Cold & clear. Festa, & row of fair. Rising at 7 ― worked hard at arranging & unscrewing drawings till 10 ― placing carpets, folios &c. Worked a very little. And at 2 called on Williams & C.K. At 3 ― walked to the P.P. tomb ― & drew ―: back by Ave Maria, & dined with P.W. at the Belli Arte. P.W. came afterwards & sat till 9.30.

[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]