Friday, 18 March 1881

I have finished the canvas, apart from a few touch-ups.
Julian finds it has improved enormously in the past week — that it is very good now. Tony did not notice the change at the centre; the three main figures, though in the background, have been repainted and altered, and others too; and some hands.
I myself know it is better now; we shall see what Tony says tomorrow.
There are in all sixteen figures and the skeleton — making seventeen.