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The Diary of George Price Boyce 1865 is in The Diary of George Price Boyce.
5th February 1865. Called on Poynter (age 28) to see his competition drawings for the Old Water Colour Society. One of them, that with Ellen Smith with fan in her hand [See Painting], very good. Called on Jopling.
5th May 1865. Rossetti (age 36) sent for the study he gave me, a pencil head of Ellen Smith, said it was by inadvertence he had parted with it, as he particularly wished to dispose of it with other studies of the same picture (Bride in Song of Solomon) to the purchasers of the picture. He promised me good measure" in exchange. Dined at Mills' Coffee House. The beautiful Rafiaelesque girl has left—the waiter thinks for Australia. Alas!
22nd May 1865. Rossetti (age 37) sent down by Pope 13 pencil studies of heads, of which 2 (one of Ellen Smith and another ¾ of a new model) are gifts.
The other 11, viz, 3 of Fanny Cornforth (age 30), 2 of Ellen Smith, 1 of Ada, 1 of Mrs. Morris of Upton, £10, 1 of the negro boy, 1 of a negro girl, 1 of Mrs. Eaton, and 1 of Marie Ford I pay £60 for.
30th May 1865. Large drawing of Blackgate, Newcastle, sold to Mr. Johnson of Eton College, £45.
18th June 1865. To Rossetti at Chelsea. We took the 2 o'clock train from Chelsea to Bushey and walked thence to Hampton Court Palace watching the young deer on the way. After a 2 hours' spell at the pictures we returned to Cheyne Walk. Fanny made the 3rd at dinner. Howell came in and his future brother-in-law and Sandvs.
6th August 1865. Called on Gabriel Rossetti (age 37). He and Fanny1 only there. He was at work upon a drawing of a girl washing her hands, and of her lover; the former painted from Ellen Smith, the latter from Howell.
Note 1. Probably Fanny Waugh (age 32) who married William Holman Hunt (age 38) in December 1865.
16th November 1865. Ellen Smith came to sit. Worked on old water colour head I made of her some time ago.
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17th November 1865. Mr. Toynbee buys sketch of old houses and Bridge Durham, £12, and Evelyn Valley, Abinger, £10
21st November 1865. Mrs. Cameron's Photograph Exhibition. I bought 5 (for which, being an artist, I paid half prices). A very pretty fair girl with lovely tender eyes and light brown hair in attendance. Rossetti's blue banner has just been sold in Manchester by Gambart for K 1,500.
5th December 1865. December 5. To Gabriel Rossetti (age 37)'s at Chelsea. He at home and Wm. and Fanny—Sandys (age 36) and his gipsy girl (Kiomi (age 24)) there also.
