. Had drawn 3rd horse in sweep, Friar Tuck. On to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, & O.S. Gave up doing a cartoon. Intensely annoyed to find Index had been thrown over after this one. Left in anger. Probably poor Arthur à Beckett's last Punch dinner. Partridge won the Punch sweep with Ard Patrick. Left & home by bus. Depressed & bitter about the affairs of the paper. (Red ink: Last saw Arthur à Beckett at the Punch dinner.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Sir William Cotton. June 6. Mrs Bruce Ismay, of a son.) Thursday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am & out on bicycle round School, no L.C, & over Campden Hill. Omnibus with party going out of town. After home. Breakfast in little room & confusion with dogs etc. Annoyed with Roy & his way of speaking. After to work. Photod Otley for Chinese, arms & flag & developed & printed. In afternoon went on with the Queen & made a failure of it. Dressed at 7.15 & walked over Campden Hill & took cab to 19 Portman Square & dined at the Yates Thompsons. Good dinner. Took a Mrs Fitzgerald in. Next a charming girl, daughter of the Clerk to the House of Commons. Long talk with another lady after. Home at 11.30 by 2d tube. Edgar & Miss R.I had dined. Roy still up. (Red ink: Self dined with Yates Thompson.) Friday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.45 & did 2 hours work before breakfast. After out & round Campden Hill with Rags. 2d to old W. All day hard at work on Coronation drawing. Put the Queen in & rest of Colonies etc. M out. A wet day all day. Sceptre won the Oaks. Roy dined at Langleys. M & self dined quietly & bed at 11.30. Very cold in the evening. (Red ink: At work on Coronation drawing.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir Daniel Cooper. June 6.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Saturday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round park. Home. Breakfast. At work entire day & all day on Coronation drawing. Mite & Lennie returned from abroad. Wet unsettled weather. Roy went to meet them at Victoria. M, Roy & self dined quietly together at 8.30pm. Bed after snooze. Very dark in middle of day & a thunderstorm came on at 1.0pm. Photod Royal Standard & just got it before storm at 12.30pm. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite returned from Italy.) Sunday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out with dogs up Holland Walk. Home. Breakfast. After worked all day on drawing for Coronation. Put in flowers etc. Threatening rain. Lunch at home. Dear Mite & Lennie back. Lennie brought me 3 sticks from abroad. Went to Sir A.Hickman's with Roy on cycle at 4.0pm. Played a set, Sir A & self against Roy, when Col Trench came. Had to knock off on acct of rain & went back home to work. Put in garland of flowers. Col Trench told me that Capn Morland had made £18,000 out of the 2 nd in command. M & self went in carriage & dined at the Burnands. Took Mrs Hammond in. The Brandon Thomas's there & also Sydney Valentine. A Bohemian evening. Did not leave till 12.30am. Carriage had waited 1½ hours. Poor Roy dined alone. (Red ink: Tennis at Sir A.Hickman's. Knocked off on acct of rain. M & self dined at the Burnands.) Monday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out. Took Rags & met an old soldier who told me about his dog. After met Colossus. Home. Breakfast. After worked the entire day till 7.0pm on Coronation drawing. Began to shade in the afternoon at 5.0pm. Put in the King. Did not like the shading of coat. Left & went in carriage to Ranelagh with M to dine with Sir Henry & Lady Bergne. Rained all day. Remarkably good dinner but uninteresting people. Long talk to Sir Henry. Left at 10.0 in carriage & home. Photod Union Jack for drapery at 12.0am. Conrad came to stay & left on Monday 23 at 3.30pm. (Red ink: Dined with Sir Henry & Lady Bergne at Ranelagh.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Rex Vicat Cole, of a son.) Tuesday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 6.15am & worked 2 hours before breakfast. Out on bicycle at 9.0 past Kensington High School. Conrad at breakfast. After worked the entire day on Coronation drawing. Shaded King & Queen. M & self dined at 8.30pm. Quiet evening & bed after. Dull wretched cold weather & threatening rain. Broke the back of the shading of Coronation drawing. Put in Queen & also left hand Colonies, England, Scotland, Wales etc. Just before dinner took the King's coat clean out & put it in with a sweep again. (Red ink: Hard at work on Coronation drawing.) (Cutting glued in: Death & obituary of Charles Eley.) Wednesday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.15 & worked 2 hours before breakfast. Out at 8.35. Met Colossus. Took dogs. Conrad at breakfast. After worked all day on Coronation drawing. Put in Canada etc etc, Australia. Knocked off at 5.15. Dressed & walked up to Miles's. Tried on suit. Trowsers were a misfit. Coat all
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 right. To Athenaeum (1 letter) C.C none, & Garrick. Got cheque for £7.0.0 for third horse in Derby sweep. To Punch dinner by bus. Sir W.A, Phil A, O.S, R.H, self, F.C.B, H.W.L, E.T.R, B.P. First Punch dinner without poor Arthur à Beckett. Sad. All went on as usual. Got rather stupid cut of Peace on a Donkey. Wrote Stace & home by omnibus all way. (Red ink: Arthur à Beckett absent from Punch table.) Thursday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Wet morning for Ruth Messel's wedding. Walked over Campden Hill & just missed Colossus. Back. Conrad & Roy at breakfast. After skemed subject of Donkey & fat Peace. Photod Conrad. Stace could not come & wired. Otley did instead. After developed & enlarged. M, Roy & Conrad went off to Ruth Messel's wedding at 2.0pm. In yard from 2.30 to 4.30. Went on to draw. Wire from Phil Agnew to send in Coronation cartoon tomorrow. M back at 5.30, in my room. Wrote letter to Agnew & sent it by Otley. At 8.45 Roy & self, Con & M dined quietly. Very tired after. Snooze in chair & bed 12.15am. (Red ink: Ruth Messel married.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Eric Parker to Ruth Messel.) Friday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.10 & at work 6.20 to 8.15 when walked over C.H reverse way. No C. Back. Breakfast. Wet morning. Ordered coals. All day hard at finishing the Coronation drawing. Got it done by 7.0pm. Very wet all day. Pouring & the rain came in at end of drawing room & spoilt the satin curtains. M up in my room. Effie came to lunch looking well. M, Con & self dined at 8.30pm. Got on with cartoon of Peace & Donkey. Put bird cage in. Bed at 12.0 very tired. Left electric light on. Pass came for Chichester. (Cutting glued in: Death of Arthur Wirgman.) Saturday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Up a 7.0am & did 1½ hours work on cartoon, Donkey & Peace. Wet morning. Up Holland Walk. Met with shop girl. Home. Breakfast. Roy in doubt as to going to Chichester. Did not but went in motor to Balcombe House. Back at 11.45pm. Went on all day with drawing of Peace & Donkey & finished at 7.0pm. Sent it off. Wound the clocks. After M, Con & self dined quietly. Rest after. Bed 11.40. Proof & drawing of Coronation returned with letter from Phil Agnew at 5.0pm. Pretty good. (Cutting glued in: The wife of F.C Peal, of a son.) Sunday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. Out up Holland Walk with dogs & back reverse way. Gave old W 6d. Breakfast. After worked all morning & schemed the last Index I shall do. Lunch. M, Roy & self. Conrad out. After rested an hour. Felt depressed. Tired & seedy. Heavy rain came on at 4.0pm just as starting for tennis. Sat down to work for an hour. At 5.0 Roy & self went to Sir A Hickman's. Played 4 sets Roy against Sir A & self. After Col Trench came at 6.20pm. We (Roy & I) beat Sir A & the Col 3 sets. Cliquot cup. Home at 7.40. Dressed & at 8.0 Mite, Lennie, Con, M, Roy & self dined. Felt tired. They left at 10.45. Snooze & bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: Wet but played at Sir A Hickman's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Ann Naylor-Leyland.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Monday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Bath. Out with Rags over Campden Hill. Rags messed me. Met Colossus. At breakfast pitch dark. Had to light the electric light. Heavy rain after. Roy to go to Haywards Heath. Worked all day on Index. The last Index. After dressed & went with M in carriage to dine at Mrs Medley's. Took a sad sad doctor's wife in & also met the Stevens. Also George Smith, dep Chairman of the Stock Exchange. Left & home by carriage. Better weather. Roy back from drill & gone to bed. (Red ink: M & self dined at Mrs Medley.) Tuesday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30 & worked till 8.15 on Index. After out with dogs. Saw working man give Indian tobacco. Met Colossus. Back home. Breakfast. Con & Roy, M, self. Worked all morning on Index. Bothered with Punch's head. Took it out. Lunch on Mervyn's trout caught in Feby last. Tilda to lunch. 1st sun saw for many days. Sent Index off at 2.30 & began tail. Finished tail by 6.0pm. Sent it off & began the opening page or rather Title for Vol 122. Dressed & left in carriage to dine at Sir W.H.Wills's. Met W.Agnew. Also took in a delightful newly married lady, Mrs Hugh Adams. Had had experience on Literature for six years in London. A niece of Sir William Henry's. M equally delighted with her. Home in carriage. (Red ink: M & self dined at Sir W.H.Wills. Met Sir Wm Agnew. Last saw him.) (Cutting glued in: In Memoriam: Henry Vanstone.) Wednesday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30. Worked before breakfast on Title page. Walk over Campden Hill with dogs. Saw Colossus. Back. Breakfast. After at work all day on title page. Enlarged 2 plates of Britannia. Knocked off work at 5.15 & dressed & walked up to A.W.Miles & had blue suit tried on for 3 rd time. After by bus to the Punch dinner. Phil A, B.P, A.G, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, self & O.S. No à Beckett. Not one single word said about my drawing for Coronation number. Lots of praise of Phil May & Raven Hill. Got cut of Bal Masqué. Left & home by bus. Getting more & more disgusted with the Punch dinners. Crowds of people. Home. M & Roy had dined with Miss Rose Innes & had gone to see the Toreador. Tired & to bed 12.0am. Thursday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & worked 1½ hrs before breakfast. Out on cycle. Past little girls. After past school girls. Saw Little Composure. Called Maud Paxton & home. Breakfast 9.15. After skemed subject of Chamberlain & Protection masked & at 12.0 photod Maud Paxton & Con in lovely weather. Maud P stayed to lunch. Went on to work at the Title page after & began to shade at 6.0pm. Effie came & stayed after much persuasion to dinner. She was mad on going to see the Indians at Hampton Court with Ethel English tomorrow. Roy dined at Mrs Cameron Corbett's. Bed at 11.30. Tired. (Red ink: Effie Herapath dined. Mad on Indians.) Friday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am. Worked 2 hours before breakfast. Took head of Britannia out again & again. Much bothered. Wet morning. Walk over C.H.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Met no one. Breakfast. After finished Title page at 11.0am. Smudged Britannia's face at last moment & had to do it again. Then began cartoon of Joe Chamberlain & Protection masked. Worked all day up to 7.30pm when dressed & went up in carriage to dine at the Carlton Hotel with Galbraith. Very good dinner but dull people. Met a man who shot with me at Rider Haggard's in 1894. Left 11.0. Called Athenaeum & home. Crowded streets. Bed 12.0. Con & Roy at the Empire. (Red ink: M & self dined with Galbraith at the Carlton.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mrs Miéville. Obituary of Robert Cleaver. June 19 1902.) Saturday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am & worked 2 hours before breakfast. Put in staircase etc. Walk round Campden Hill. Indians. After home & the entire day at work on cartoon of Chamberlain & Zollvereign. Fancy Bal Masqué. Finished 9.0pm. Evelyn Fletcher, Con, Roy, M & self dined. Very tired after. All went to bed at 11.0. Self snooze till 12.30. Burnand was to have gone to Windsor to present the Coronation Number to the King. (Red ink: Burnand did go & had a long talk with the King. Alfred Austin 'Silly little man.' ) Sunday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & started with Conrad at 7.30 & cycled on a most lovely sunny morning along the entire length of the route of the Coronation procession. Crowds of people & shop girls cycling. Home at 9.0am exactly. Waited for breakfast. After printed 60 blues & at 12.30 went with M up to top of Row in a 4 wheeler. Dense crowd of people. Walked back. Very hot. Kensington Gardens crowded with troops camping out. After lunch. Very hungry. Con, Roy, M & self. Roy (illeg) tiresome wrangling about going to Sir A.Hickman's. Rested from 2.45 to 4.0pm. Went on cycle to Sir A.H's. Played 7 sets, 3 sets all. Young John H & self versus Sir A & Col Trench. Miss Underhill there. Left at 7.10. Miss Rose Innes at Stafford Terrace. Dressed & at 8.15 Con, Miss R.I, Lennie, Mite & Roy, M & self dined. Very tired after. Bed 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink across page: Con & self cycled round Coronation route.) Monday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. Sunny very warm morning. Out with dogs, just behind Colossus, & walked over Campden Hill thro' Holland Walk. All the girls go to the High School, Notting Hill. Back & breakfast 9.20. After in room. Wrote letters & dated a great many back blues. Lunch. Con to leave at 3.30pm. Con did leave. Went on tidying etc & at 6.45 dined, M, Roy & self. After we all went in carriage to the Vaudeville Theatre. The King & Queen came from Windsor at noon. Royal carriages about. Had to go round by Westminster. Got there 8.45. Kenneley Rumford & his wife there. Lennie & Mite in box. Roy nearly had his watch taken. Home by carriage from the Garrick Club. (Red ink: Went to Vaudeville & saw for 3rd time 'Blue Bell'.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Fanny Mavrogordato. Death of the Dowager Marchioness of Hertford. Death of the Marchioness of Ailesbury. Report on the King's health 'very satisfactory'.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Tuesday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. Very hot at night. Out up Holland Walk. Met Colossus at 9.0am. Back & wrote letters. Hung flags out. Left at 11.35 & by bus to C.C & after lunched at the Garrick. In comes Percival with news that the Coronation is postponed. Terrible. Aynsworth, Scoones etc. After out & round to C.C. At 1.30 photod B.J for last time. Absolutely no good at all. Out at 2.0pm & round to Garrick & had coffee & liqueurs & talk to H.Furniss. Out & met Maclean who asked me to supper on Saturday. No, met Maclean at 1.10. To Athenaeum. Saw Sir B.Baker. Walked home down Piccadilly & Green Park. Intensely hot. Mrs Edwin Herapath & Ethel & Miss Penruddick & a very pretty girl Miss Tearem(?) Up in room & squared up prints. M out with Mite. After at 7.30 went with M into Kensington Gardens & saw the troops encamped. Dinner at 8.40. Very tired after & snooze. M & Roy walked out to post letters. (Red ink: Postponement of Coronation on acct of King's illness.) Wednesday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out up Holland Walk. Gave old W 6d. Little school girl. Shop girl. Breakfast & after missed small hand bag. Little Wink Eyes. Sent Otley up to C.C but could not get bag. After at lunch wire to go & call on Burnand. Rested in chair till 4.30 when cycled to call on F.C.B. Had left. Back & walked up to the C.C though the Park to Piccadilly in a panama hat. At Punch dinner punctually. F.C.B, self, O.S, Phil A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, Got drawing of Britannia praying & home on top of a bus all way. Very close & hot. (Red ink: Missed hand bag. Subsequently found in cupboard knawed by mice. Put it there myself.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Helen Welby. Illness of the King and Postponement of the Coronation.) Thursday June 26 Stafford Terrace. The Coronation honours out. F.C.B Knight. Up at 7.0 & schemed drawing of Britannia praying. Sent Otley to Joan Cann, no good. After to Miss Tambay who came at 10.45. Photod her in sun. Developed etc. Got on all right at 4.30, went on till 8.30 & got on well with a double page. Dinner M & self. Roy out at Midge's. Bed 11.30. Tired. (Red ink across page: Was to have been the Coronation.) Coronation honours that I knew as under: Peerage: Lord Robertson. Baronets: Sir George Lewis, Sir Edward Poynter, Alexander Henderson, Charles Bright McLaren. Knights: F.C.Burnand, Dr Conan Doyle, Dr Victor Horsley, Joseph Lawrence MP, W.J Soulsby C.B: John Thorneycroft, Ernest Waterlow, J.L.Wilkinson, G.Fleetwood Wilson, Charles Wyndham. K.C.B: The Hon Schomberg McDonnell, Sir Henry Bergne C.B, Alan Cole C.B. New order of merit: G.F.Watts Esq. GCB: Sir Francis Jeune. Friday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Bank Holiday for Coronation. Up at 6.45 & at work. Wrote congratulatory letters & after at work all day on double page for The Vigil, Britannia praying. Had been for walk up Holland Walk. Roy at home. Finished at 9.15 & sent double page off. M, Roy & self dined quietly & bed after at 12.0. Very hot. (Cutting glued in: Death of David Barrie. June 28.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Saturday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 very tired. Out for walk with Rags. Up Holland Walk. Brilliant morning. All morning putting things away & straight. Roy, M & self to lunch. Rest after. Gave up after sending Otley going to Adelphi. Dined 7.30, M, Roy & self. Very hot. After in drawing room. At 10.30 Roy & self went on top of bus to Garrick Club calling Alhambra. Went up into billiard room & after had supper or rather a 2nd dinner to 12 men. (Red ink: Sir Francis McLean's supper-dinner. (Plan of table seating: Col Fletcher, Mr Pell, Cyril Maude, Forbes Robertson, Roy, Arthur Hadleigh, J.Comyns Carr, H.Beerbohm Tree, Linley Sambourne, Sir Squire Bancroft, Sir Francis Maclean.) Long talk to Bancroft. Left at 2.0am & home by cab. Bed. Extra cheque for Coronation number sent by the firm. Sunday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & felt no worse after last night's supper. Went up Holland Walk & after back. Very close & hot. All morning writing letters of congratulations on Honours of Coronation. Also put ¼ plates away. After rest after lunch & at 4.15 went up to Sir A.Hickman's to play lawn tennis. Met Miss Rose Innes on door step. Col Trench, Galloway, John Hickman & a dear little grandchild with pretty teeth & legs. Played many sets. M came up & Roy stayed to dinner. After Lennie, Mite & Mr Douglas dined. Very warm. Fan going. They left at 11.15am, or rather Douglas. (Red ink: Tennis at Sir A.Hickman's. Lennie, Mite & Mr Douglas dined. Roy dined at Hickmans.) Monday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & up Phillimore Gardens with dogs. Rick ran back. Little W.E. etc. After very warm. All morning writing letters. Printed last blues etc. Lunch. Rest. After at 4.30 began Title for new volume. Bothered. At last hit on motor car. Mite came to dinner & Lennie turned up at the last moment & dined too. Thunder & lightning after dinner. No Punch. Dividends from Newnes. After Roy back late. He dined with Hogan at the Exhibition. Bed 11.30. Very close & hot at night. (Cutting glued in: Giorgio Maurogordato to Hope Rae. June 30.) Tuesday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out. Punch double page out. Took Rags up over Campden Hill. Met little W.E. After breakfast photod Roy & Otley for motor car. M out in carriage at 11.30. Wrote letters. After developed photos etc at 12.0. Lovely morning. Many callers in afternoon. Heavy rain came on. M up in my room.after. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Letter from Lucy. Read after dinner & bed at 11.30pm. Wednesday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Out for walk. Round Campden Hill. Old W 2d. Met little W.E. Back & all morning at work on drawing for opening Vol 123. Quite cold again. Lunch. Fanny Barker & Alice called & lunched. After at work from 3.0 to 4.30 when dressed in blue suit & walked all way to Punch dinner. Met Coupé London. Got to dinner at 7.15. P.A, O.S, R.L, L.S, Sir J.T, F.C.B, E.T.R, B.P, & P.M. Tenniel there 1st time for a year. Congratulations to Burnand & no cut for self. Complimented on the Britannia Vigil drawing. Left
