He discusses arrangements for the pictures in process before he left, those of John Harris and Mrs Harris,
Sir Joshua thought them good heads, the paint was still wet when he left, his brother should talk to Ralph Kirkley if required; describes his journey; witnesses a punch and judy show at East Grainstead [East Grinstead]; the crossing from Brighthelmestone [Brighton] to Dieppe, where he is "struck" by a "miserable figure of Christ" at the port entrance; comments on the dress of the local women; the chaise to Rouen is old-fashioned compared to those in England, sees monks for the first time in Rouen and discusses his impressions of the churches and paintings therein; arrival in Paris; a visit to Versailles where the splendour overwhelms him "ceiling painted by
Le Brun"; he sees the
King "I could have touched him with my hand", and court.