LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1887 Post office telegram glued in: Handed in at the Charles St Haymarket Office 5.17pm.. Received Kensington Young St 5.28pm. JY 2 86. Linley Sambourne Esq. 18 Stafford Terr Kensington. Letter received application was made in 1882. Refused in my opinion applicant wrong. Lane for Graham. Notes and addresses on front pages: No of Store Ticket for 1887 : 36758. Martin & Co, Saddlers. 103 Gloster Rd. W Johnson Esq, Lincoln & Bennetts. Reuss Lanceran & Co, 39 Crutched Friars E.C. Pol Roger etc. Thos.I.Barratt Esq, Pears Soap, 38 Great Russell St. W.C. V.Harcourt, 33 Gertrude St. S.K. near Limerston St S.W. Models: Miss Wilkinson, 71 St John's Wood Terrace W. Recommended by Ellis: Miss Furrell, 77 Caledonian Road, Kings X. N.W. Ellis, Tadema, 14 Jany: Miss A Nichols, 1 Blandford Place, Regents Park N.W. Tall. Fair. Good looking. Solomon J Solomon gave Ellis: Miss Kate Double, 57 Tavistock Road, Westbourne Park, W. Both have sisters so be particular about Xtian names. Canon Harford's Spanish cloak (sketch with dimensions.) Armstrong draperies (sketch with dimensions.) Derby Dry Plate Co, 32 Queen St, Hammersmith, W. Swain's photographer on wood: Roberts, 57 St John's Villas, Upper Holloway,N.
Saturday January 1 Very cold in morning. Hard frost. Called in to see horses. M & self walked up to top of Row. Cab to St James's Restaurant. Chop & sausages. After to Royal Academy Old Masters. Saw Lady Wentworth, Taylors, Maxwells, Arthur Burnand, Stranger etc. Took M to her mother's. After to Club. Saw Jones, Merivale etc. Wrote letters. Walk home, sent M & Judy by cab. Row about horse etc etc. Dined at home. Read 'She'. Bed. Sunday January 2 Bitterly cold. Hoar frost. At 12.0 started for Barn Elms to skate. Did skate. 2 girls & 2 men on. Robin fed out of hand in Summer House. Walked home. Mother there. Read Rider Haggard's 'She'. Bed after. Did not work. Monday January 3 This day I worked on drawing for Augustus Harris. Invitation for the Baddeley night. Sent it off at 7.0pm. Quiet dinner & bed early.
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