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 at 10.30 & on top of bus with Lehmann. Told me Arthur à B got 12£ per week. Home. Roy on door step with Rags. Read paper & to bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Tenniel dined at the Punch dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Ida Whishaw.) Thursday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Out for walk. Cycle not yet finished. Dog ran at Rags in Holland Walk. Little W.E & her father. Breakfast. After at work till 5.30 on drawing of Punch & Mercury. Motor car. Dressed & dinner at the House of Commons with Cameron Corbett. Left at 7.15 in the carriage with M. Curious people. Met a very nice couple, the Hoares. Also Solicitor genl for Scotland. M drove me to the Garrick Club & went home. Met Roy. Strolled on to Irving's reception to the foreign Princes & Colonials. Great gathering. The Fagans etc etc. Marshall Wilder. Curious little American woman. Mrs (illeg) to Marie Rose. Left 1.30. To Garrick. Furniss, Lord Dungarven, Joe Knight. Percival screwed. Left 2.0 & home by cab, Roy & self. (Red ink: Dined with Cameron Corbett at the House of Commons. Mrs C.C died this day week.) Friday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Tired. Dressed in blue suit & left at 10.0am & X'd to Calais. Up by busses. Young man & 2 others in carriage. Not one soul I knew Xing in both journeys. Talk to Capn Dixon. Lunch. Good looking French woman on quay. Up with a shabby Italian with most disgraceful luggage. Otley met me at 7.0pm at Victoria. Home. Bought strawberries. Dinner, M, Roy & self. After went with Roy to the Thorneycrofts' at home. Singing. Maud & Lennie there. Hubbard Farquhar. Left 1.0am. Disgraceful cab. Got out & walked at Knightsbridge. Walked home. Bed. Very hot. (Red ink: X'd over to Calais by self.) Saturday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk up Holland Walk. Met no one. After all morning writing & putting straight etc. Sent Otley to Stores for bag. No good when it came. Packed. Lunch. After tea M & self left in a 4 wheeler at 4.30 to catch the 5.5pm train at Paddington for Pangbourne. Met John Aird in a top hat & another. Both going down to Sir B.B's. After arrived Pangbourne. Mrs Kemp met us & Mona. Drove to Bowden Green. There 6.0pm. Met Sir B.B. Delightful house. Took 2 photos. Dogs. Japanese pug & her puppies etc etc. Great bother to get my valise open. Good dinner. Pol Roger 1892, A1. After sat out in garden. Others played bridge. Bed at 11.15 after soda water. Slept fairly well. Delightful bed room only rather hot. King’s dinners to half a million poor in London. (Red ink: Went to Sir Benjamin Baker's.) Sunday July 6 Bowden Green, Pangbourne. Up 7.45 & lovely bath. Slept fairly well. Breakfast in the garden. Delightful. Mr & Mrs Aird, Mr Fitzmaurice, Mrs K, Mona, Sir B.B, Spagnoletti, M & self. After wandered about. Photod fountain etc. Went with B.B to see Donaldson's house that he built & never lived in. After to call on De la Bere, yankee. A Rothschild with a telescopic camera. Very hot. Back. G.D.Leslie there. Lunch & long talk after. Leslie left 3.30. Went up & changed plates in loft. M & Mrs A & Mrs K & Mona went for a
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 drive. After played a set lawn tennis, Spagnoletti & self versus Fitzmaurice & John Aird. Beat them 3 sets, last love set. Bath & dinner. A Mr Campbell came. Baker left at 8.45 to go to Scotland. Very hot, went out & lay in net. After looked at Leslie's book 'Our River'. Bed 11.30. M did not sleep well. So hot. Roy played tennis at Sir A.Hickmans. (Red ink: At Sir Benjamin Baker's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Major General James Beadle.) Monday July 7 Bowden Green, Pangbourne. Up at 8.0am. Had woke at 4.15am & slept under window. Frightfully hot. Bath at last & breakfast in dining room. Good bye to Spagnoletti. After read Esmond & photod peacocks. M & self at 11.15 went into Pangbourne in pony cart. After across bridge to Whitchurch. Back & packed. Lunch under trees. Dr Howes there. Left at 3.15. Mrs John Aird, M, self, Mrs Kemp & Mona. Very hot. After to town. Gentleman rather rude about smoking carriage. Home by a 4 wheeler. Called Mite's. Dressed & confusion at dinner. Mite did not come till 7.45. Left at 8.10 & up in a shaky hansom to the Adelphi. M, Mite & self in Box H & saw Olga Nethersole in 'Sappho'. Out & to 27 Gloucester Terrace in Mite's carriage. Lennie, Harold & Roy at supper. Home by Otley at 12.15. Punch. Wrote Grossmith about last week's drawings. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'Sappho'.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Frederick Freake to Alison Ussher.) Tuesday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out with Rags over Campden Hill. Met a pretty dark girl in Wall Walk. After back. Breakfast. No letters. Roy off to Henley. Wrote letters. Sent M to Gardens with 'Times'. Otley to Briggs's. Developed all plates taken at Bowden Green in 1½ hrs. Lovely morning. After rest in afternoon. Dined 7.30 & M & self went to the Exhibition, Palais des Costumes very good. Band. Home by carriage at 10.30pm, or rather 11.20. Roy back from Henley where he had been. Bed at 12.0. Cooler. (Red ink: M & self went to the Exhibition.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Lady Milner. 60th anniversary Edward Hamilton to Emily Wansby. Silver wedding William Law to Fanny Holland.) Wednesday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled past Kensington School. Saw L.C. Thro' Nevern Square & home. Dull day all day & turned to heavy rain in the afternoon. Printed blues of photos taken at Bowden Green. M out at Mite's to lunch. After felt tired in the afternoon. Left at 5.30 & walked thro' Kensington Gardens. Poor childen at the Queen's Tea all coming home wet with flags. Walked to Piccadilly. Bus to C.C. No letters. Called at Moss's for bags & on again by bus to P.D. F.C.B, self, R.H, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Good dinner. Got subject of the King in a Garden & left at 11.20. Home by bus. Saw Roy on door step of Carlton. Bed 12.0am. Roy later. Talk to F.C.B about Arthur à B. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Bessie Eykyn. Death of Alice Corbett.) Thursday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out over Campden Hill. Dull morning & colder. Saw little W.E. Breakfast. Wrote diary after. Schemed subject of King & Dr Neptune. After Otley to Barker's for coat, cushion & hat. At 11.45 photod
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Stace. Got all done by 12.30. A thunderstorm & rain came on at 1.15. Mite called in her carriage. Got wet. Took M off to a Grand Bazaar at the Botanical Gardens. Developed etc with some difficulty owing to rain. Worked up to 8.15 when M, Roy & self dined quietly. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Roy kept coming into the room after the 'Sketch'. Death of poor Mrs Cameron Corbett. Only dined with them this day last week. (Red ink: Did drawing of the King & Dr Neptune.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary the Earl of Arundel. Wed 9 July. Obituary the Duchess of Atholl. Thurs July 10.) Friday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Did 1½ hrs work before breakfast. Went on bicycle round through Kensington Court. No little C. Home. Saw shop girl. All day long until 9.30 on drawing of King & Dr Neptune on balcony. Roy at Drill. M & self dined. Cold fish. Roy back 10.45. Had supper & grumbled. Little black dog, Schipparke sent by Otley to Lennie at 10.40am. Slept in chair until 1.30. Dead tired. Felt seedy all day doing drawing & a bother to me. Probably liver. Saturday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Very tired. Headache. Did not go out. Roy dressed in frock coat & hat to go to Eton & Harrow. Also Lord Kitchener arrives in London. Lovely morning. Drew cheque for Clark & Son. Lunch at 1.0 & M & self left in carriage at 1.20 & drove thro' Park to Drury Lane & saw Ben Hur. Very good. Chariot race wonderful. Out & put M in the carriage. Tea at Garrick & quietly walked all way home. Dinner at 8.0. Ethel Herapath here to dine. Roy had a very bad headache from taking No 1 cup. We had to stop about ½ an hour in the Park on account of Lord Kitchener. Eton & Harrow match, Eton badly beaten. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: M & self went to Drury Lane & saw 'Ben Hur'. Ethel Herapath dined.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Stiven.) Sunday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Gave Roy aperta. Out on cycle round thro' Park & back to breakfast. All morning printing blues. Tilda to lunch. After smoked cigar left this day week at Bowden. Rest & left at 4.15 for Sir Alfred Hickman's with Roy. Left Spencer at Stafford Terrace. Played many sets. Self & Galloway versus Roy & Sir H, also granddaughter. Left 7.20 & home. Dressed & left in carriage to dine at F.C.B's. Met Mrs Hare & young O'Connell, Molly Hare. Race game, M won, & home. Rest & to bed. Roy had a headache all day. (Red ink across page: M & self lunch at Lady Burnand's.) Monday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out on cycle. Saw little C & her sister. Round by Redcliffe Gardens & home. Very hot. After printed blues. Dated & squared up etc etc. Rest after lunch. Roy went to dine with Lennie & Maud with Miss Rose Innes & to Three Little Maids after. M & self drove up to dine at the Carlton. I walked in evening dress as far as Knightsbridge. Met Huish. Bus to Piccadilly & Carlton. The Punch dinner to F.C.B at the Carlton of 26. (Plan of table seating) (Red ink: Carlton dinner. Sir F.C Burnand, Mrs Bernard Partridge (Faith) L.Raven Hill, Mrs Linley Sambourne (Mary Ann) George
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Agnew, Mrs Raven Hill (Annie) Phil May, Mrs Walter Agnew (Mabel) E.T.Reed, Mrs H.W.Lucy (Nancy) Linley Sambourne, Lady Burnand (Rosie) Phil Agnew, Mrs Craigie(John Murray) Bernard Partridge, Mrs Phil May (Lillie) H.W.Lucy, Winifred Burnand, Walter Agnew, Mrs E.T.Reed (Beatrice) R.C.Lehmann, Mrs G.Agnew (Fanny) Sir John Tenniel, Mrs Lehmann (Alice) Owen Seaman, Mrs Phil Agnew (Georgette)) Tuesday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round School route. Met little C & her sister, governess after. After all day tidying etc etc. Rest afterwards. Squared up prints etc. Dined at 7.30pm, M, Roy & self. After went to the Royal Academy Soirée, M, Roy & self. Otley turned out of the quadrangle. Saw very many I knew. Benj Baker, Mrs Kemp, Allan Cole & wife etc etc. Armstead. Band playing. Left at 11.45 & home by carriage. Had snack & to bed. Took 4 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Roy, M & self went to the Royal Academy Soirée.) Wednesday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled round School route. Met little C, governess after. After thro' Redcliffe Gardens. All morning squaring up etc. Rest after lunch. At 5.30 walked through Park & by bus after to C.C. Letter & wire. On to the Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, O.S, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Got cut of Lord Salisbury as Ploughman. Left at 10.45 & home on the front top of bus. Bed at 12.0 after reading paper. Account of self & rhymes in the Pall Mall Magazine. Wrote on drawings for Grossmith & Cease Fire etc. Took 3 C.L.L.P. Thursday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled round Earls Court, school route. Saw Little C & sister. Governess & child after & girls. After met F.C.B. Back. Breakfast. Schemed subject of Lord Salisbury & Ploughman. At 11.45 photod Stace. Not very successful plates. Developed etc after. M went to have tea with Mrs Hugh Adams at the Monument. Back 7.0pm. M & self dined quietly. Roy dined with the Whish's. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Advertisement in Daily Mail.) Friday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wrote letters & out on cycle round School route. Met L.C by herself. After F.C.B. Back & breakfast. Many letters. At 10.45 went on with drawing of Lord Salisbury as Ploughmen. Worked up till 9.30 when dined, M & self. Roy at Midge's. M called on Sir John Tenniel. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Tired. Took 2 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Finished most successful cartoon of Lord Salisbury as Ploughman.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Marion Van Tromp.) Saturday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out for walk up Holland Walk. Rags very troublesome. Breakfast. After put all photos away & sorted others. At 1.0 dressed & left by 2.30 in carriage with M to Kings X. Great difficulty getting the mare along, Cracked heel. Saw Sir Francis & Lady Jeune. Down to Hatfield with lovely girl & her mother & step father. Told by Mrs Armstrong it was a
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Miss Elsie Fox. Mother married again a Mr Dashwood. Received by Lady Gwendoline. Saw Bancrofts, Liveseys, Tadema & Richmond, Mr Seddon, Sir W Harcourt (older) also Mr Manns conductor & many others. Chinese lady, Minister for Uganda, also Liberian Minister. Left with the Armstrongs at 5.50 & caught the 6.20 train. In same carriage with Lady Cecily (blank) & her sister. Walked over to Met Rly & home to High St Kens. M & self walked & got lobster & fruit & strolled thro' Kensington Gardens home. Began to rain. Dressed & wrote diary. Dinner 8.30, M, Roy & self. Bed at 11.45 after snooze. Took 2 C.L.L.P. (Red ink across page: M & self went to Lord Salisbury's Garden Party at Hatfield.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Charles Kegan Paul. Death of Louisa Ponsonby Fane.) Sunday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Damp cold morning. After went on bicycle across Park & home. Met Boughton, had a talk. Breakfast. M doing her room. After squared prints & put drawers straight & then lunch. Dear Nonie did not come. Rest after. Could not find Mademoiselle de Maupin. At 3.50 changed. Nonie in drawing room with soldiers. Left at 4.15 & went with Roy to Sir A.Hickman's. They had missed yesterday's garden party. Played 8 sets of tennis, Roy & self v. young Doctor & Sir A. We won 4 sets to 6. Very good games. The best of the season. Left off 7.15. Gave man 5/s. M was at Hickmans & I did not know it, with Rags. At 8.5 Miss Rose Innes dined M, Roy & self. She left fairly early. Looked at atlas. Read de Maupin & bed at 12.0. Very curious dream, girl & John Bull. Took 2 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Last lawn tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's, Roy & self. Miss Rose Innes dined.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mr C.Kegan Paul. Mon July 21.) Monday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Late out on cycle. Saw L.C, said 'Late'. After thro' Fulham Road & home. Wrote letters etc. After instructed Otley to go to May's, Grossmith's etc. Left at 12.0 & walked with M over Campden Hill. Went by 2d tube to Bank. Walked over. Met Allen. After to Lyons Restaurant. After waiting saw Roy. Lunch. Birnbaum, Thompson etc. Hot poisonous rooms. After out & attended meeting at 18 St Swithin's Lane of British Empire Contract Co. Saw Mr Moorhead & also Colethorpe Hay & Backendorf & another. Better news if true. After to Exhibition at the Guildhall of French & English pictures of the 18th century. Lovely portrait of Robespierre by Greuze, 2 Romneys Lady Hamilton. Out. Dark & rainy. Attended meeting of Imperial Jarrah Wood Co. Very angry shareholders. Decided I hope to amalgamate. Left. Threatened rain. After by bus to Gaiety. No seats. Called C.C. No letters. Tea at the Garrick. After called Sands & Hunter & after to Turnbull & Asser. Walked home. Got strawberries. Dined at 8.0, M, Roy & self. They bed at 10.0.(Red ink across page: Atended meeting Imperial Jarrah Company. Lunch with Roy at Lyons.) Tuesday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle. Cold & dull. Roads up by School. Saw no L.C. Governess & child. Round Radcliffe & home Nevern Sq. Breakfast. After wrote letters etc. Put all photos & prints square at last in drawers. Lunch. After read Mademoiselle de Maupin. Very much pleased with
