| Description | Letter to Macdonald from Jules Breton, explaining that he does not understand English but thinks that Macdonald wants to know about the subject of the painting which Macdonald has requested, apologises that he has a good deal of other work at the moment and is not always free to do the work that he wishes to do, he does not know what mood he will be in when he paints it or what models will be at his disposal, all he can say is that it will be a young girl in the country, 24 September 1872. |