And perhaps I may receive at this
time some wrong by it; but I care not, for what I did was out of
my desire to do justice.
11th. To Loton the landscape-drawer, a Dutchman, living in St.
James's Market; but there saw no good pictures. But by accident
he did direct us to a painter that was then in the house with
him, a Dutchman, newly come over, one Evereest, [Probably Simon
Varelst a Dutch flower-painter, who practised his art with much
success in England about this time.] who took us to his lodging
close by, and did show us a little flower-pot of his drawing, the
finest thing that ever, I think, I saw in my life; the drops of
dew hanging on the leaves, so as I was forced again and again to
put my finger to it, to feel whether my eyes were deceived or no.
He do ask 70l. for it: I had the vanity to bid him 20l. But a
better picture I never saw in my whole life; and it is worth
going twenty miles to see it. Thence, leaving Balty there, I
took my wife to St. James's, and there carried her to the
Queene's chapel, the first time I ever did it; and heard
excellent musick, but not so good as by accident I did hear there
yesterday as I went through the Park from White Hall to see Sir
W.
Pages:
1652
1653
1654
1655
1656
1657
1658
1659
1660
1661
1662
1663
1664
1665
1666
1667
1668
1669
1670
1671
1672
1673
1674
1675
1676