Stained with the variation of each soil
Betwixt that Holmedon and this seat of ours.
Butler confided to me verbally that Ernest visited, among other places, Piora, and that he stayed there “when the mowing grass was about.” [8]
36. Oil Painting: inscribed, “S. Butler. Sketch of his own head. April 1878.”
This is one of the series of portraits of himself referred to in the note to no. 7. Another of these later portraits was given after his death to Christchurch, New Zealand; and another to the Schools, Shrewsbury. This one was given by Butler to me soon after it was painted, and it remained in my possession till 1911, when I gave it to St. John’s College. It is reproduced as the frontispiece to vol. I. of the Memoir.
Alps and Sanctuaries, ch. v. On a panel with no. 38, Rossura, on the other side.
38. Oil Sketch: Rossura. The altar by the porch of the church. 1878.
On a panel with no. 37, Calonico, on the other side.
39. Oil sketch on a panel: Rossura, from inside the porch looking out.
“I know few things more touching in their way than the porch of Rossura church.” (Alps and Sanctuaries, ch. iv.)