Monday, 12 March 1883

Perspective lesson with the Canroberts and Alice. Well, the illustrious architect has taught us in three or four lessons everything a painter needs to know — though for instance I believe it is almost indispensable to know it if one wants to do more, even two figures.
In short it is very useful and almost amusing. He and Alice stay for dinner — I do pen caricatures that are found to be likenesses, and then we talk of my painting...