| Teitl | Diary. 11 February to 4 March, Crowe does South Kensington Museum work around Cheshire and the Midlands; 8 August to 20 September, he is on holiday and painting in Great Yarmouth with his brother Joe and other family members; 22-29 November, a short S.K.M trip to Wiltshire and Bristol; Crowe end the year, from 6 December, in Paris with Joe and with Jean Léon Gérôme. |
| Disgrifiad | He continues work on W.B. Scott, Twa Birgs of Ayr and Foundling Hospital, the latter two being sent to the Royal Academy on 9 April. In Paris, Crowe begins work on Parson Christening Children.
5 May, he sees the new Tower Bridge in London: "I didn't admire it as having any Esthetic beauty of line, & believe nothing can be made of mixed stone supports & iron suspension bridge mixed". |