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14 November 1881 — Ca’ Capello, Venice | |
Monday. 14th [November 1881]. Breakfast at 9 & directly after I set to work on Cort’s bust & worked till lunch. Mr Burton came up & criticised & I found I had to alter the ears as they were placed too high. Pucci came to give me a lesson but I sent for him to the studio to tell him I could not have it & must wait a bit for the lessons till I sent him word. While talking in came Felici to my delight as I was at an end of my clay & wanted more & he promised to send me some. The Usedoms came at 11 to see the pictures & drawing rooms & Henry brought Mme U. up to my studio. Mr Burton made me a present of an eye douche to use in damping my bust. I went on modelling for a bit after lunch but was disturbed by Genl. & Mrs Fane’s arrival. I found Henry attending to them so I returned to work. At 3.15 had to dress & go with Connie & the children to Mr Rawdon Brown’s to pay a visit. We found Lord & Lady & Leila Bagot there & it appeared we were expected to tea. As we had no idea of this we had arranged to meet Henry & Charlie in the Piazza so I sent the gondola to fetch them instead & bring them to Browns which was done & he & Charlie arrived there just as I went away with Lord & Lady Bagot. I walked home with them & came over the Traghetto. Henry, Charlie & the 2 girls came home in the gondola and brought Leila Bagot & she remained & dined. On arriving at home I found P. & Pss Metternich, & Mme Canevaro & Mlle Cozzi all calling. After tea we had a little music– Bee played the violin, I sang with Mme Canevaro Rubinstein’s duets—& Mme Canevaro sang alone– Connie played—& so we had quite a little concert. We had a very merry dinner. Connie made us roar with her fomentations over card leaving & visiting & said she hoped there wd be nothing of it in the next world. Henry wondered whether St Peter wd call on his colleagues Connie said she was sure the great painters wd call on Mr Burton—& all the false Cimas & Raffaelles wd be unmasked & she felt certain Mr Burton would pull out his microscope to look him thro’—all this nonsense sent us into fits. After dinner I went off to Mrs Bronson’s to a tea party which was a most dead alive kind of entertainment—all the old ladies sat in one small room & then I went. We occasionally changed chairs to speak to each other & seemed to be playing a game of Post– One of two gentlemen ventured in carefully while we were talking & I told Mrs Bronson they evidently thought our room was the harem– The gentlemen & young ladies all sat in the other room where smoking was allowed. I returned home abt 11.30. Henry had gone to bed with a headache. | |
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