Saturday – Jan. 7 –
A.M. Visit to Jameson’s in Brooklyn. Mrs. J- calls for me at hotel at 9:15 (Miss Jameson driving) – driving around lower New York, thru Wall St. District, around aquarium etc. & over on Brooklyn Bridge. The view of Lower New York from the Brooklyn side. Visit to U.S. Navy Yard (battleship North Carolina being built). Old warehouses which had attracted Jameson’s. To their home on Montague St. One of the old homes wedged in between two newer buildings. Their home full of many interesting charming things—grandfather clocks, chairs, mirrors, etc. My four early water-colors in the entrance hall, framed in hand-carved frames right up to the picture, and looking very well. Doors between rooms with frosted glass, spotted with stars and daisies of clear glass, very quaint —
They have an excellent collection of Luk’s watercolors, and there being a number of them in Dr. Jameson’s office, I am presented to him. He was a kindly old man of the “Old School” – white hair & pointed white beard.
I am shown Miss Jameson’s room, where, among other things, I was attracted to a very quaint Swiss hand-carved and decorated wooden cabinet, - inside were numerous odd sized drawers, likewise carved & painted.
From here we went to _?_ Hotel for lunch, which was delightful, and we had a pleasant chat about strange things to eat. I drew their interest by describing poke greens and wild white strawberries.
After lunch they drove me back to the Gallery.
Charles E. Burchfield, January 7, 1939