| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from John Pettie, The Lothians, Fitzjohn's Avenue, South Hampstead, London, having just moved house and still in a muddle, 'Thanks for your severe scolding, it has done me good … Will painting my own 'fiz' make all right? Then I'm on, as soon as possible', he had heard of Macdonald's plans for the portrait gallery and was beginning to feel jealous that he had not been asked, asking for proportions within the statutory oval canvas, discussing subject with Orchardson, hoping to do a lot of work this year, his wife is exhausted after the move, 6 November 1881 |