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 it. Tea & schemed Almanack double page for 1903. After at 6.45 dressed & dined 7.5. Roy down late. M & self & Roy left in Otley's 4 wheeler & went to the Gaiety Theatre. Dora came. Saw for about the 4 th time the Toreador. Out at 1.15 & home in 4 wheeler, M in Dora's carriage. Snack & to bed at 12.30am. Tired. Dull heavy day. (Red ink: M, Roy & self to the Gaiety, saw the 'Toreador'.) (Cutting glued in: Garden Party at Hatfield, list of attendees. Mon 21 July.) Wednesday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. Wet dull morning. Out & over Campden Hill. Met little W.E. Letters. Breakfast. After M going to lunch with Mrs Welby. Sent Otley to C.C. My bag of costumes found. At 3.0 photod Miss M.Hall for the Xmas number. Out at 5.0. Tea in Club & wrote letters for 1½ hrs. Saw Mrs Craigie who said Club was on its last legs. After Thompson Lyon. Walked with bags to the Punch dinner. Complimented hugely on 'The last Furrow'. F.C.B, self, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long time discussing cuts. Did not leave till 11.0pm. Home top of bus. Roy & M had been to see The Merry Wives of Windsor. No, this was tomorow. Bed at 12.45 after reading paper. (Cutting glued in: Death of Samuel Izant.) Thursday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. Met no one. After schemed subject of Balfour & Hicks-Beach as Shylock. Sent Otley to May's. Photod Roy before he went to the City, Otley after. Developed & enlarged. M out to lunch. Rested an hour & enlarged. M & Roy went to dine at Mite's & went to see 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'. Self dined by self & rest after 8.30. M back at 12.15 after supper at Mite's. Bed 12.45am. (Cutting glued in: Death of H.H.Princess Caroline Murat.) Friday July 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & out. Went for cycle ride to Earls Court Exhibition. Waited ¼ hr. After to work all day on drawing of Hicks-Beach & Arthur Balfour. Finished at 7.15. Dressed & by bad cab to the Athenaeum. Dinner to Order of Merit. Shook hands with Mr Watts, Lord Roberts, Kitchener etc etc. Poor dinner. Canon Ainger. Back at 12.0 in wet on top of a bus. Roy just back from Drill. Read paper & to bed at 12.45. Freda left for a fortnight's holiday. Wrote letters before breakfast. (Red ink: Dined at Athenaeum, dinner to members of new Order of Merit.) Saturday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. M fast asleep. After down breakfast at 9.10. Went & had hair cut & for walk as far as Earls Court Exhibition & back. Very hot. M went out. Otley cleaning windows. Put things away etc. M & self lunched together. Rest for 2 hours after. Roy back & decided to go to Bozenkets. I mean Bosanquet. Went at 5.25 on bicycle in a strong gale of wind & miserable dust to Richmond. Rested on Barnes or Putney Common. Home 7.45. Got fruit at Butts. M & self dined at 8.20 & went to the Earls Court Exhibition after. Crowds of people. Went round the wheel in a gale. Barking cads in same car. Walked home. Bed 11.45pm. Tired. (Red ink: Great summer gale. Cycled to Richmond.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Sunday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & walk up Holland Walk. Gave tramp 3d. Unsettled blowy morning. After wrote on mount & put all away etc. M up in my room. Roy at the Bosanquets. Lunch. Developed 2 doz plates & films. Rested till 4.30, after dressed & took M for walk to top of Row. Most lovely evening. M back in bus. On to C.C. Up in Studio & changed films etc etc. Wrote letters. Man with a voice exactly like Arthur Ryle. Home by bus. M & self dined by ourselves quietly. Bed after looking at Sir Harry Johnstone's book. M had nightmare. Monday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle past Cromwell Road. No School. On to Fulham or Lillie Road. Pillar box. Back at 9.15. Breakfast. Put up drawings etc. After man playing violin very well in the street. Gave him 6d. All morning putting things square etc. Lunch, M & self. After went by bus to C.C & at 3.30 photod Miss D. No good. Out at 5.0. Had cup of tea at the Garrick & walked on to the Punch dinner. Phil A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, R.H, O.S. Bet Lehmann £1 to £2 there would be a Coronation in the Abbey on the 9th. Out & at 10.45 or 11.0 home on top of bus. Extraordinarily pretty young woman, very tall. Went entire way & on towards Hammersmith. Home & read paper. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Punch dinner for Bank Holiday.) Tuesday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & cycled along Holland Rd & back up Notting Hill. After sent Otley to May's & schemed subject of William Tell & Apple. Difficulty to get a boy. Developed & enlarged by 4.30. Tea & on to work. M came up for a short time after. Dined at 8.30pm, M, Roy & self. Quiet evening afterwards. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Georges Vibert. Tues July 29.) Wednesday July 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Redcliffe Gardens. Coming back thro' Edwardes Square met or saw Bee Bars on balcony. Stopped & spoke to her & Evelyn. No, up at 7.0 & worked from 7.0 to 8.30 when did the above. Hard at work all day & finished at 9.30 when we dined, M, Roy & self. Roy had been packing. Thursday July 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. M had had better night. Out after writing to Great Northern Railway Compy. Walked up Campden Hill. Gave O.W 2d. Breakfast. After at 10.5 walked to pillar box & back. After in morning put things straight etc. Tired. Printed a great many blues before lunch. Rested from 3.0 to 4.30pm. M went out in the carriage. Mare out for 1 st time since going to Lord Salisbury's. At 5.30 got on cycle & went round Barnes. Went quite to Sheen. Met V.H. Likely to do well. Back & home 7.15. M, Roy & self dined quietly at 8.10 & quiet evening after. M took yellow chartreuse which disagreed with her. (Red ink: Cycled to Barnes.) Friday August 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. M had been seedy in the night. Out & cycled right round Park. Someone shouted at me in the Bayswater Road. Dear M
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 packing & not over well. She left at 11.30 with Otley in a 4 wheeler. Otley came back at 1.30. Said she had got off all right. Developed 3 doz films. Mostly spoilt by damp. Lunch by self. Dressed. Missed Roy. By bus to Victoria down to K.P. Back at 6.15 at Stafford Terr. Carriage ran into an organ at corner of Brompton Road. Wire from Tree to say no room. Dined by self at Stafford Terrace & after up by cab to Garrick Theatre. Went to see 'The Bishops Move'. Poor play well acted. Garrick after. Cockerell (or like him) there. Apollinaris & home by bus from Piccadilly Circus. Read paper & bed 1.0am. (Red ink: M left to visit Edgar. Went to see 'The Bishop's Move'.) Saturday August 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 in morning & cycled round Bayswater. Breakfast. In morning printed blues etc & tidied. Left after lunch & to the C.C. There 2.30. At 3.0 photod 1st time Miss V.H. Fairly good model. Out 6.0. Ordered dinner at the Garrick. To Drury Lane. Dressed & dined next Percy Fitzgerald. Saw Joe Carr & gave him 2 matches dressing. Poor dinner. To Apollo Theatre. Saw 3 Little maids. Next an awful man with indigestion. Lady said she preferred my taking my own place. Out & to Garrick. Saw Galloway & Lord (knows who). Home by the carriage at 1.15 (arrived). In drawing room & bed. (Red ink: Went to the Apollo Theatre.) Sunday August 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Cycled to end of Holland Road. Fine sunny morning. After back. Breakfast. Walked up hill to try & stop Otley going twice for model. All morning developing etc. Plates good. Lunch. Enlarged M.R. Rest. Tea. Dressed at 6.0 & up by bus to dine at Garrick. Wire fom Charing X & after till 8.0 changing films in the Studio. Quiet dinner there. Saw Col Welby. Smoke & read The Fortelling of the Future by Maeterlink. Very much impressed. Home after by bus & in morning room. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Dined at the Garrick.) Monday August 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & cycled to Barnes. Got wet through. Very few about. Breakfast 9.45. After printed blues etc & developed remaining films taken Saty. Lunch (Oh!) Very tired after. Rested for 1 hr, 3.30 to 4.30. Tea. Felt seedy. Dressed at 6.45 & left 7.15 by bus to the Athenaeum Club & dined by self. Saw Percy Fitzgerald. Talk to a gentleman after in the smoking room. At 8.20 went to see The Merry Wives of Windsor. Good. Saw Kennerley Rumford & wife in box. Round at back after & saw Mrs Kemble & Ellen Terry. Athenaeum. Wrote 4 letters & home by carriage at 11.45. Read St James's & bed 1.15pm. (Red ink: Dined at the Athenaeum. Went to see 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Judge French Q.C.) Tuesday August 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out on cycle. Round Bayswater. Letters from M. Dull morning. Sorted desk etc. After lunched & went up at 3.0 to C.C. At 3.0 photod Miss J.Johnston. Poor model, won't do. Out at 5.30 & to Club. Wrote Owen, M, etc etc. After strolled to the Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long discussion. Actually got a double Coronation drawing to do all over again. How to do it? Otley met me with cart & we drove
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 home. Posted letters at Charing X. Read paper & to bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Punch dinner for Coronation number. Last saw F.C.B till (blank) Wednesday August 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. A wet moning. What shall I do. Skemed subject & sent Otley off with cart & mare at 9.30 for costume. After Stace came at 11.30. Heavy wet. Nevertheless put out table as throne & Miss Tambay came at 11.45 & waited. Got all photos by 1.0pm. Lunch. Photod flags after. All done tho' under the greatest difficulty by 4.45. Worked till 8.45 when dined by self. After in the morning room. Bed 12.0am. Thursday August 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & walk round C.H. Wrote I could not finish drawing until Friday. After to work all day. Again enlarged 2 figures after breakfast & to work all day until 9.0 when dined by self. Cheque from Mr Barr for £144 came 4.10. The last one I shall receive. Read after & to bed tired 12.0am. (Red ink: At work on drawing of the King & Britannia & Peace.) (Cutting glued in: In memoriam Augustus Harris.) Friday August 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am & did 2 hours work on King & out & breakfast after. Worked from 10.0 to 2.30 when finished drawing. Hastily dressed & lunched. Up by cab to C.C & at 4.0pm photod Miss Atherton. Good model. Came over very dark. Left 6.0 & called Garrick. Wrote a few letters & to M. Home by bus. Had sent costume back to May's by Otley in the morning. Dined at 7.45 by self in same coat & did not go out after. Rested in chair dead tired. Bed 11.30pm. Wire from Mite to say Lennie would take her to the Coronation tomorrow. (Red ink: Finished Coronation drawing.) Saturday August 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am. Had a cup of tea & left with old mare in cart & Otley for the Athenaeum. Not the slightest trouble getting there. Passed long file of Indian troops. On steps met Tedder & what proved after to be Mr Egerton Castle. On balcony. Met Stone (Marcus's brother a dull dog) old Aitcheson & Weigall. Had a very good breakfast with Harrison. Saw Conrad Cooke. Waited from 9 to 2.30pm before the King passed, when saw him with his crown on. Glass focussed on old clergyman & good looking girl biting her nails. Many women fainted. Descended & had lunch. After talk to Bodley in the smoking room. A bilious eyed man. Left at 5.0 & made my way home. Put photos away from 6.0 to 7.0. Dressed & left for the Garrick. By bus to Knightsbridge. Walked to Club. Heavy rain. Got hot & wet. Uncomfortable. Dined at the Garrick. Saw Col Welby, Dot Bouccicault & young Hare. Cigar after. Dead tired. Slept in reading room fom 10.0 to 11.30pm. Made my way home. Walk up to Knightsbridge. Crowds of walking soldiers & girls shouting & singing. Saw only one I knew, John Penn in a pot hat. "Thank God you see one face there you knew when you were young". Walked to Knightsbridge, bus home. Nº 10 & Mr Gillespie illuminated. Bed at 1.0pm. Tired. (Red ink across page: His Majesty's Coronation Day.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary George Dalziel. Fri Aug 8.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Sunday August 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out 8.30 for walk with Rags. After breakfast, & on cycle at 9.25 to end of Holland Road & Anselm Road. Back & after packed bags etc. Put things straight, Otley helping. Lunch. Rested in chair. Wet in forenoon. Fine after. Freda back. Opened my poor mother's tin case which had been padlocked for ten years. Nothing in it at all except old writing cases & photos & old letters principally my own. Very sad. After in evening dressed & went up by bus to the Athenaeum Club where I dined. Saw Norman Lockyer & Mr Morton who did not like my mistaking him for another Mr Morton. Fildes came up to me after dinner. Long talk & smoke with him after. Wrote letters & had to wait a long time for omnibus. Just got the last Turnham Green bus. Home. Read & to bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Dined at Athenaeum. Talk to Fildes.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Guy Luther. Death of Jessie Martin.) Monday August 11 Stafford Terrace. Freda never called me. Up rather late 8.30. Put remaining things together & off after breakfast with Otley & mare & dog cart to St Pancras. Got carriage. Inattentive man with reserve labels. 2 American ladies in smoking carriage by mistake. Mother & daughter. Daughter very tall. Was of some assistance to them getting lunch. Came across Capper of the Times. Lunched with him. After dined with him. Opposite French maid. Long weary journey. Had had to pay £1.4.6 for a ticket on the North British Railway. Very much annoyed. Had to change at Edinborough. Just did it & on to Perth. Arrived 11.45 & to bed. Capper got out at Galashields. Told me story of his friend coming in to estate. M returned from visiting Edgar. Had I fear a tiring journey. (Red ink: Went to Ballachin.) (Cutting glued in: Death & Obituary of James Tissot.) Tuesday August 12 Station Hotel Perth. Up 7.30am. Got a bath. Breakfast. Good & the bedroom comfortable. Wrote letter to Mr F.W.Jackson & also to M. Out to catch the 9.30 train. Absolutely no crowd. Got off an hour late nearly. Took 10 photos. On to Ballinluig. Trap met me. Wolff at the door. Changed into check suit & lunch at 1.0pm. Party in the house. Mr & Mrs Pirrie, Miss Carlisle, Mr Dugdale, Mr Torrey, Miss May, Wolff & self. Started with Wolff & Pirrie riding a dark grey mare. Began to shoot. Sport not very good. Got to self about 7 brace, 2 hares. They left off at 5.30. Self went on to 6.30pm when walked home with gun. No rabbits. Back at 7.30. Bath. Dressed. Very good dinner. Game of billiards with Torrey. He gave me 30 & beat me by 40. Bed. A lamp in the room. Restless at night. Good fox terrier of the name of Bryan. (Red ink: Arrived at Ballechin. 1st day. Shot with Pirrie & Wolff.) Wednesday August 13 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.15. Out in the garden for gooseberries. After breakfast started off with Torrey to go to Home Moor. Rode the white pony. Got 3 birds & a teal almost at once. Party from the next moor at fence. Lunch by a spring. Flies awful. 17 brace altogether. Last ½ hour tired & no birds. Got on white pony & the boy immediately took him into a bog. Cut my thumb. Went on after & left off at 6.0. Walked home the back way by Pitcastle. Home
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 7.0 bath & dressed. Dinner. My glass ½ full. After long talk with Mrs Pirrie. Played Dugdale game of billiards & caught up 40 points. Nearly beat him. Changed my plates & bed 11.45pm. Very tired. Restless at night. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot with Torrey. Good. Cut my thumb. Flies oh!) Thursday August 14 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15. Tired. Off to gooseberries. After at 10.0am Dugdale & self started for the far moor. Rode Sandy's roan. Long long ride. There 11.50. No cartridges. Gave Sandy & Gillie a Teneriffe cigar. Began to shoot 12.0. Flies awful. Got 12½ brace in 1 hour. Saw Pirrie on the hill. Lunch. Rain came on. Flies worse. Shot from 2.20 to 3.15 when rested on a hill for ¾ of an hour. Joined party again at 4.0 for drink. After went on again. Good 2 shots on top. Left off 5.40. Walked with Dugdale to centre of moor when mounted the grey & rode almost home. Actually 6 people on road. Wore my old brown checked coat. Back at 7.0pm. The motor with Torrey & Miss May had been to St Andrews, 110 miles there & back. Dinner, especially good soup. Very tired. Played 100 up with Dugdale. Beat him by 2. Bed. Restless at night. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot. Came on rain. Flies awful.) Friday August 15 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15. Out in garden after gooseberries with gloves on. No shoot. Wrote letters & made mistake in dates of this diary. Pirrie, Torrey & Wolff off to the moor. At 12.0 walked up hill. Very hot. Took 12 photos. Back & changed. Lunch. Mrs P, Miss C, Dugdale & self, and after at 2.0 went in motor with Dugdale & Miss May to Loch Rannock. Lovely ride over moors etc. Tea at Inn at 4.0pm & back by Blair Atholl & Pitlochry. Photod flock of sheep. Back 6.20. Annoyed man had shifted my papers & box of plates. Pirrie & Torrey back at 6.45pm. After dressed leisurely & dinner. Drank claret. Took Miss C in. Played Mr Dugdale game of billiards after. Was beaten by 10 points. Changed my plates & bed at 11.30pm. Restless at night. Dunalistair proprietor of Hotel. (Red ink: Motored to Loch Rannock.) Saturday August 16 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15 & out. Gooseberries. After breakfast it was decided to do the far moor. Started 10.20, Mr Torrey, Mr Dugdale & self. Rode the old roan. Wet the entire day. Began to shoot 11.45 & went on to lunch in a barn. Torrey's Australian stories. On & on in the wet till five minutes to six. Shot an old hen grouse & left her brood of 5. Bag 26 brace, 10 hares. Long way home. Got on grey at burn on moor & home by 7.20. Milk & soda & dressed. Dinner. Champagne & after played 100 up with Mr Dugdale. Beat him by 10. Bed 11.15. Tired. Read. Restless in night. Sleepy after dinner. (Red ink: 4th day's shoot. Wet all day.) Sunday August 17 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15. Out & discovered the raspberries. Dull grey morning. Breakfast. After wrote letters the entire morning. Motors out & killed a colley dog. Miss Mulligan arrived. Letter from M. Went on writing till lunch at 1.30pm. After at 2.30 the 2 motors left, 1 st with Wolff & Pirie to Sir Donald Currie's, the 2nd with Miss May, Miss Mulligan & self all driven by Torrey in Peugeot motor to Loch Tay. Past the Marquis of Bredalbane's castle.