[Towards end of August].--Painted about twelve days at the picture of _King Lear_: altered the head of Cordelia, shortened her hands and arms, enlarged the head, thickened the figure (sixty hours). Painted four days at the little picture of _Mother and Child_ before sending it home (twenty hours).... Spent three days arranging the sleeves of the Page. Went to Margate with my daughter, and stayed there two weeks, during [which time I] had three sittings for her portrait[64] (nine hours).... 5th October.--Began a portrait of Mr. Seddon;[65] to be painted, and that of Mrs. Seddon, for a sofa; went to a conversazione with them.... 3rd November.--Finished Mr. Seddon’s Portrait. Drew-in the Jester, and painted his hands, sleeves, etc. Drew at other parts. Composed a subject for _Beauty and the Beast_; ... drew a figure of Beauty from nature. Wasted about two months changing into a new studio. Began the portrait of Shakespeare for the Dickinsons: painted a sketch of it, made a drawing of the head, and a study from Mr. Barker for it. Drew a cartoon of it.... Drew a figure of _the Lord Jesus_ for the Dickinsons.[66] 1850--2nd March.--Worked at it and the cartoon of Shakespeare to-day (four and a half hours). In the evening three hours at _The Lord Jesus_ (border-work).... 4th.--... To meet S. C. Hall,[67] at Lucy’s, meeting of the committee of the North London School of Drawing and Modelling (two hours).... 6th.--Painted at the forehead and hair of Shakespeare, and drew the border of thorns of the Christ (eight hours).... 12th.--Went to a committee of North London School (six hours). 13th.--Idem. Went to Fenton to paint his dead child (six hours).... 16th.--Painted at the head of Shakespeare and background, and drew at the Cordelia for etching[68] (10 hours).... _Diary resumed on the 16th August 1854._[69] Idle day: morning spent musing in bed; afternoon walked out with Emma and Katy;[70] evening, garden and dim reflections. Much study of Blue-book of Department of Art and Science (impudently called “of Science and Art”). In the interval which the diary shows (to the best of my recollection) I painted in the year 1850, still in Newman Street, first the remainder of the Shakespeare portrait, for which I was paid sixty guineas; then I finished the etching for _The Germ_, which cost me 31s. 6d. and brought me in nothing. Afterwards I designed a card for the Dickinson Exhibition of _Shakespeare_, on which I worked several days for no remuneration. The drawing of _The Lord Jesus_ was paid me £2: they afterwards lithographed it in shameful style, so as to cause me much annoyance.