| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from W.Q. Orchardson, 8 Grove End Place, St. John's Wood, London, explaining that he is normally averse to portrait painting but will try to make an exception as Macdonald has asked so flatteringly, though to be hung with Gainsborough is a challenge, 'Your friends seem to understand that a portrait which is not a painting is nothing, and for such it must be a pleasure to paint', prices for various types, he would like a decision soon as he has two large paintings to do for the Royal Academy, 6 December 1869 |