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Delightful old Inn. Scenery. Thro' Aberfeldy & home at 5.0pm. Dull coldish afternoon. After wrote letters again & dressed. Dinner. The Pirries' last night, Pirrie holding forth on the Trust. Good dinner. Claret. After played Dugdale 100 up, lost by 20 & 1/s. Bed at 11.30pm. Read 'In a Fog' by R.Harding Davis. (Red ink: Went to Loch Tay & Bredalbane.) Monday August 18 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.15. Raspberies in garden. After wrote more letters. Off at 11.0 on motor to end of Pitcastle shoot. The Pirries left at 10.0am with a maid. Rode white pony up hill. Began to shoot at 12.0. Got 2½ brace of birds to self by 1.30 when pelting rain came on. All in the hut by the loch. Started to walk home at 2.30. Got there 4.0pm. Spoken to by telegraph boy. Changed & after tea at 4.45 played 500 up with Dugdale. Beat him at 350 by 100. Paid me 2/6 & dressed for dinner. Took Miss May in. Champagne. After in drawing room. No billiards after dinner. Bed 11.30pm. Tired. Slept much better. Have shot about 60 brace of birds, 7 hares, 1 teal. (Red ink: Last day's shoot. Frightfully wet.) Tuesday August 19 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.15 & out for raspberries. Lovely morning. Wrote many letters. Dugdale off to fish. Photod up to lunch time. Miss M Bond came. After finished packing & left for Ballinluig by motor at 5.0, Wolff driving with my traps. Small boy frightened on pony. Off to Perth. Dined. No one I knew. Left at 8.0 for Carlisle. There 11.30 & left for St Pancras. Very comfortable journey & no trouble. Otley met me in the morning at 8.0am. (Red ink: Left Ballechin. Miss Bond came.) (Cuttings glued in: Death & Obituary of Wilfred Loder. Aug 22.) Wednesday August 20 On board train between Perth & St Pancras. Arrived home 8.45. Otley met me. Dear M & Roy there. All morning developed & unpacked etc. Lunch with M. Left at 2.30 & to C.C. Called Sands & Hunter. At 3.30 photod Miss J.J. No good. Out. Garrick. Walked to Holborn Restaurant. Uncomfortable dinner. Phil A, self, Raven H, & met Mr Graves for 1st time. Tired. Home by 2d tube. Back at 11.0pm. Thursday August 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Cycled & called & wrote letter to Phil Agnew. Back at 12.0. Photod Otley & Stace for Boers & John Bull. Seaman to lunch. Finished by 5.0pm. Dressed 6.45. M, Roy & self went to Daly's Theatre, saw The Country Girl. Shah at Hippodrome. Back by Otley's cab. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Went to see The Country Girl.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Alfred Hickman, son of Sir Alfred Hickman M.P. ) Friday August 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Round Park on cycle. Back. Lovely morning. Fresh. A sort of stiff neck came on in the bath. To work at 10.30 & up to 9.15pm when finished drawing of Boer General & John Bull. M & self dined quietly. Roy out at Romano's to dinner. Back at 11.45. Bed. Neck very painful.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Saturday August 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. In pain all night with my neck. Dull, close, heavy morning. M up early, packing to go to Mite's. Out at 8.45. Walk round Campden Hill with old Rick. Maharaja of Jaypore gone. After dear M packing all morning clearing up etc. Put artist's bag up etc. Lunch. Saw to photography hut etc. Left by cab to C.C. 2 letters. On Garrick & to Charing Cross. Caught the 4.22 down to Balcombe. Met M at Red Hill, 2nd train. After walked with Lennie & Roy to house. Delightful. Dressed. Dinner. Champagne. Roy's & Mite's birthday drunk. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Came down with M to Balcombe House to stay for 1st time.) Sunday August 24 Balcombe House. Up at 8.15. Out before breakfast. Dull heavy close damp day all day. In morning read Doyle's book on Napoleon. Lennie & Mite went to church. Dear Linley & puddles. M & self walked into kitchen garden. After lunch motor round 2.30 & all went to Nymans. Round house. Back by 4.30. Tea. A Mr Murray called & after a gentleman & his wife. Walked to their house. Yew trees cut into figures. Back. Rain. Dressed. Dinner. Sleepy after. Bed 11.0. Slept well. (Red ink: Dull heavy moist day.) Monday August 25 Balcombe House. Up at 7.15am. Bath etc. Lennie & Roy off by 8.20. Finished Doyle's book & took M to lake for a walk. After drew Balcombe House in book. Fine sunny morning & better weather. After wrote letters. M & Mrs Hohler & another lady came to lunch & a Miss FitzGerald, daughter of Sir Gerald FitzGerald. Such a yarn about their impecuniarity. After Lady Frederick FitzRoy came. Lennie & self went into the village. After dressed & left at 7.5pm in carriage & pair to drive to dine with the Messels. Lennie, Mite & self. M did not go. Mrs Sington & Miss Briggstock there. Dined. Played Mr Messel 50 up. Beaten. Back in carriage. Slept well. (Red ink: Dined at Nymans, L, Mite & self.) Tuesday August 26 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. Bath. M balcony. Breakfast not till 9.30. After Lennie not well. Things being moved. M in bed. Worked for 1 st time in room below. Lunch at 1.30. At 2.30 started in motor & delightful run 30 miles to Guildford. Did it 1 hr 25 minutes. Went to Williamson's shop & Olivers etc. Tea at the Lion Inn. Started back at 5.40 & arrived home 7.5pm. Had seen Briscoe Ray in Guildford with his daughter. M waiting. Violet Philips never came. Dinner. Tired. Pianola after. Bed at 11.30pm. Slept well. Dream of Fletcher playing quoits. A French game quite unlike quoits. (Red ink: Delightful motor run to Guildford.) Wednesday August 27 Balcombe House. Up at 7.45. Linley in room & broke ears off rabbit. After bath. Dressed in room below. After did some work & left at 11.50 to go to Balcombe Station. Met Miss Phillips on the step. Waited ¾ hour at Station. Jovial man chaffing girl. Did not get to the Garrick Club until 2.30pm. Lunch with Bence-Jones & Bangs. Left 3.0 & at 3.40 photod Miss Atherton for 2 nd time. Out at 5.30. On to Garrick. Wrote letters & then walked on to the P.D.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Felt tired & ovenny hot. At the dinner Phil A, E.T.R, Graves, O.S, self, R.H. Smaller table. After long discussion got subject of British Academy. Left & to C.C by bus. Mounted up to Studio for dress & then to Garrick. Wrote letters & got envelopes back. Home by bus. Very hot & got over heated. Home 12.0. Roy in. To bed. Thursday August 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out & photod porch in Edwards Square. After back. Schemed subject & at 11.45 photod Miss Tanbay for British Academy. Developed etc. Also took 4 on roof. No wind. Lunch. Finished by 5.0. Worked till 7.0pm when dressed & Roy & self went to see the play of 'Betsy' at Wyndham's Theatre. Good box. After to Garrick Club. Saw Col Jones, Sir James O'Dowd & Eric Lewis. Left at 12.30 & home by cab. (Red ink: Roy & self went to see 'Betsy'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Nathaniel Surtees.) Friday August 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. Back & to work after letters. All day at it. Wire from Tabs to dine. Roy back late. He went to dine with Stern. After dined by self & tired after. Roy in 12.0. Bed. (Cutting glued in: Obituary James Doel.) Saturday August 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out before breakfast. Had hair cut at 8.45. Over Campden Hill. Gave O.W 2d. Put all things away. Photod at 12.0 man from Nash's for Time & Otley after. Developed. Lunch. Enlarged. Man came from the Army Clothing Dept for Helmet etc. Had to see him. Dressed & left with Roy at 4.25 & caught the 5.0 down to Balcombe. Weary journey. There at 7.15. Dressed & dined with Sergeants of Lennie's Company. Sydney Clement & Roy also there. Young Cazell after. At 9.30 a dance. Many came. Mrs Tate & her son-in-law, the Messel party & Dr Messel, the Kenderdines, the Hohlers etc etc. Headache came on. Nightmare in the night. Roy got a knat in his ear & went through extraordinary contortions. Very painful. Dinner to (Red ink: Sergeants of 2 Vs Sussex Regt & dance at Balcombe House after.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Arthur Cassels Brown to Mimie Shakespeare.) Sunday August 31 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45 & bath. A pouring wet morning & Linley's birthday. Dear L & little Ann. Lennie & young Cazell went to church. Wrote diary up to lunch. Could not go to Nymans. Poured with rain. After lunch to 4.0pm Lennie played pianola. Changed to shooting suit. After motor at door & went to Nymans. Cazan, L, self & Roy. Tea & after walk to Lake. Miss Brigstock, Harold, Mrs Sington, Dr Messel, Mr M, Ruth & Eric Parker, Muriel, Hilda, Roy, Cazell, L & another lady Miss Campbell & self. After at 6.15 left in motor & home. M & Mite walking in garden. Dressed. Roy had been to the doctor & had a moth taken out of his ear. Quiet dinner, L, Mite, M, Roy, self. Clement & Miss Phillips music after, & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Wet day all day. Went over to Nymans in motor car.) (Cuttings glued in: Death & Obituary of John Nettleship. Sep 2.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Monday September 1 Balcombe House. Up at 7.45 & saw Roy & Patterson off. Wet close morning. Note from Tate at breakfast to put off shooting. Worked till 12.0 when dressed & at 12.30 left with M & down to Balcombe Place. There 12.50. Looked over beautiful house until 1.30 when lunched. Tate & son-in-law Wignell. Started at 2.15 & began to shoot. Miss Vaughan Morgan walking with Tate, Wignell & self & shewing leg up to thighs. Only got 1 partridge & 1 landrail out of 9 brace. Left off at 6.0pm. Difficulty about motor. Had gone on to farm. Back at 7.0 & bath. Dinner 7.30. Champagne. Canon Reed dined. Sleepy after very. Bed 11.45. Slept well. (Red ink: Went over to Balcombe Place with M & shot in the afternoon with Tate & Wignell.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Harry Panmure Gordon.) Tuesday September 2 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Both saw Lennie off. Dividend from the P & O Company. Wrote 3 or 4 letters & posted them. Lovely morning but came over dull after. Left with M in motor at 10.30 & at Nymans 10.50. Began to shoot with McLaren at 11.0 & got 3½ brace & a rat before lunch. Mrs Seligmann & her son came to lunch. Dull. Out again at 2.30pm it having rained heavily. Motor car man went with McLaren & self & mistook pheasants for partridges. Long walk & very close & hot. Many birds but very difficult to get at. Got another 3½ brace. Left off after walking back to the scene of the morning at 6.0pm. Had tea & back in the motor. Passed Mite's carriage. Bath. Very tired & done up. Dinner. Lennie depressed. Bed at 11.0. Sydney Clement's tooth bad. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Frank Penn to Ethel Hickling. Obituary of H.Panmure Gordon.) Wednesday September 3 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Bath. Still heavy morning but more wind. Lennie off. Breakfast. After put up washing & got to work. Gale blowing. Trees toppling over. Lunch & work after. Left in Victoria with M to station for 4.21 train. Changed at Redhill & up to town. Charing X 6.10pm. To Garrick. Otley fetched bags. Walked to Punch dinner. O.S, Mr Graves (with new knife) Phil May stories "Grave behaved as a perfect gentleman etc." Phil Agnew, R.H & self. Left at 11.0 & home by bus. (Red ink: Went up to town. Punch dinner.) Thursday September 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & up in room. Out on cycle past Kensington Square. Met at Redcliffe Square Miss V.Smith. Likely to be good model. Back. Breakfast. Sent Otley to model & to May's. At 10.30 photod flying drapery. After skemed subject of Canada & Sir Wilfred Laurier. Photod Miss Tambay. Finished by 1.0. Lunch. Enlarged till 5.30pm. After to work till 8.40pm. Dined by self. Read & bed at 11.30pm. Did not go out. (Cutting glued in: Death of Mathilde Souberbielle.) Friday September 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.50 & worked from 7.0 to 8.45. Out on cycle. Stopped by policeman from going across Park. All round the Park & met at end of Palace Gardens Miss Mercy Best, Burne Jones' model. Back home. Breakfast at 9.30. At 10.0am Otley & self photod enlargements till 12.0 for
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Xmas page. Lovely morning. To work on Canada & Sir Wilfred Laurier. Worked till 9.45 & dined at 10.0pm. Exhausted & tired. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Worked 14 hours on drawing & enlargements. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Valentine Birnbaum. Death of Charles Aveling.) Saturday September 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.50 & breakfast at 6.30am. After left by Otley's cab at 6.50 & caught the 7.30am Victoria. Down very tired to Balcombe by 8.45. Began to walk with bags. Trap met me. Breakfast 9.0, Miss Frazer, Sydney Clement & Violet. Dear M. After changed & left with Lennie at 10.10 in trap for Balcombe Place. Went partridge shooting with Tate. Wignell, Lennie & self. Lunch at cottage. Brilliant sun, very hot. 15 brace, self 2 brace. Wignell shot a nightjar. Left off at 6.0pm. Tea. Home in motor, Lennie driving. Changed & dressed & M, Mite, Lennie & self all went in carriage to dine at the Tates. Most pleasant dinner. Sat at end of table. Organ after. Played 1 game of billiards with Wignell. Beaten by 10. Home 11.0. Bed 12.0 & very tired. (Red ink: Lovely day & dinner at the Tates.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir F.A.Abel. The wife of Richard Popkiss, of a son. Report of Charles Aveling's death by drowning.) Sunday September 7 Balcombe House. Up at 8.50. Bath. Breakfast at 9.30. After out with dear Linley picking mushrooms & looking for webs. Read Capn Kettle & poems by Allen Lindsay Gordon, an Australian. Most lovely day. All back from church. Lunch. Rest in corridor after. Tea on lawn. Sydney Clement just missed his train by a minute. Came back at 6.15. M, self, Miss Frazer, Lennie & Mite all walked to the Lake. Vic & rats in the hay ricks. Most lovely sunset & evening. Dinner. Very sleepy after. Lennie played Listz's music on pianola. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Most lovely quiet peaceful day at Balcombe House.) Monday September 8 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Most lovely morning. Saw Lennie off & after breakfast finished red annotation of this diary. Miss Phillips went up to town. After began to work on Xmas double page. Lunch. Felt unaccountably livery & sleepy after. Left at 5.0pm in motor. Went a walk to Handcross, Crawley & 3 Bridges. Met Lennie & saw Mr Messel. After home with L. Went with M & after with Lennie again to the Iron Spring. Dinner. Very sleepy afterwards. Miss Phillips back at 9.0pm. Bed after music. Tuesday September 9 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Saw Lennie off. Wrote letters & off at 10 in cart with dear little Linley to Nymans. Linley asked about water in water works. There 10.25. Went in to wood to find McLaren. Flushed a covey of birds. After McLaren, young Captain Gibbs & self got 3 brace only all day. Lunch & talk with Mrs Sington & Mrs Messel. Got very hot. Left off at 5.15. Tea. Read Times for ¼ hr. After Mr & Mrs Gielgud came. Saw Mr Messel. Walked up road & met motor at Handcross. Home. Dressed. Dinner. Very cheery. Invented Katrina, no Katinka. Music after. Talk to Lennie & bed at 11.30. (Red ink: Shot at Nymans with Mr Gibbs, only got 1 brace. 3 brace altogether.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Wednesday September 10 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. No papers came. Breakfast by self. After Lennie off. Wrote letters & annotated month of August 1901. After to village & down with M & chicks to the Spring. Back 11.15. Very humid & close weather again. Worked all rest of morning. Lunch. After packed & left with M & Mite in the Victoria. Threatened rain. Left by the 4.21 train. Dawdled along & missed fast train at Red Hill. Did not get to Charing X until 6.50pm. Otley met me. Heavy rain. Went to C.C. Letter from M.R & then Garrick & by bus to Punch dinner. O.S, self, Mr Graves, P.M, H.W.L, Raven H late at 10.30. Learnt at last from Lucy that it was the Orient Line for trial of steamer. Long time over cut. Left 10.45 & by bus in rain to the Garrick. Wrote to the Secy of the Orient Line, May's etc. Home by bus. Roy gone to bed. Had heard from F.C.B about the steamer on Aug 5. He would not tell me after what it was. What matter! (Red ink across page: Frightful time getting up from Balcombe.) Thursday September 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill & breakfast with Roy. Dull rainy morning. Wired twice to Mabel Hall about sitting. After sent Otley to May's for Dutch dress & photod him. Delayed by heavy showers. By 1.0 developed etc. Lunch. Worked from 4.30 to 7.0 & dressed. Dined 7.30 & Roy & self went in heavy wet to see the play of 'The Marriage of Kitty'. Very good. Ellis Jefferies & Miss Marie Tempest. Out in wet & to Garrick. Talk to a Colonel Stacey. Yachting. Said how disappointed I was not to be going to Orontes. Home by cab. Sandwich & bed. A letter came by Express Delivery at noon, invite to the Orontes. (Red ink: Roy & self went to see The Marriage of Kitty. Very wet.) Friday September 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dull damp morning. Walk over Campden Hill. Would like to be going on board the Orontes. Breakfast. Could not find Lennie's letter. Looked into Orontes papers & found could catch the 11.50 Euston. Sent Otley to the office of the Orient Line. Wired M & decided to go. Finished drawing of Chamberlain & Botha at 8.30. Packed bags & dined at 9.15 with Roy. Left in Otley's 4 wheeler at 10.45 & to Euston. Got sleeping berth (single) & turned in at once. Woke & thought I had been carried on. Got out at Motherwell. Cup of bad tea. Slept fairly well. Very cold in night. (Red ink: Left London by night mail for Gourock to go on board Orient Liner 'Orontes'.) Saturday September 13 On board train to Gourock. Woke 6.0 & sat in sleeping berth. At Gourock 1 hr late 9.20am. Had to wait on quay for an hour & a quarter without breakfast. Met Freeman Murray & introduced to J.G.Colmer Esq. Got off on steamer & boarded 'Orontes' at 10.40 & breakfast at 11.0. Very hungry. Found Ouless & Frampton & Lockyer & Wemyss Reid on board. After out & talk. Changed into blue suit for lunch & sat next Frampton. Took Claret etc which upset me after. Auction of Lottery by a delightful old Scotchman called Adam. Played deck quoits with Freeman Murray & Colmer. After had bath & dressed for dinner. Astonished them all with having a flower. Dinner. Between Lockyer & Ouless.