| Description | Copy of letter to Hope Macdonald from J.L. Gerome, 65, Boulevard de Clichy, Paris [original given to Edmond and Macqueen, her lawyers], thanking her for her letter, pleased that she liked the portrait as he had tried hard to please her, difficulties of a self-portrait, partly because the mirror makes the lighting a problem, if he ever does it again he will try an arrangement of mirrors, thanking her for a portrait of Mr. Macdonald, asking her to pay him a visit if she returns to Paris, thanks for the payment, 18 July 1886 |