| Description | Letter to Macdonald from Jules Breton, Courrieres (with English translation), saying that he is now putting last touches to picture, 'The Gleaner' , and will have finished in two or three days, considers it a good painting, saying that if he had done it four years ago, it would not have been so good, he will send it by train unless Macdonald says otherwise, advises Macdonald to varnish it in two or three months, when he will be able to see it at its best, 28 March 1875. |