Sunday, 18 November 1877

We were at church, and then... I spent the whole day with écorchés and anatomy books.
In the evening I made a sketch of my washstand — or rather of Rosalie before the washstand. It holds together and is fairly convincing; the composition pleases me. When I can draw better I shall redo the thing, perhaps even as a painting. No one has ever painted a washstand and a chambermaid without cupids, without flowers, without broken vases, without a feather duster, and so forth.
Popaul has sent two tickets for the Chamber tomorrow.
Every Boyd in creation was at our house yesterday or the day before.