Saturday 24 May 1834
Fine morning goodish kiss last night and an hours play this morning i am really getting fond of her for the play was all my own bringing on - Fahrenheit 58 now at 7 1/2 a.m. - breakfast at 8 35/60
Out at 9 1/2 along the river to St. Martin's, and thence close by the water (no path - climbed over hedge and wall) to opposite Easby Abbey where we wanted to be yesterday afternoon - Miss Walker seated at her sketching at 10 1/2 - left the 2 servants with her, and at 11 sauntered back to Richmond getting into the path high for some fields length above the river - fine views of the town
Went into Bowman's the bookseller's and bought Tate's Horatius Restitutus and his 2 little works on the Greek metres and Greek prepositions - and bought the Richmond guide published by Bowman 2/- better than Robinson's at 4/6 with bad incorrectly drawn lithographs - Bought also Clarkson's History of Richmond - very few copies remaining - the author determined the work should not be depreciated in price burnt all the copies in sheets (because the booksellers offered him only 5/- a piece for them and he would not have them sold to the public for less than £2) and there were only a few copies in boards that the Clarkson (his son?) on leaving Richmond left with his attorney to be disposed of
Back with Miss Walker at 1 1/2 and sent home the servants to dinner - we soon changed our station and went to sketch St. Martin's till 4 1/2 - I reading my new guide book and asleep the while - then went to the parish church (St. Mary's) - good handsome neatly kept old church-stalls for the mayor and 12 aldermen in handsome oak carving brought from Easby Abbey at the Dissolution as also the handsome old font of Tees grey marble with beautifully oak carved top - the best pew in the church gone from the Yorkes of Beverley, sold by the present John who inherited the Richmond property from his uncle - the stables of their once handsome place now cottages, and the mansion pulled down and not a trace of it remaining - had tried to see the grounds chiefly bought by one person but could not get in - should have had leave and the keys from a Mr. Smirfit
Dinner at 5 1/2 - Mr. Brown dined with us, and sketched in Clarkson the St. Mary's font as it is as to the inscription and shields not as Clarkson represents it thro' his incorrectly drawing artist Mr. Robinson
I had asked Mrs. Stuart our hostess of the King's Head what she would take for 2 oval oak-carved frame pictures in our sitting room - outside of carved work 5 feet 7 inches by 4 feet and pictures 3 feet 7 inches by 2 feet 8 inches - dimensions as given by Mr. Robinson sent for by Mrs Stuart to set a price upon the pictures or rather frames for the former not worth much - he said they the 2 should £12 or £14 - a picture dealer had offered £10 for the 2 frames - Mrs. Stuart would let me have frames and pictures for £12 - and will wait my answer till the 10th. next month
Drove off from Richmond at 7 35/60 (Mr. Brown off at the same time in a gig to Darlington to meet coaches for York tomorrow), and alighted at Mr. Chambers's Inn at Greta Bridge at 9 5/60 - fine, rich, wooded beautiful hill-and-dale country
Tea - wrote all the above of today till 10 35/60 - went upstairs at 11 20/60 - very fine day tho' rather threatening rain at about 4 p.m. and afterwards but held off and continued fine - Fahrenheit 59 at 11 3/4 p.m.
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