Jane and Maria [aged 15] met me at my lodgings at 1/2 past 3 (instead of 1/2 past 2 as appointed) & we went to see Messr. Chamberlains beautiful exhibition of China, especially of that destined for the Industrial Exhibition; the general treatment & execution of flower pieces & designs of pattern & shape were exquisite, but those of the human figure were all very faulty, being too raw in color & bad in anatomy, with the exception of those done by the late Mr. Chamberlain which were equally as good. An Adam & Eve was beautiful.24
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