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Only one toast, 'The King'. Sleepy after. Turned in at 11.30. Captain said ¾ gale on night. W.Reid's stories of Markham husband of Daisy Jackson. Sunday September 14 On board Orontes O.P.L. Up at 6.45. Bath. Out on deck after in peaked cap & lighter blue suit. (illeg) Had long walk & talk with Mr H.H.Dobree about Garrick etc. Good breakfast. After down coast past Lands End just before lunch. Took photos. Sun out just before & after lunch. Band etc. Talks to various people. Tea & at 6.0 bath after talking ¾ of an hour. Dressed. Dinner. Speeches by Mr Anderson, Hon H.Copeland, Jeune & the Captain & Admiral Sir G.D.Morant. Out. Sat & listened to band. Sleepy. Turned in at 12.0am. Packed bags. Took 4 C.L.L.P. Very effective. W.Reid's stories of 'Glass with care'. (Red ink: Marquis Hertford, Sir F.Jeune, Sir N.Lockyer, Sir W.Reid, Sir J.Luscombe, W.W.Ouless, Frampton, Freeman Murray. Met J.G.Colmer Esq, H.H.Dobree, Arthur Devitt, H.F.Devitt, Ad Sir G.D.Morant K.C.B, Hon Hy Copeland, Sir John Cockburne K.C.M.G, etc etc.) (Photograph glued in. Inscribed on reverse in red ink: Taken on Sunday Sept 14 by W.Douglas Lesslie, 5 Fenchurch Avenue E.C.) Monday September 15 On board 'Orontes' O.P.L. Up at 6.45 & bath. Out in slippers on deck & saw we were off Folkestone. Up & down till breakfast. Bugle. Good breakfast & after took last 2 plates. Saw Dover & Ramsgate. Breakfast. After up & down. Rounded Thames. Bugle to lunch at 12.10. Last lunch good. Talk to Jeune & others. Ship gradually got into dock. Left Tilbury 2.15. Up in carriage with Lockyer, Wymss Reid, Mr Robertson, Ouless & Frampton. To St Pancras by 3.25. Cab home. There 4.10. Found dear M there. Tea. Wrote letters. Developed plates taken on ship. Tuesday September 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30.x. Dear M in a hurry. Out & round Campden Hill. Breakfast 9.15. M fitted with dress & off at 10.0 for Balcombe. Went on with Xmas page & after writing letters photod window man & Otley at 12.0. Sunshine. After developed & lunch at 2.0pm. Lowe sent a sword. After a heavy shower of rain came on. Delayed but enlarged 7 or 8 phos for Xmas page. Wings for Time etc. Tea outside. Finer after. Roy & self dined together at 7.45pm & left at 9.0pm & by cab to the Alhambra. Saw programme, ballet etc, 2 very pronounced Jews. Home after straight by cab. Bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: M left for Balcombe. Roy & self went to the Alhambra in the evening.) (Cutting glued in: Report on first voyage of 'Orontes' and list of passengers.) Wednesday September 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round past Kensington School. Girls all back again. After expected to hear from Miss Mabel Hall. Wired but no answer. Enlarged some phos etc & put room in order etc. Left at 5.30 & by bus to C.C. No letters. Called Garrick. Saw Bernard Partridge. Posted letters & to Punch dinner. O.S, self, Raven Hill very late, Graves, P.A, E.T.R, B.P, H.W.L. Congratulated on last week's cartoon. Long discussion. Partridge got cut of Irish Dragon etc. O.S spoke to me about assisting 2 nd cartoon. Cheek.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Left at 11.0, Raven H in deep talk to P.A. Bus home & wrote 2 letters to models. Roy out at the Garrick Club. Home late. Bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: Lovely day.) Thursday September 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out & cycled past School & on to Redcliffe Square. Met Miss V.Smith & engaged her to come 1.15pm. Breakfast & sent Otley off to May's. Schemed subject & got ready. At 11.45 Miss Mercy Best came for 1st time. Photod her & Otley & for cartoon of Britannia as well. After at 1.45 photod Miss V.Smith for Britannia & Jack Tar. Developed & enlarged.by tea time. Began work 5.0pm & up to 8.45 when dressed & dined with Roy alone. Did not go out after. Roy to bed. Slept in chair till 1.15am. Bed. (Red ink: Fine lovely day. Photod Miss M.Best & Miss V.Smith for Xmas page & Punch cartoon.) Friday September 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle, sending Otley to Knightsbridge. Foggy. Photod St George's Place in ruins. Home to breakfast. Roy went to dentist. After wrote letters & at 11.0 to work on drawing of Britannia & Terrible Boy. Worked till 10.0pm. Had enlarged 3 photos after lunch. Dined by self & tired after. Bed at 1.15am. (Red ink: Roy went to Balcombe with Lennie.) Saturday September 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. Bath & put things together & not out before breakfast. Wound clocks etc. Left by bus at 9.40. Met Scotch Director of Orient Line. On by bus to Victoria & got out & photod St George's Place. Met Otley at Victoria & down by the 1.40 to Balcombe. Doubt as to being carried on. M met me above station with dear little Ann. To house. Walk to church. After saw Lennie & Roy (illeg) etc, Hohlers. Walk down to the Spring. Roy got 5/s for walking by hands over bridge. Lunch. The Hohlers etc. After smoke. The Hohlers left & Mrs Tait called. Tea. The Fox Adams's called. Walk with dear M to same Keeper's cottage we lunched at on the 6 th. Lennie, Roy Mite & G.Frazer went in the carriage to Nymans & brought back the Geilguds. Dinner. Sleepy after. Music in drawing room. Bed at 11.45pm. (Red ink: Left London for Balcombe House.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Captain E.S.Earle to Adelaide Millais.) Sunday September 21 Balcombe House. Up at 8.20. Bath. Mr Gielgud before me, Roy after. Breakfast. Lovely morning. After pipe. Out & wrote letters. Mrs Gielgud, Mite, Miss Frazer & Lennie to church. Self & Roy after & Mr Gielgud walked round Lake etc & also went to the Spring. Lunch. An amusing man came, name of Jopling. Out on lawn. After Mrs De la Penha, Mr Gielgud, Roy, Miss F & self & Lennie all went for walk over hill to the Keeper's cottage. Lovely evening. Dressed. Dinner. Sleepy in the evening. Music. Roy tired. Smoke & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Lovely peaceful quiet day at Balcombe. Gielguds there.) (Cutting glued in: In Memoriam Ann Turner White.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Monday September 22 Balcombe House. Up at 7.45. Bath. Roy & Lennie off at 8.20. After got to work in earnest on double page for Almanack. Traced it all out. Felt heavy & tired. Lunch at 1.30. After rested in chair. Grace Frazer reading. Curtains being put up in drawing room. Worked from 4.0 to 5.45. Wrote letters & posted them. Mr & Mrs Gielgud left at 12.0, Mrs Messel fetching them, & young De la Penha came with his sister also. Walked at 6.20 to meet Mite & Lennie. Went over kitchen garden with Lennie & into Gardener's cottage. Good night to chicks. Canon Meade & his daughter dined. Champagne. Pleasant evening. Log burnt & shot cinders over drawing room. M rather seedy with her hand all day. Bed 11.0. Took 4 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Commenced drawing on paper of Xmas double page.) (Cutting glued in. Death of Elizabeth Du Boisson.) Tuesday September 23 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Bath. Breakfast. Very good Punch of mine. After finished red-lettering up diary 1901. Then went on to work all the morning on Almanack double page, up to 1.30pm. Mr & Mrs Hudson & Miss Patterson & Hilda Messel came to lunch. Hung about till nearly four & read La Débâcle. Went on to work. Put in wing of Time. Had to knock off & pack it up at 5.20 on acct of its being so dark. After wrote letters & posted them. Walked to meet Lennie & Mite. Dull grey. Roy had lost £4. Toads x'ing the road. Wrote 2 more letters to Barrington & Taylor & Co & posted them. Good night to chicks & dressed. Midges about. Dinner & quiet evening after. Bed 11.15. Roy lost 4£ by Childs. (Red ink: Hard day's work on quad page, no, double page.) Wednesday September 24 Balcombe House. Up at 7.15. Bath. Breakfast with Lennie after putting things up. M, self, Mite & Miss Frazer left by 9.38 from Balcombe for Victoria. Station half Persian. To V. Otley met me & home in a 4 wh, M with Mite in fly. All lunched together. Developed 1 doz plates of Miss Johnston. Rest in chair till 4.45. Tea & dressed. Went by 2d tube to Marble Arch. Called 26 Granville Place. On to C.C. Letter from M.R. Garrick & to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, P.M, B.P, H.W.L, F.C.B back since Aug (blank) self, R.H (late) G, O.S & P.A. No mention of my cartoon. F.C.B had not even seen it. He's a Hass. Left at 11.0 & home with easy subject by bus. (Red ink: M & self came up from Balcombe to Stafford Terr.) Thursday September 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out past Kensington High School. Met L.C. Last July 21. Round Earls Court & home. After breakfast skemed John Bull & Boer & at 12.30 photod Stace & Otley. M & self at lunch. Enlarged & up in room 3.50pm. Most lovely day. Perfect in every way possible for work. Had written letters about tomorrow's journey to Mr Brook, Carlisle & Springkell. Sent Otley to Stores in afternoon. Went on to work & up to 8.15 when M, Roy & self dined together. M to bed at 10.30, Roy 11.30. Rested in chair & bed. (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Latky. The wife of Siegfied Herkomer, of a son.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Friday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.50 & worked 1½ hrs before breakfast. Put in printing etc & began to shade drawing. Breakfast. Did not go out. M packing to get off. She left at 10.30 with Otley. Roy after. Went on to work & finished drawing quite easily by 2.0pm. Lunch. Had sent Otley to the C.C with stick etc. At 2.45 left by cab to C.C. There 3.15. At 3.25 M.R came 1 st time since April. Long talk. No good as model. Out. After changing films at 5.20 to Garrick. Tea. Got glasses left there on Wednesday. Home by bus full of ugly women. Wrote on drawing for de Pass etc. Dined by self at 8.45pm. Rest in chair an hour afterwards & left 10.50 in Otley's cab for Euston. Otley got out & carried cartridges. Comfortable sleeping berth. Woke at Crewe. Long stop & doubts as to connection at Kirtlebridge. (Red ink: M left in morning for Springkell. Self by night mail. Photod M.R last time.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Latky. Sat Sep 27.) Saturday September 27 On board train near Carlisle. Woken by attendant at 5.45. Out at Carlisle 6.7am. Caught train for Kirtlebridge & on. 6.35am at K. Saw M's boxes. Drove to Springkell. Bath & changed. M in room. Breakfast & off to shoot at 10.0 driving 2 miles. 6 drives before lunch. Scarcity of soda water. 7 drives after. Got 4 hares, 1 snipe, 4 brace grouse or 5, & 4 brace partridge. One got up as I was walking roots by self. Shot it. Home 6.30. 3 cups tea. Bath. Dinner. Took Mrs J.F in. Game of bridge after. Very tired. Talk in smoking room till 12.20am. Bed. Party in house, Mr & Mrs Mitchell, Miss Pilkington, Joseph Farquharson, Mr & Mrs Linley Sambourne. (Red ink: 1st days shoot Springkell.) Guns: Mr Johnson Ferguson, Alex Johnson Ferguson, Mr Murray, Mr J Farquharson, Mr Mitchell, Mr Linley Sambourne. Sunday September 28 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 8.20. Bath. Good breakfast. Talk of thermometers & inkstands. After pipe etc. Wrote letters. Lunch & down in room after writing in visitor's book. Looked over the Illustrated News for 1870 & the others went for walk. After went by self from 4.30 to 6.0pm. Tea when I came in. Had been to Kirconnel. Spoken to by a man in the churchyard. After read Esmond & dressed. Dinner. Took Mrs Johnson in. Game of (illeg) confiscate etc. Bed at 11.45 after smoke. (Red ink: Quiet day at Springkell.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of James Gribble. Sep 30.) Monday September 29 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 8.0. Down & wrote letters. After breakfast at nine all got off by 10.0. Wore Lady M's suit. A Mr Carmichael came to shoot. Arrived late. Missed 2 barrels at plover. In day shot about 25 head. Did not leave off till quite dark - 6.30. Drive home by 7.20. Ten to dinner. Took Mrs Mitchell in. Game of bridge after. M played carelessly. Long talk & smoke. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot Springkell. Grey day.) Tuesday September 30 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up 8. Bath etc. Saw luggage belonging to the McLarens. Breakfast. After in brown suit & shoes. Left in trap. Long time waiting. Off. Talk to J.F about the McLarens & prodigal cut off son. Disagreed
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 room after until 4.30. Walked up to the Garrick & called C.C. Wrote letters & home by bus. M & self dined quietly. Good dinner. Roy at Lennie's. (Red ink: Dull cold weather. Walked up to Garrick at 4.30pm.) Monday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled round Kensington School & Earls Court. Saw L.C in road. Went up steps Nevern Sq. Went on to work seriously all day on the Almanack double page. Lunch. Developed 10 of M.R taken 26 Sep. Worked till 8.0pm when dined, M, Roy, Miss Gill & self. Roy reading 'Its never too late to mend'. Bed 12.30. Tuesday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Finer morning. Bright. Cycled round Park whole way. Poor Rags outside. After breakfast. M in bed. Got to work & at it all day on double Almanack page. Lunch. Developed 1 doz films, rest of M.R, taken Sep 26. After to work. Put in signs of the Zodiac. Left off 4.45. Dressed & left 5.40. Walked up thro' Park to mid Piccadilly. Bus. Called C.C & Garrick. Wrote 2 or 3 letters & on by bus. To Fishmongers Hall, London Bridge. Banquet to Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener. Sat next Sir Watkin Wynn & a Mr Vincent Bodley R.A. Owens & Sir Schomberg McDonnell. Left with S.D & on to Garrick. Talk & waited for Roy. Joe Carr. Home with box of sweets by bus. Slept in chair. Roy back at 12.45am. Bed. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry Hankey.) Wednesday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled past School. Saw L.C & back thro' Palace Gardens & over Campden Hill. Most lovely morning. Came over foggy after. Worked up to 1.15. Put head of figure in for Almanack double page. After lunch. M had been for walk. Left at 2.30 & by bus to C.C. Photod at 3.30 E.J. Out at 5.0 & to Garrick for tea. After to Grant's to have leggings fitted on. After to Athenaeum. Found letters since Aug. Threlfall etc etc. Walked to the Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Good dinner. Complimented on last week's cartoon. Left at 10.15 & to the Garrick. Wrote letters & home by bus with bag. Read & to bed 12.30am. Lucy asked me to dinner 21st Tuesday. (Red ink: Most lovely October's day.) Thursday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & cycled right round Park, up Park Lane & home. Roy at breakfast. After schemed subject of Balfour & Chamberlain going to the Pole. Sent Otley to May's & books came from Mudies. Very heavy wet set in. Nevertheless photod Otley in Arctic dress & developed. Miss Gill & M at lunch. After cleared in afternoon. Otley helped etc. Got to work at 4.0pm. Woked till dinner. Roy out dining with Harold Messel. Quiet evening after & bed 12.0 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Death of Lady Jerningham. Fri Oct 10.) Friday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & walked round Campden Hill. Gave old W 6d & met little W.E. Band playing good waltz. After at work all day on drawing of
