Mentions seeing Lola Montez dance. Transcription: 2. Friday. Took sketch to Barton, accepted. Lockingtons, Traveller Office &c. Avery ?s. Afternoon out again after drawing. Castle Garden. Met Beukman. Pencil buying. In at [Thomas W.] Strongs. Some writing to do for his ?ǣWhittlings of Jonathans Jack Knife. ? Reveille. Drawing during evening for a short time, then with Holbrook who had come home and supped with me to the Broadway Theatre, to see Lola Montes, who has come here to make profit of her [word crossed out] ?s notoriety. A dull performance, she excelling neither as a dancer or a hands
Mentions seeing Lola Montez dance. Transcription: 2. Friday. Took sketch to Barton, accepted. Lockingtons, Traveller Office &c. Avery ?s. Afternoon out again after drawing. Castle Garden. Met Beukman. Pencil buying. In at [Thomas W.] Strongs. Some writing to do for his ?ǣWhittlings of Jonathans Jack Knife. ? Reveille. Drawing during evening for a short time, then with Holbrook who had come home and supped with me to the Broadway Theatre, to see Lola Montes, who has come here to make profit of her [word crossed out] ?s notoriety. A dull performance, she excelling neither as a dancer or a handsome woman. The latter she may have been. [word crossed out]. The audience neither condemnatory or enthusiastic. Farce afterwards. 3. Saturday. Putting Reveille subject on wood. Little Edward Greatbatch came, with a letter for me from England. [William] Barth called in the afternoon. Out with him. To Reveille Office. Got Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 4, page 6, January 2-3, 1852 . 2 January 1852. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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