| Description | Letter to Hope Macdonald from William How, 27, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, explaining that he received word from George Reid that she would like his self-portrait for the collection, he is honoured, agrees to do his best, quotes a portrait painter to an 'unpromising sitter - "You can have a good picture or a good likeness, but you can't have both"!', mention of mutual friend Henry Chancellor, confirmation of dimensions, 21 August 1896 |