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Wednesday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Hot bath. Gale of wind from W. Out round Campden Hill. Met no one. Breakfast. M blew up Roy last night. Wrote to Chesterton. Worked all morning on double Almanack page & dressed & lunched 1.30. Left by bus at 2.20 & went to C.C. Dull heavy gale & rain. At 3.40 Miss D came for 2nd time. Good figure. Out at 5.0 & to the Garrick for tea. Left & walked to the Punch dinner. There 7.0. Up in F.C.B's room. Thanked for suggesting Push Ball. F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L, O.S (vice-chair) B.P, R.H. Cuts made up by 9.20. Long talk & a very pleasant dinner in every way. Home on the top of a bus. Wet & dull. (Red ink: Very quiet pleasant Punch dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Isabella Countess of Carnwath.) Thursday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Cycled past School & Earls Court. No L.C. Back & after schemed subject of Parliamentry Ball (Push Ball). More difficult than I thought. Photod from Otley at 11.30pm & enlarged some prints. Lunch. On the moment after. Dear M's ear getting a little better. Mite came down the steps at 3.15pm. Dora came to tea. Worked up to 8.0pm. Got outline & at 8.20 M, Roy, Dora & self dined quietly. Quiet evening. Read June H(illeg) in Sketch & bed 12.30am. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Isabella Countess of Carnwath. Obituary of Peter Brotherhood. Oct 17.) Friday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. x. A lovely bright morning. Westerly wind. Cycled short turn round Park & back. Band & papers. After at work all day on Push Bill cartoon. Dora out. Worked up to 9.30 when finished it. Dinner, Dora, Roy, M & self. 1st evening off venison for 10 days. Letters from Lucy & Lord Inverclyde, also an American one. Very much annoyed to find my cartoon was done by F.C.G in the Westminster. Snooze after dinner & did not go up to bed until 2.0am. (Red ink: Lovely day. Very much annoyed to find my cartoon anticipated in the Westminster Gazette. Letter from Lord Inverclyde.) Saturday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out for walk. Round C.H. A beastly dark rainy morning. 2 letters about Push Bill cartoon from F.C.B. Also cutting from Westminster & Pall Mall Gazette. Dora preparing to go. Roy to go to Brighton. Put all things straight etc. Lunch at 12.40 & at 1.15 M & self said goodbye to Dora & dove to Drury Lane & saw 'The Best of Friends'. Valentine good as old Boer. Out 5.10 & put M in carriage. Tea at Garrick & on to Athenaeum & wrote to Lord Inverclyde. Home by bus getting sausages & fruit. Roy gone to Brighton. M & self had very good dinner quietly. Rest after. Read 'The Book of the Serpent' by Sundowner. A dull dark day & sprinkling with rain nearly all day. Dora went on a visit to Mite's in the afternoon. (Cuttings glued in: Death & obituary of Charles Woolmer. Oct 20.) Sunday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out up Holland Walk. Met Mr Davis. Rick in the house. Worked from 10.30 to 12.0 when dressed & took M by bus to Hyde Park Corner. Saw Miss Hogarth & Miss Dickens, Capt Shaw. Walked home by 1.20. Gave O.W 6d. After developed plates of E.D taken on Wednesday.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 At 3.30 began to work again. Fanny Barker & Alice Linley called. Worked till 8.0pm. Put in rocks, wings etc of Time. M & self had good dinner, partridge. M sleepy after. Again read The Book of the Serpent. Bed at 12.15 after snooze. Not a bad day out of doors. Sunny & warm at times. Roy at Brighton with Conrad. (Red ink: Roy at Brighton with Conrad. Took M for walk.) Monday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Round Campden Hill. Met L.W.E. Breakfast at 9.0. Our wedding day. Dear M's ear a little better. Dull during morning. Worked all day on drawing for Xmas number. M went out with Sophia Herapath in the carriage & saw Otley whip the mare brutally & nearly gave him in charge. He did not tell me until tomorrow. M up in my room. Roy went to the 1st Garrick Club House dinner. Gave him £1.0.0. After M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: Otley lashed the mare. M very much upset with him. 1st House dinner at the Garrick Club.) Tuesday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round by Earls Court. Saw L.C & sister. Back. Breakfast & after worked all morning till 1.30 when dressed & went with M in carriage to lunch with Mrs Pirrie. M told me about Otley's lashing the mare yesterday. Pleasant lunch. Sat next Chevalier de Martini also a Mr Coates. Wolff, Mr Dugdale etc. Next Miss Carlisle. Long talk with Coates. Back & worked till 7.15 from 4.0pm. Dressed & cab to Lucy & dined. Good dinner. Met Sir A Malony, Verners etc etc. Malony 52 Cranley Gardens. (Plan of seating) Mrs Lucy's Dinner. Mrs Lucy, Sir Alfred Malony, L.S, Sir Rob't Reid, Mrs Verner, A.I Owens, H.W.L, Mr Verner, Sir John Aird, Lady Reid, a member of Parl. Malony took me home in his carriage. Slept till 2.0am. Rags woke me. Wednesday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Wet morning. Walked round Campden Hill. Breakfast. After went on to work on Almanack drawing all day. Lunch. Mite in to lunch & to stay. Finished drawing at 5.15 & sent it off 5.30. Dressed & to C.C & Garrick by bus. Letters. Walked to P.D. from Garrick. Good dinner. Guthrie back. Sir F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L, O.S, P.A, Sir W.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G (back). Long discussion & Lehmann agressive. Got a John Bull & Balfour in Office. Left 10.45 & home by bus. Dear Mite & Lennie came home from dining with the Hohlers & going to see 'Quality Street'. Bed 12.10. Rick in Roy's room. (Cutting glued in: Death of George Vacher.) Thursday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. x. bath. Out on cycle & went the entire way round Park. Home. Lennie & Mite & M & Roy at breakfast. After in morning schemed subject of Balfour & John Bull. Delph came at 11.30. No Stace. Waited till 12.45 when photod from Otley. Very much put out. Developed & enlarged. After worked till 8.0. A letter came at 4.0pm asking to get done tomorrow at 5.0pm. Absurd. Dinner. M, Mite, Roy, Lennie & self. Drank our Wedding Day in Deutz & Gildermann Champagne. Lennie liked it. Lennie smoked Wolff's long cigar. Bed at 12.0 after rest from 11.0 to 12.0. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite with us. Quiet dinner at home.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 tea. Had printed all back plates of costumes. After left & dined with the Fishmongers Company at London Bridge. Went by tube. Great crowds in the City. Sat next the Editor of Country Life & Sir Watkyn W.Williams Wynnn. Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener there. Home by cab to Garrick with Schomberg McDonnell who shewed me the Victorian Order. After home in carriage. (Red ink: M left for Worthing. Dined at the Fishmongers Hall.) Wednesday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Felt all right. Cycled completely round School & back thro' Palace Gardens. Saw Sir Alfred Hickman & Lily H looking at a horse. After back. Breakfast. In morning packed for Friday. Put things straight & lunch with Mite. At 2.0pm left & by bus to the C.C. Pretty girl on top of bus. Studio 2.45. At 3.5 Miss J.J came. No good at all. Out 4.30 & to Garrick. Tea & after walked to Punch dinner. Met Partridge looking at a butterfly in the Strand. Punch dinner. Sir W.A, Phil M, B.P, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, Phil A. Good dinner. Told story of Siemens. Left at 11.0. Home by bus. Lennie & Roy in room smoking. Had been to the Tivoli. Acct of me in the New Penny Magazine. Bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: Mite & Lennie with us.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Leicester Reed, of a son.) Thursday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Bath. Dull wet morning. Walk over Campden Hill. Nobbled by old woman in Holland Walk. Breakfast, Lennie & Roy. After wrote letters. Sent O to May's. Schemed subject of Chamberlain trying on African costume & Brodrick Somaliland. Delph came at noon. Photod him & got all prepared. Dear Mite at lunch. She left 4.0pm. Went on to work up to 8.30pm when Roy & self dined together. Rest after. Roy attentive. He went to bed 11.0pm. Snooze in chair & bed 12.30am. Friday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & walk on Campden Hill. Gave Roy cheque. He left saying goodbye. Otley left with baggage at 10.0 for 10.30. Went on to work. At it all day on drawing of Chamberlain & Brodrick. Finished at 9.20 when changed & dined by self. 2 dividends came in. After dined 9.50 & left in Otley's cab at 11.30pm. To G.W.R. Very attentive, carriage to self & no charge for pillows. Got uneasy sleep & put out at Shrewsbury. (Red ink: Left for Gatley Park at 12.15am.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Margaret Grimston.) Saturday November 1 4.50am. Woke on way to Shrewsbury. Got to Shrewsbury at 5.10 & waited about at station until 6.50 when took train on to Woofferton. Hamilton's carriage met me. Never gave up pass. Got to Gatley Park at 9.0. Dressed & changed. Tired. Breakfast with Dora & after all went out to shoot, Otley taking my cartridges. Had a very capital day in lovely weather. Shot well, 5 guns including Hamilton & self. Got about 17 pheasants & a dozen rabbits. Back at 5.0 & bath. Dressed. Dinner. Played H 2.100 games. Won both at billiards. Bed 11.0. Slept well. (Red ink: 1st day's shoot at Hamilton Langley's Gatley Park. Otley loading.) (Cuttings glued in: Illness & death of Margaret Kendal Grimstone. Death of Courthope Bontein.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Sunday November 2 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up 8.15. Good bath & breakfast. After Midge & Dora went for walk. Wrote many letters. Lovely morning. Bright sun. Walk with Midge after photoing. Game with H & the croquet ball. Lunch. Changed & at 2.50 went with Dora on bicycles to Leintwardine. Yawking yokels at gate of Park. Past Wigmore Castle. Back for tea at 5.0. Changed. Dinner 7.45 & quiet evening after. Bed 11.0. No billiards. (Red ink: Dora & self cycled to Leintwardine.) (Cutting glued in: death of Lennox Browne.) Monday November 3 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up at 8.0. Bath. Dressed in covert suit. Nice girl came at 9.45 to walk with Dora. All left 10.0 & up to shoot top covers. 1 st stand, girl with me, got 7. Colonel Davidson got 17 on rest of birds swerving. After not so many. Chattering before lunch. Lunch in a delightful old farm house. After nothing much until the last stand when birds came very well. Left off at 4.45 & walked home. Girl went with Col Davidson. Read. Very sleepy. Dinner. H annoyed with Midge for refusing Galbraiths' invite. After played 2 100 up billiards. Beaten both. Bed 11.0. 5 guns, H.L, self, Major McCann, Colonel nd Davidson & the keeper. Self got 14 pheasants all day. (Red ink: 2 day's shoot at Langleys. Vera Kevill-Davis.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lennox Browne. Death of Louisa Parr.) Tuesday November 4 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up at 8.15. Strange dream of Colonel Rich & an officer's charger running away. H woke me. Put checked suit on. Breakfast. After wrote letters. At 11.20 H, self & Dora went up to ferret rabbits. Dora left at 12.15. Got 9 up to 1.20. Back to lunch. Had sent Otley back home at 10.30. Lunch off rabbits shot at 11.45. After wrote 3 letters & out again with H. Shot 15 rabbits. Lovely new moon. Tea. After read & dinner. Played H 2 100 games up. Each won one. Bed at 11.0. Self shot 12 rabbits. (Cutting glued in: Death of Frances Oliphant.) Wednesday November 5 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up at 8.10. After breakfast started in fog & mist which turned out to be heavy rain to walk up to top of hill to a little farm inhabited by one solitary old man. Called Gorsty Lodge, Bircher Common. Charles without a mackintosh went before me carrying guns etc. There 10.15. Major Kevill Davis came & his 2 brothers, one a clergyman. A Byronic youth. Major McCann got 2 birds. Good shots at beginning & 3 more after & one leaving. Miserable day. Walk home by lower lodge. Had sent Charles back. Letters. Bath. Dora & Hamilton back at 5.0 from shooting at Col Davidsons. 100 pheasants. Dinner. Beat H 2 100 games up at billiards. (Red ink: Miserable day's shoot in the wet with Major Kevill Davis.) Thursday November 6 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up 8.10. Bath. Breakfast. Another raining day. H off at 9.30 in cart to shoot. Wrote letters from 10.0 to 12.0. Put clock right. Schemed subject for Durbar. Lunch, Midge, Dora & self. At 2.30 Dora & self walked over to Croft Hall, Mr & Mrs Kevill Davis. Up hill. Came on to rain. Back at 2.45. Tea & packed bag, leaving things at Gatley. H back & a young
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Gunner. They got 230 pheasants. Dinner. Champagne. Game of 5s after. Ball went into the fire. Beat Gunner at billiards & bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Dora & self walked to Croft Hall. Rain came on.) Friday November 7 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up at 8.0. Bath & breakfast. After H, young Gunner & Dora left to shoot. Goodbye to Midge & left at 10.40 in cart. Drove to Kingsland. Very pretty woman & child with whooping cough. On to Lemster. Frightfully vulgar people in carriage. Civil guard. Read New Arabian Nights. On to Worcester & changed. Up to Paddington at 4.10. Otley met me & drove to Kings X. Caught the 5.0 train & down to Peterboro'. Put cartridges in case. On to Kingscliffe. Fly met me. On to Apethorpe Hall. There 8.15. Dressed by 8.30. Took Miss Maxsey in to dinner. Mrs Lawrence, Mrs Skeffington Smythe. Oh! An American lady, a clergyman minor canon, Col Lawrence, Sir Charles Euan Smith, Miss Cochrane. Very good dinner. They played bridge after. Most lovely long room. Talk to Miss Cochrane. Bed at 12.0. Slept well. (Red ink: Left Gatley Park for Apethorpe Hall. Through London.) Saturday November 8 Apethorpe Hall, Wansford. Up at 8.0am. Bath in room. Covert suit for shooting. Breakfast in delightful room. Beautiful bust of Lady Westmorland. Left in break. Sir C Euan Smith, Col Lawrence, C.N.Lawrence & self. Shot to lunch, got 38 birds. Pouring squelches of rain came on. South wind. Lunch in a tent. Mrs L, Miss Cochrane & Miss Maxsey came. Elaborate lunch & coffee after. Cleared up about 2.45. Shot 22 more birds, 60 in all. Left off at dark & walked back with 2 L's. Tea. In room & changed. Smoke, diary. After changed plates. Dressed. Dinner. Took Miss Cochrane in. Mrs S.S. Oh! at dinner. Sir C Euan Smith produced the leg of the table. Ladies retired early. Others at bridge. Bed at 11.15. Canon G had a wonderful (illeg) up at St Pauls. Canon Gilbertson. (Red ink: Shoot in gale of wind & storm, 4 guns. Apethorpe.) Sunday November 9 Apethorpe Hall, Wansford. Up at 8.15. Dressed. Out in courtyard. Brilliant sun. Breakfast. Pipe. Photod. Out in sun. Sir C.E.S's eastern stories. Persian lady rolled up in felt. After descriptions. (illeg). Talk to Mr Arnold Morley & walk. Lunch. Mrs S.S, Mr & Mrs L distrait. After wrote letters & photod long gallery. Out for walk with Col Lawrence. Tea & more letters. After dressed & was collared for Miss Cochrane's book. Took it into my room & decided not to draw in it. Took it back to drawing room. Dinner. Took Miss Maxsey in & next to Mrs Adair. Beautiful playing on piano by Miss Cochrane. All retired early. Bridge after. Got interesting book called Problems of the Future by S.Laing, Chapman & Hall. To bed & read an hour. Sleep 12.0am. (Red ink: Most lovely day at Apethorpe. Mrs Skeffington Smythe. Oh!) Monday November 10 Apethorpe Hall, Wansford. Up at 8.0. Down in heather suit. Took 2 photos. Breakfast. Mrs S.S, Mrs Adair & Miss Cochrane left. Off 9.45 to shoot. 5 guns. Sir C.E.Smith, Mr Arnold Morley, Col L, C.N.L & self. Not good stand at 1st or 2nd. 3rd got 18 pheasants & 1 hare, 1 partridge. Missed a woodcock. Got 31 pheasants, 1 partridge, 3 hares, 1 jay. Very good lunch & no ladies. Sir
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 C.E.S's stories. After got 3 duck. They would not rise. Home. Tea. Wrote 6 letters. In room. No clothes. Gilbertson had also left. Missed his cough. Dinner. Went in by self. Reduced to seven. Walk round with Mrs L & left the bridge party. Read in bed. Good fire. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot at Apethorpe. Got 18 pheasants at one stand.) Tuesday November 11 Apethorpe Hall, Wansford. Up at 6.45. Had woke in the night & put coal on the fire. Dressed. Breakfast. Tips & all got off by 8.0am. Sir E.S, Col L, C.N.L & self. Comfortable journey up to town & Otley met me. Home by 11.30am. Dear M came home at 5.30pm. Lennie & Mite also with us. They dined at the Lorings & Roy at the Carlton. M & self had quiet dinner. Felt rather seedy. Lennie, Mite & Roy back at 11.0pm. Lennie upset about Mite's having told M of Hilda's engagement. Dozed till 12.30pm. Bed. (Red ink: Came up from Apethorpe Hall.) Wednesday November 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & walk with dogs round C.H. Met Mr Coward & daughters. Breakfast. Discussed an astrakhan coat. After off at 10.15. M in bed. To C.C at 11.0. Photod Miss R.W for India & at 12.30 Miss E.D. Sandwiches. Successful. Out at 3.0 & home in hansom. Developed 18 plates & films. Dressed & left at 6.0 on top of bus. Got 2 India photos at Spooners. On to Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, O.S, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G there. After discussion about guillotine after turned out my drawing of July 1893. Altered to Lethal Chamber. Left at 11.0. Goodall sale on. Home 11.50. Read till 1.0. Bed. (Red ink: Poor Mr Goodall sold up. Studies for Indian picture.) Thursday November 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Fine morning but foggy. Schemed subject of Dog Lethal Chamber. At 11.30 Delph came. Photod him for Balfour & also for the King as Emperor of India. Developed. Lunch. Enlarged by 3.30. Sent Otley to Stores. Mite back in the afternoon. Mrs Routh called. Lovely day. Mite & Lennie dined out & M, Roy & self dined quietly togther. Arguments. After M & Roy went up early. Very tired. Snooze till 12.15. Bed. Had to get up to let Mite & Lennie in. Mite a feverish cold. Had been for walk before breakfast over Campden Hill. (Red ink: Had to get up to let Mite & Lennie in.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edward Brewtnall. Death of infant son of Thomas & Mabel Cartland. Death of Priscilla Compton. Death of Frederic Dugdale.) Friday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Walk round Campden Hill. Collared by O.W. Little W.E. After back at work all day on drawing of Balfour & Dogs Lethal Chamber. Mite at lunch & left. Lennie & fur coats at breakfast. Roy spoilt a plate in bath room shaving. Dinner, M & self alone, at 9.30pm. Roy out. Tired & bed at 12.30am. Saturday November 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & pushed. Otley in 8.30. Wrote cheques & letters. Pass for Roy to Brighton. After Otley posted letter from Brighton by mistake. M & self caught the 10.30am from Paddington to Kingsland.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Everyone civil. Good lunch. Change at Hereford. Bought pipe 1/3. On to Leominster & to Kingsland. Met Midge & Scamp in lane. Arrived 4.45. Tea with Dora. H back from shooting. Dinner. After H & self each won a game of billiards 100 up. Bed 11.0. Cold. M did not sleep well. (Red ink: M & self went down to Gatley Park.) Sunday November 16 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up at 8.25. Bath lukewarm. M down to breakfast. After read. Dull cold morning. Took out guns. Annoyed at cartridges being under power. Lunch after writing letters. At 2.35 cycled with Dora to Kingsland. Met Major McCann, also Major Punch Kennedy. After Vera K.D & her mother. Pretty village. Posted letters & back. Monument to the Battle of Mortimer X, 1461, in which Edward 4th defeated Henry 6th army under Jasper Earl of Pembroke. Home. Again V.K.D & her mother. An idiot shouting in the Park. Tea. At 5.45 Mr & Mrs Pennefather arrived, driving from Leominster. Smoke & talk. Useless encyclopedia. Dressed. Dinner. Champagne. No billiards. Stories after. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Cycled to Kingsland. The Pennefathers arrived.) Monday November 17 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Dresed in Lady M suit. Put guns up etc. Breakfast. Got off at 10.0am. Six guns. Col Davidson, Major Kennedy, H.L, self, Mr Pennefather & Mr Wormsley. Mrs W out & a man with an eye glass called Tenstall. Dora etc. Got 19 birds only all day. Lovely cold cloudless day. Lunch in the open. M not out. Men's beer spilt. Unlucky day for me shooting. M out at last stand but one. Back home 5.0. Tea. Smoked a pipe. Dressed at 6.0pm. Read English History. Took Mrs Pennefather in to dinner. After fives. Beat Major Kennedy one 100 game. Lost 1/s on Pennefather v. Hamilton. Bed. Slept well. (Red ink: Hamilton's 1st shoot. Only got 19 birds. Lovely day but bitterly cold.) Tuesday November 18 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Breakfast. After letters came. One from Partridge about Jury. After 6 guns, Mr Wardle, Master of Otterhounds, Col Davidson, Mr Pennefather, Major Kennedy, Hamilton Langley & self. Very good day. Got 42 pheasants, 3 rabbits, Total bag 125 pheasants. Most lovely day. Cold but bright. Ladies to lunch in Keeper's cottage. Left off at 4.30. Tea. Billiard room. Bath & packed. Wrote letters & diary. Dinner. Sat between Midge & Dora. After played cat & mouse. Got on billiard table. Curling after. H & self lost. Bed 12.0am. 1st stand 4. By house 1. In wood 10. Top common 4. With beaters 13. Wood with M 6. Up hill 2. Last 1 = 41. Rabbits 3 = 44. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot at Gatley Park.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edgar Barker.) Wednesday November 19 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up x at 8.30. Bath & down. Mrs Kennedy left first. K off to shoot. Goodbye to M in bed. All off at 10.40. Bitterly cold. Drove with H to Kingsland. An old Curiosity Shop & wheelwright. To Leominster. Goodbye to the Pennefathers. Lunch at Worcester. Up to Paddington. Otley met me. Strap of dog cart broke. Cab to India Museum. Could not get in. On to C.C & Garrick. Tea & letters. Walked to P.D. No F.C.B, seedy. Self, O.S, Graves,
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 R.L, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. No cartoon for Partridge. Cut of Shakespeare for self, Polonius & Laertes. Left at 10.50 & home by 11.0. Roy back 12.0. Very cold. (Red ink: Langley & self came up to town from Gatley. Cold.) Thursday November 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Walk over Campden Hill. Back. No, got up late not having been called & down 9.20. Did not go out before breakfast. After schemed subject of John Bull as Polonius & Chamberlain as Laertes. Sent Otley to May's. Bitterly cold. Mr Delph came at 12.0 & photod Otley & him. Developed & enlarged & got to work. Hamilton Langley had wired he could not go to the Daly's Theatre so returned box. Roy & self dined quietly & shivered in the drawing room afterwards. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Bitterly cold. Schemed Laertes drawing.) Friday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Bitterly cold. Met little W.E. After all day at work on drawing of Chamberlain as Laertes & John Bull Polonius. Finished 9.40 when Roy & self dined. Both in the morning room after. Cigar & bed after snooze. Last night almost of the bitterly cold weather. (Red ink: Bitterly cold.) Saturday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Still cold but breaking. Walk over Campden Hill. Roy off at 9.30 to go to Mite's. Put all the photos away in the morning & at 12.30 began to enlarge after scheming subject. Went on till dark. After wrote letters etc & dined by self after going at 4.0pm to the India Museum. New globes in dining room lamps. Left by cab at 7.45 & to the St James's Theatre to see 'If I were king'. A rotten piece. Miss Suzanne Sheldon good as a trollop. Out. Called C.C. Letter. On to Garrick. 1 st man I saw was Toadstool. Sir Alex'r Mackenzie. Had (illeg) bacon. Home at 12.50 by carriage. Poor fire in bedroom. (Red ink: Went to India Museum in the afternoon & in the evening to see 'If I were King'.) Sunday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Down & breakfast. Did not go out till 10.0 when walked to bus & on to Alan Coles, 20 Alfred Place. Met him & photod in India Museum till 12.0, Otley helping. Manx cat. After back. Walked. Photod tiger skin & enlarged until 3.15pm. Wrote letters & began to draw picture, or rather trace, at 6.0pm. I dined at 8.20 by self & slept in morning room from 9.20 to 12.0 when to bed. Read silly story in the Jany 1900 Nº of the Window Magazine on going to the Moon. Sleep at 1.0am. (Red ink: At home by self. Went to the India Museum & photographed in the morning.) Monday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out in dull weather on Roy's cycle. Met L.C. Back. Breakfast. After photod tiger skin again, Otley helping. Rain came on at 12.0 noon. Enlarged up to lunch. After began drawing in earnest. Sent Otley with tiger skin back. Roy back at 6.0pm. Letter from C.C, say could not sit. Dinner 8.30pm. Roy & self in drawing room. Bed 12.30pm.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Tuesday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Out. Drizzle of rain & quite warm. Rags with me. Collared by old W who waited in Holland Walk. Breakfast. Letter from M to say Dora was coming on Thursday. Trousers back from Major Kennedy. Worked up to dinner time 8.0pm. After Roy & self drove up in heavy wet & went to the Alhambra & saw the entertainment Voyage to the Moon again by Biograph. To the Garrick for supper. Captain Marshall there & Eric Lewis. Carriage fetched us at 12.30 & home. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Alhambra.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Willy and Isabella Scrivener.) Wednesday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on Roy's cycle round School. L.C. By Redcliffe Gardens. Back. On with work. Decided to photo Miss Smith. Lunch 12.30. At C.C 1.45. Miss S there. Not much good. Back at 3.45. Maid from Mite's. Tea. Worked & put in Lion. Left 6.10pm & to C.C. by bus & on to the Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, Groves, R.L, O.S, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Lawrence Bradbury back. Cut of Shop to do. Partridge the Pursuit of Bridge. Left & home by carriage calling C.C & Garrick. Roy there. Home by 11.45. Bed. (Red ink: Lawrence Bradbury back.) Thursday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.0. Up 8.15. Dark as pitch. Rags on door step. Out. At 9.30 photod Roy in frock coat. Can I get prints? Remained pitch dark until 1.15 when I did manage to get prints but not photo from Otley. Roy's taken in the morning quite useless. Developed until 3.15pm upstairs. Otley came back with no answer from Palace Theatre. Roy dined out. Worked up to 8.30pm when dined by self. Bed at 12.15 after snooze. Friday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. In room. 52º outside window. Strong wind. Out with Rags. Photod Roy again for Gerald Balfour. Heavy rain came on at 10.0am. At work all day on cartoon of Gerald Balfour at Fancy Fair. Dora arrived in my room at 3.0pm. She & Roy went to dine at the Rouths & had a very good dinner. Very hard at work all day & longest ever since I succeeded J.T. Did not finish until 10.15pm when sent it off. No, 10.0pm it was. Then I dined by myself. Dora & Roy back at 12.15am. Bed. (Red ink: Dora arrived at Stafford Terrace.) Saturday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. After breakfast sent Otley with camera to (illeg) & went at 10.30 by same bus & photod palms. Back by 12.0 & enlarged etc after putting away all photos. Dear Mite in in the morning. Lunch. Dora out. After difficulty to enlarge owing to bad light. At work 4.0 to 7.30 when put in India or rather schemed it. Rather a bother. Dined at 6.45 & left in carriage, Dora & self, & went to the play of The Eternal City at His Majesty's. Very good. Taber excellent. Roy in after. Saw Hubbard Farquhar. Home. Roy on box in wet. Punch Almanack came at 6.0pm. (Red ink: Dora Roy & self went to see The Eternal City at His Majesty's Theatre.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Sunday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am & out with dogs. Gave old Woman 6d. Back & in the entire day at work. Rain & dark misery all day. Dora did not go out & spent a quiet dull day. Roy to Queen's Club all day. Worked till 8.0pm. Posted letter & Dora, Roy & self dined quietly. They played patience after. Bed 12.5. Wound clocks. M at Gatley Park. (Red ink: Dull wretchedly wet day all day. Dora did not go out. Worked at Durbar drawing.) Monday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out with Rags. Dull & damp. Hamilton Fletcher receives his money this day. Oh! Dora preparing to go. At work all day on Durbar drawing. Dear M returned from Gatley Park at 5.0pm & up in my room after. Roy dined at Mite's & went to 'The Girl from Kays' with Mite, Dora & Maud Paxton. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: M returned from Gatley Park. Roy dined at Mite's.) (Cutting glued in: Silver wedding, Edmund Currie & Harriett Golding.) Tuesday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dull cold day. Walk over C.Hill. Old W 2d. Back & at work all day on drawing of Durbar. Finished outline at 2.0pm & began to shade. Worked up to 8.30pm when M & self dined quietly. Roy out to dinner & at a dance at Kensington Palace Hotel with Mite. Quiet evening. (Red ink: At work Durbar drawing.) (Cutting glued in: Death of John Pollen.) Wednesday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Walk over Campden Hill. Dull day. Met Pepys Cockerell. After in morning till 12.0 got on with double page Durbar drawing. M out in carriage with Mite. Left at 12.0 & up to C.C & Garrick to lunch. Saw Cap'n Marshall & Giddens. At 2.30 photod Miss E.D for Peace Ploughing. Out at 3.30 & home 4.0pm. Tea & worked from 4.45 to 6.0pm. M in my room. Bus to Punch dinner. Lawrence Bradbury back. F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L, O.S, L,B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Reed said 'I should like to pat you on the back'. Complimented on Almanack drawing. O.S & E.T.R going to India. Left at 10.30 & home by bus. Roy reading over fire. M just gone to bed. Lay awake 2 hours before getting to sleep. (Red ink: Lawrence Bradbury back.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Pollen.) Thursday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Cold. Walk over Campden Hill. Gave O.W 2d. Back. Sent Otley off to May's. Lovely bright morning. At 11.30 Delph came. Photod him for Nurses & also Football & also Boer & Tommy. Got all done. Developed & enlarged. Very cold. Mite came out to hut & took me for a drive in her carriage. Had written to say I would not go to the Skinners dinner. Up in room at 4.0 & worked till 8.30pm. Conrad dined with us & stayed up with a boshy anonymous letter supposed to be written by Sir Edgar Collins Boehm. He left 11.0. Bitterly cold in the drawing room. (Red ink: Bitterly cold but fine bright day. Conrad dined.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Friday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out with Rags. Most bitterly cold. Round Campden Hill. Breakfast. After at work all day on drawing of 2 Nurses & Education Child. Much bothered over heads. Did not finish till 9.35pm. M drove to see Tenniel. Roy & self dined together & bed after. M had a puttering little lamp in drawing room. Bother to put it out. (Red ink: Long day's work. Frightfully cold in morning. Bothered with Halsbury's head.) Saturday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Not quite so cold but still bitter. Out with Rick & Rags. Breakfast. Good sausages. After put things away & did 1 hrs work on Durbar cartoon. After lunch M & self went up in 4 wheeler & to the Garrick Theatre & saw a foolish piece well acted called 'My Lady Virtue'. Back in the carriage. Called Butts & worked 2 hours on cartoon of Durbar. At 8.15 Edgar came & dined. M, Roy, Edgar & self. In morning room after. Bed at 12.0. Read The Destruction of Ancient Rome. (Red ink: Edgar dined with us. Very cold weather.) Sunday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Walk over Campden Hill. Gave O.W 6d. Back. Worked on Durbar drawing. At 12.0 went in bus with M to Hyde Park Corner. Man with coppers wrapped up in paper. Walked home. Lunch. Went on with Durbar cartoon. The Galbraiths called. Put in the King's head etc. Bother with shading to the left. Roy did not go to Brighton but to the Queens Club. M, Roy & self dined quietly at 8.30pm. In morning room after. Bed at 12.0. Read The Destruction of Ancient Rome. (Red ink: Took M for walk.) Monday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Very cold. Out over Campden Hill & after at work all the morning & up to 2.0pm finishing cartoon for Durbar. Sent it off. After in afternoon enlarged Tommy & Boer for drawing of Vol 124 & also the Globe for drawing of Vol 123. Began Title Page at 5.0pm. Roy dined with Tabs at the Coburg & went to The Country Girl after. M & self dined quietly. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Roy not back. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Harry McCalmont. Death of Frances Forbes Robertson.) Tuesday December 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk over Campden Hill. Still cold. At work on finishing Title Page for Vol 123. Finished it at 6.30pm, no, 7.0, & boy to come in the morning. Began hurriedly the drawing of Tommy & Boer. Had enlarged the Boer & T again after lunch & Peace. Dined with Roy & M at 8.30pm. Quiet evening & bed. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Harry McCalmont.) Wednesday December 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk over Campden Hill. Gave O.W. 2d, no, 1½. After worked all day on drawing of Boer & Tommy for Vol 124. M out in carriage, back at 5.30. Called on Mrs Welby. Left 6.15 & by bus all way to Punch dinner. Sir F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L, P.A, P.M, B.P, H.W.L. Suggested cut of Balfour & Hounds. Left 10.45. Called C.C. No letters & home by bus. Roy up. Bed 11.0am. (Cutting glued in: Death of Arthur Copland-Griffiths.)
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Thursday December 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out with Rags. Round Hornton St. Back & schemed picture of Balfour & Hounds. At 11.45 photod Otley on old mare & after developed & enlarged. Very cold. Letter from Mite complaining of H.L. Worked from 4.0 to 8.30. Put in hounds. M had taken pill & did not go out. Roy, M & self dined quietly at 8.30. Bed at 12.0am. Friday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. Strange dream of little pigs. Out & up Hornton St with 2 dogs. Letter from Mite complaining of H.L. Still cold. Met Chesterton. Wrote to accept Lady Jeune's invite. After at work all day on drawing of Balfour returning from hunting. Did not finish till 9.45. Roy & self dined at 10pm. M had had her simple meal before. Bed 12.30 or 1.15 after snooze. 'But the apples hanging there Proved to be but Pommes de Terres For throughout I had a sort'er Fancy that I did'nt ought'er! Saturday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & wet morning. Walked with dogs round Hornton St. Looked at guns. After put all away from cartoon of Balfour hunting. At work 12.0 on opening of Vol 124. Lunch. M upstairs & not down till 2.0pm. After worked all afternoon up to 7.10pm on opening Vol 124 & sent it off. Dressed & left M & Roy at dinner. To Lady Jeune's dinner. Met the Duke of Abercorn, Earl Roberts, Ld Arthur Hill, Sir Weetman & Lady Pearson etc. Mrs Brodrick, Lord Tweedmouth, Lord Duncannon, Mr Haldane, Mr Fuchs & many others. Delightful dinner. Left at 11.10. Sir F.Jeune ill in bed. Lady Tweedmouth not there. To the Midland Rly. Small Apollinaris. Otley there at 11.30. Changed hat & coat etc. Off by 12.0. Letter from F.C.B & others. Slept off & on. x. Woke at Dumfries at 7.9am. Wet & gale. Waited 5 minutes for Galbraith's dog cart. (Red ink: Dined at Lady Jeune's. Left by night mail for Dumfries.) Sunday December 14 On board train for Dumfries. Woke at 7.9am. Waited 5 minutes for Galbraith's cart. Dark lavatory. Gale of wind & rain. At house 8.40. Bath & put things away. Breakfast 9.15am. Jane & Arthur, Miss Brown, Mr Peddie & Dora. Told Mrs Galbraith about bear on board ship. Frightful gale & rain. Wrote many cheques & letters. After lunch went for walk in gale of wind. Fine hack mare of Galbraith's. Only gave 120 for her. Show of horses. Back. Wrote more letters. Read a stupid story in Pearsons. Sleepy after. Dressed for dinner 7.30pm. Took Mrs G in & sat at end of table. Good dinner. Drew (illeg) etc after. Smoke & bed. Long talk to Wilkie about David Robertson. Lord Marjoriebanks. Guests in house, Mr & Mrs Timms, Mr & Mrs Wilkie, Major Carruthers, Miss Brown, Miss Langley, Miss Johnstone, Mr Dick Peddie, L.S. (Red ink: Great gale & wet.) Monday December 15 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.0. Breakfast 9.15. Wore Lady M suit. Drove to hill, 6 guns. Major Carruthers, Mr Timms, Mr Dick Peddie, Mr Wilkie, L.S, C.E
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Galbraith. Got 6 first stand, 7 the second, after only 5. 18 in all. Same ground as in former years. The ladies came to lunch. Mrs G, Miss B, Dora & Miss J, Mrs Wilkie. Left off at 4.0 & walked home. Rest. Tea. Wrote letters & diary. Dressed 5.30. Took Mrs Wilkie in to dinner. Two others came to dinner. Had game of Puff Ball. Tired after & to bed at 11.15pm. Great gale in the night. (Red ink: Shoot on hill at Galbraiths'.) Tuesday December 16 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.0. Had been terrible stormy night & heavy wet. Down stairs. Letter from M & one from E.D. Breakfast & at 10.10 started. Same guns as yesterday. Again in centre of drive at top & worked on. Self No 5. Numbers worked better. Got 4 first drive, 3 second, then 2, then 4. 13 before lunch & one rabbit. After 2 larks. Then a long gap. Then 4 & 2 hares. Then in walk 2. Then after three & a pigeon. 24 pheasants, 2 hares, 1 rabbit, 1 pigeon. 28 in all. A very poor day. Miss Brown, Miss Johnson, Mrs Wilkie & Dora out all day. Mrs Galbraith at 3.30. Left off at 4.30 & home. Smoke & rest. Bath. A Captain & Mrs Ross came to dinner. Oh! After noisy games, Puff Ball & Flip. All went to bed 11.10. Self sleepy & after to bed 11.40. Peddie kept Galbraith up till 1.40am. (Red ink: Home shoot at Terregles.) Wednesday December 17 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.0. Doubt about letters. Nonsense. Breakfast. Grilled ham. After Major Carruthers left. After mooned about. Felt seedy. Looked at motor car. A 12 horse Morris. Lunch. Then Mr & Mrs Timms left & also Mr Dick Peddie with a hat too big for him. Had read a delightful story of A.Guthrie's called 'The Gull'. Went for a walk after writing letters etc. To Church. Many people lay in the churchyard called Pagan. Back. Mr Galbraith who had gone into Dumfries brought letters. One from M & one from F.C.B. Up in room. Wrote on cigar case. Dressed. Letter from Stone & Lady Margaret Watney. Dinner. Took Miss Brown in. Game of Puff Ball after & went to bed at 11.0 to get up tomorrow for shooting at Southwick. (Red ink: Picked up cartridge cases.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Barnet Gluckstein to Rose Salmon. Obituary Mrs Grant, widow of General Ulysses Grant. Dec 16.) Thusday December 18 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 7.0. Letters. Breakfast 7.45 & off 8.15 to Maxwelltown. Galbraith's hat blew off & dog retrieved it. Met Charley Maxwell & all off to Southwick station. Hunter at his post with beaters. Shot all day in more or less rain & heavy squelching cold sleety hail. Guns C.E.G, Mr Wilkie, C.Maxwell & self. Bag about 33. Self shot 5 pheasants, 1 partridge, 1 hare, 1 pigeon. Galbraith shot a huge dog fox about the size of a collie dog, 2 stone. They get 5/s for the two ears. Galbraith's hat continually off & great difficulty in getting over water course. G on the bridge & on the fence. Lunch at a barn. Cold after. Lunch at 12.0. Left at 3.0pm & went by trap to station. Back to Maxwell Town. Wire from F.C.B & stationmaster. Home at 4.30pm. Wrote letters & packed bags. Bath & tea. Down in room. Both G & W sleeping. Read the Scotsman. Dinner. Took Mrs Galbraith in. Changed for travelling & in drawing room. Goodbye & left at 10.45. Drove to Dumfries. Just caught train.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Did not sleep very well in train. (Red ink across page: Cold day's shoot at Southwick. Left for London by night mail.) Friday December 19 On board train for Saint Pancras. Did not sleep very well. Arrived punctually to the minute. Otley with cart at St Pancras. Home 7.45 just as sun rising. Cup of tea & bath. M getting up. Had ride on bicycle. Saw L.C. Breakfast. Roy off to City. After schemed subject for 'His last appearance'. Photod Otley after sending him to May's. Lunch. Very tired after. Rested 2 hours & slept till 4.30. Dear Mite & Conrad in in afternoon. After worked. M & self dined together. Conrad & Roy dined with Harold Messel & went to the Garrick after. Put new 50 candle burner in Studio. Bed at 12.0 very tired. (Red ink: Home from Terregles. Photod Otley. Tired.) Saturday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up & out on bicycle. Found out Normand Mansions. Back. Conrad to breakfast. After at 10.15 photod him for 'His last appearance' & then the curtains. All by 11.15. M out. Sent Otley back with costume & to His Majesty's Theatre. M & self went up in 4 wheeler & had Box B. Saw 'The Eternal City' & after sent M home. Called at C.C letters & Garrick to tea.Wrote 2 letters & home calling at Butts. Roy in to dinner & tea. Quiet evening & bed. Tired. (Red ink: M & self went to see The Eternal City at matinée.) Sunday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out on cycle by 9.0am striking at Kensington Church. Rags followed me beautifully. Called to enquire how Bernard Partridge was. Back. Roy not down till 10.15am. Worked till 12.0 when changed & took M for walk up Row & back. No bus. Met Kenneth Grahame. After Florence Walford to lunch. Rested till 4.0 when worked till 8.0. Midge dined. M, Roy, Midge & self. Read Eddie Boehm's book. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Took M for walk.) Monday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Warm & foggy. Walked the dogs over Campden Hill. Met no one. Back to work all day on drawing of 1902 saying Good Bye. Dear Mite in in afternoon. Had a bottle of 1887 Champagne to dinner, M, Mite Roy & self. Dear Mite brought cigars. Very tired. Rested in chair till 1.0pm. Finished drawing at 8.15pm. Tuesday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out with dogs. Dull dark morning. M packing. Roy off to City. Put all things straight & away. Dressed. Lunch 1.30. M not down, with Miss White. After left at 2.0 & up by cab to the C.C. At 2.45 photod Miss E.D for New Year. ½ doz. Out at 4.0. Called & got stalls at the Lyric for Othello. On by bus to Victoria. There 4.55. Goodbye to M & Mite. Back home by Met Rly. Wrote letters & dressed. Roy & self dined at 7.0pm. Left at 7.50 & by cab to the Lyric to see Othello. Herbert Waring Iago, Miss Lena Ashwell Emilia, Sydney Valentine Brabantes. Cassio Ben Webster. Fairly good. Roy liked it. Saw Charles Russell & wife. After to Garrick. Home by carriage after talking to Fred Terry & a friend. Colder. (Red ink: M & Mite left for Balcombe.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Roy & self went to see 'Othello'.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Patrick Blair to Helen Blunt. Death of Mrs Lewes. Dec 24, 1902.) Wednesday December 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Very tired. Out with Rags. Gave old W 2d & back. Otley left with Roy's things in cart at 9.30. After goodbye to Roy. The whole morning packing etc. Lunch 1.30. Left in cart at 2.0pm for Liverpool St. There 3.0. Saw Sir Arthur & Lady Grant, Sir A in a fur coat. After down to Wickham Market with General Stracey who burnt 4 candles & let the grease run down the cushions. Arrived at Wickham Market. Great crowd. Got luggage. To Easton Park on top of carriage. Rather cold. Waited about before dressing for luggage. Dinner at 8.50. No one to take in. Sat next to Lady Clarke. After played 1 game with Genl C. Bed at 11.45. Room hot. Guests. General Stracey, Genl & Lady Clarke, Mr & Mrs Newman, self, Sir Arthur & Lady Grant of Monymusk. (Red ink: Went down to Wickham Market.) Thursday December 25 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Called 8.15. Up 8.45. Church bell going. Fine cheery Xmas morning. Went into the church. Communion service going on. Out & to breakfast at 9.45. Good sprats. After wrote letters & read. All back from church & lunch at 1.0. After from 2.30 to 4.30 went a 6 mile walk with Lucas & Sir Charles Clarke. Young Newman, Lady Grant, Mrs Newman. Tea & talk of Sir Arthur Grant's Raphael for which he wants £70,000. Sir A.G wrote to Humphrey Ward. Played 200 up in 2 games with Sir Charles Clarke. Each won one. After looked at Figaro Illustré. Dressed. Took Mrs Pilleau in to dinner. Sat next Sir A.Grant. Talk of Egypt. After game of roulette. Won 13/6. Squire Austin came to dinner. Like Chamberlain. Wonderful 2 games of billiards between him & Col Lucas. Each won one. Bed 12.0. Put window open. Broken rest at night. (Red ink: At Easton Park. Walk. Roulette.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Archibald Snowball, of a son. Obituary of Thomas Nast. Dec 24 1902.) Friday December 26 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.0. Dressed comfortably. Wrote letter & corrected V & C's proof. Breakfast 9.0am. After started round house at 10.0am. Guns, Baron D'Erlanger, General Sir Charles Clarke, General Stracey, Col Lucas, Newman, Sir Arthur Grant & self. Lovely day & good shoot. Self 80 pheasants, 1 rabbit, 1 hare. Bag pheasants 707, partridges 3, hares 34, rabbits 151, various 4. Total 899. Back by 4.0pm. Ladies away. Changed & bath. Tea. Talk to Mrs Pilleau. Wrote letters & diary. After looked at Figaro Illustré. Dinner. Took a new arrival, Miss Leyton, in. Next to Lady Clarke. Roulette. Won 2/3. Played Sir C.Clarke 2 100 games up, I won both. Bed 12.30. Shut window at 1.40. Read 'The Drums of the Fore & Aft' by Kipling. Slept indifferently. (Red ink: 1st great shoot Easton Park.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Harriet Austin.) Saturday December 27 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 8.15. Dressed covet suit & breakfast 9.0am. All off in 2 traps by 9.45am. Col Lucas, Genl Stracey, Genl Sir Charles Clarke, Sir A.Grant, Newman, Mr Smith (agent) & self. Most lovely day.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Brilliant sun. Got to lunch 50 pheasants, 2 rabbits, 1 hare, 1 water hen. At lunch the ladies, Lady Grant, Lady Clarke, Mrs Lucas, Miss Leyton, Mrs Newman. Little James the terrier. After did not do so well. Missed hares & partridges. Total to self of day 64 pheasants, 4 rabbits, 3 hares 1 W.H. Left off 4.10 & home. A Mr Long & wife calling. No letters for me. Bath & changed. Looked over Figaro Illustré & after beat Sir Charles Clarke 2 100 games. Pt 98.97. Second I beat by 30 points. Drew Lady Clarke for dinner. Was shewn ruby ring. Good talk. After music. 4 Mary's. Tired after dinner. Did not play billiards. Bed at 12.0. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot Easton Park.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Mrs Austin.) Sunday December 28 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 8.30. Windy & dull. Breakfast 9.45. After read & wrote letters etc. Did not go out. Lunch. Revd Mr Wood & Sir Austin Colville came to lunch. Had lager beer. Made me heavy. Drew fish etc. After fell asleep in room from 3.0 to 5.45. Fortune told by cards by Miss Leyton. Played 3 100 games with Lucas, he giving me 30. Won one. Dinner. Mrs Lucas drew me. After singing etc. Smoke in billiard room & bed at 12.0. Read Kipling. (Red ink: Did not go out.) (Cutting glued in: Golden Wedding. Michael Shaw Stewart to Lady Octavia Grosvenor.) Monday December 29 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.0. Letter from M. Card from F.C.B. Breakfast. All ladies down. After got off at 9.45. Walked to 1 st stand. Got 23 pheasants 1st 2 stands. After on to lunch time. Ladies in tent. Bad lobster. After did not do much. 41 pheasants up to lunch. Left off 4.0. Last stand the only one in the 3 days that I shot nothing. Got in day 73 pheasants, 3 hares, 2 rabbits, 1 duck. 79 head. Guns Mr Smith, Col Lucas, self, General Stracey, Sir Arthur Grant, Newman. Letter from M in parcel. Bath & tea. Mrs Lowther had called. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot at Easton Park.) (Table of shooting: Friday, Saturday, Monday: 223 head to self altogether.) Tuesday December 30 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 6.45. Had been awake ¾ hr. Breakfast. Mr & Mrs Newman, Genl Stracey & self all left saying goodbye to Lucas. Frosty morning. Tips. After to town. Stracey & his bags & measures. Otley met me. Drove home. Called Garrick & C.C. Unpacked. Lunch. After put up papers etc etc & again left with mare for Victoria. Down to Balcombe. Heavy rain. At Mite's by 6.45. Dear M looking well. Nonie & Ann. Dressed & dinner. Grace Frazer. Sleepy after. Bed at 12.0 after snooze in chair in boudoir. (Red ink: Came up from Easton Park & down to dear M & Mite at Balcombe House.) Wednesday December 31 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45 & breakfast by self. After the entire morning dating blues. Lunch. Received a letter from Lady Pearson, wired Otley to bring down guns. After went for walk with M. Cut gorse. Sent letters with New Year cards off. Back. Dated blues. Tea. More cards sent off. Lennie back at 6.45. Nonie boy in boudoir. Dinner. Good light Champagne. After Lennie danced till he was exhausted. Dear M, Mite, Lennie self & Grace Frazer all
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 saw the New Year in & drank Rum Punch. Bed at 12.30am. No bells. Otley came down by the 7.15 train with my guns & cartridge case. (Red ink: Quiet day at Balcombe.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Frederick Kiernander to Lucy Dangerfield.)
Notes and addresses at back of diary: Mabel Hall. 1: Monday Jany 23 '99 2: Monday Feb 20 '99 3: Wednesday Apl 19 '99 4: Thurs May 18 '99 5: Mon June 26 '99 6: Sunday July 23 '99 7: Saty Aug 12 '99 8: Sun Mar 25 '00 9: Monday Sep 24 '00 10: Wedy Oct 3 '00 11: Saty Dec 22 '00 12: Wedy Jany 23 '01 13: Saty Feby 16 '01 14: Monday Feby 25 '01 15: Monday Apl 1 '01 16: Saturday May 25 '01 17: Saturday July 13 '01 18: Wednesday July 23 '02 19: Wednesday Jan 17 '03. E. Warwick. Saturday July 7 '00 Wednesday Oct 10 '00 Saturday May 25 '01 Saturday July 13 '01. B Jessop. 1: Saturday Sep 24 '98 2: Saturday Oct 1 '98 3: Wednesday Oct 5 '98 4: Wednesday Oct 15 '98 5: Monday Feby 6 '99 6: Monday Apl 26 '99 8: Wednesday June 14 '99 9: Wednesday Sep 27 '99 10: Wednesday Nov 8 '99 11: Saturday May 12 '00 12: Wednesday Nov 7 '00 13: Thursday Dec 20 '00 14: Tuesday Apl 30 '01 15: Tuesday June 24 '02
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 16: Thursday Apl 7 '04 17: Saturday Sep 10 '04 E.Jessop. Wedy Nov 8 '99 Wedy Dec 6 '99 Wedy Dec 27 '99 Wedy Jany 31 '00 Wedy Feby 28 '00 Wedy Aug 8 '00 Thursday Aug 30 '00 Wednesy Sep 26 '00 Saturday Nov 24 '00 Tuesday Mar 12 '01 Wednesday Oct 8 '02 Wednesday July 13 '04. M. Reid. 1: Wedy 19 June '01 2: Wedy 26 June '01 3: Tuesday 2 July '01 4: Wednesday 10 July '01 5: Wednesday * 17 July '01 6: Tuesday * 23 July '01 7: Monday * 29 July '01 8: Wednesday * 25 Sep '01 9: Wednesday 2 Oct '01 10: Wednesday 9 Oct '01 11: Tuesday * 31 Dec '01 12: Monday * 13 Jan '02 13: Tuesday * 28 Jan '02 14: Saturday * 8 Feb '02 15: Saturday ** 15 July '02 16: Tuesday ** 4 March '02 17: Tuesday **11 March '02 18: Wednesday * 26 March '02 19: Wednesday * 30 Apl '02 20: Friday 26 Sep '02. R Morgan. 1: Monday Jany 14 '01 2: Monday Jany 21 '01 3: Monday Jany 28 '01 4: Monday Feby 11 '01 5: Saturday June 22 '01 6: Wednesday Apl 23 '02. J.Cann. 1: Tuesday Jany 21 '02
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 E.Dawson. 1: Monday July 28 '02 2: Wednesday Oct 15 '02 3: Monday Oct 27 '02 4: Wednesday 12 Nov '02 5: Wednesday 3 Dec '02 6: Tuesday 23 Dec '02. V.Hamilton 1: Saturday Aug 2 '02 J.Johnstone. 1: Tuesday Aug 5 '02 2: Wednesday Aug 20 '02 3: Wednesday Aug 29 '02. B.Atherton. 1: Friday Aug 8 '02 2: Wednesday Aug 27 '02. R.Woodcock. 1: Saturday 3 November '01 2: Thursday 15 May '02.
Addresses in answers. D.M. Thurs 17 July. Miss Jenny Johnston, 153 Osborne Road, Forest Gate, E. Miss Lilian Piper, 3 Batoum Gardens, Shepherds Bush, W. Miss E.Howard, 46 West Terrace, Fairlawn Park, Sydenham, S.W. Miss Violet Smith, 146 Adrian Terrace, Redcliffe Square, S.W. Miss Enid F.Walker, 26 Granville Place, Portman Square, W. Miss M.W.Preston, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, W.C. Miss Violet Hamilton, 55 Chelverton Rd, Putney, S.W. Miss B.Atherton, 48a Anselm Rd, Fulham, S.W. Miss E.Dawson, 12 Normand Mansions, West Kensington. The North Britsh Railway Company General Manager W.F.Jackson Esq, General Manager's Office, Edinburgh. Great Central Ralways General Manager Sir William Pollitt. Secy O.S.Holt. General Manager's Office, London Road Station, Manchester. Station Master Marylebone W.F.Monckton. Great Eastern Railways General Manager J.F.S.Gooday, Liverpool Street Station. Station Master Liverpool St, H.G.Drury.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Great Northern Railways General Manager C.Stead. Secretary W.Latta. Kings Cross N. Great Western Railway General Manager Sir Joseph L.Wilkinson. Midland Railways General Manager J.Mathieson Esq Office, Derby. Asst Genl Manager Edw.W.Wills Esq. Station Master St Pancras W.Snow. Caledonian Railways General Manager Sir James Thompson. Haythornthwaite, Carlisle. R.Millar, 302 Buchanon St Glasgow. Glasgow & South Western Rly. General Manager David Cooper St Enoch Station, Glasgow. Highland Railway Company General Manager J.A.Wilson Inverness. Inspector West Coast Railway William Hamilton Perth Station. South Eastern & Chatham Rly General Manager's Office, London Bridge Station, S.E. Vincent W.Hill. C.Sheath, Secy. London Brighton & South Coast Rly General Manager's Office, London Bridge, S.E. William Forbes Esq.
The Duke of York's Theatre W.C. James W.Mathews Esq, Box Office. Daly's Theatre, Leicester Sq, W.C. G.E.Minor Esq, Acting Manager. Empire Theatre H.J.Hitchens Esq. Vaudeville Theatre. A.S.Gattie, Chas Frodman, Herbert Clark. The Tivoli, London W.C. D.Howell Esq.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 Drury Lane Arthur Collins, Sydney Smith London Hippodrome, Cranbourne St, Leicester Sq. Henry W.Garrick, Press Rep. Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, W. H.J.Callan Apollo, W. Shaftesbury Avenue, W. Avenue W.C Northumberland Avenue, Charing X, W.C. Adelphi W.C. 401 Strand, W.C. Comedy, S.W. Panton St, S.W. Criterion, W. 218-222 Piccadilly W. Daly's, W.C. 2 to 6, Cranbourne St, Leicester Sq, W.C. Duke of York's. St Martin's Lane, W.C. Gaiety, W.C. 345 Strand W.C. Garrick, W.C. 2 Charing Cross Road, W.C. Globe, W.C. Newcastle St, Strand W.C. Haymarket 7,8, Haymarket S.W. His Majesty's Haymarket, S.W. Lyceum, W.C. Wellington St, Strand, W.C. Lyric, W. 29 Shaftesbury Avenue, W. Palace Theatre. Cambridge Circus, W.C. Prince of Wales. Coventry Street, Piccadilly, W. Princess's, W. 152 Oxford Street, W. Royal Court. Sloane Square, S.W. Royalty, W. 73 Dean Street, Soho, W. St James's. King Street, St James's, S.W. Savoy, W.C. Beaufort Buildings, Strand, W.C. Surrey, S.E. 124 Blackfriars Road, S.E. Fred & Arthur Conquest. Terry's, W.C. 105, 106 Strand, W.C. T.R.Covent Garden. Bow St, W.C. T.R.Drury Lane. Catherine Street, Covent Garden, W.C. Vaudeville. 404 Strand, W.C. Wyndhams. Charing Cross Road, W.C.
M.Hall. 94 Hotham Road, Putney. Maud Fletcher. 24 Hardcastle Street, High St, Peckham. R.Woodcock. 1 Kingsley Road, Kilburn, Willesden Lane N.W. Miss Best. 20 Newman St, Oxford St. R.Morgan. 1 Springvale Terrace, W.C. Ethel Bantock. 111 Coningham Rd, Shepherds Bush. Miss Smith. 2 Loring Villas, Tolesworth. May Haydon. 3 Redesdale St, Tadworth Sq. E Jessop. 79 Amhurst Road, Hackney, & small cottage, Cringford, Essex. M. Paxton. 19 St George's Terrace, Gloucester Road, S.W. Joan Cann. 24 Abingdon Mansions, Kensington W. Minnie Tambay. 134 Campden Houses, Campden Hill, W. M.Reid. Argyle House, Elie, Fifeshire.
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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1902 William Grayson W.Cox, 39 Sutherland St, Pimlico. G.A.Dagg, 59 Tabor Road, hammersmith. C.Lilford Delph, 33 Tamworth St, Fulham. G.A.Dagg, 4 Nasmyth Street, Ham'th, W. Models addresses sent by Mrs A.M.Morgan, 60 Frithville Gardens, Uxbridge Road, W. Miss Gertie Barber. 84 Clifton Hill, St John's Wood, N.W. Tall, fair, very good. Alice Brown. Enkel Street, Holloway, N. Tall, dark, 20. Miss Bourgeois. 100 Cornwall Road Notting Hill, W. Tall & dark, ½ French. 20. Very good. Miss M.Best. 31 Westmorland Road, Bayswater, W. Tall, dark. Blue eyes. Very good. Edith Hall. 94 Hotham Road, Putney. Tall, dark Amy Harris, 19. Ellen Harris, 20, Tall, fair, pretty. Bella Harris 16. 24 Lillyville Road, Putney. Miss Traenor. 12 Ilchester Mansions, Abingdon Road, Kensington. Good Head. Tall slim figure. Drapery. Miss Martin. 25 Gratten Road, West Kensington. Florrie Altree. 68 Leicester Road, East Finchley. Tall, fair. Classical.
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