| Description | Letter to Hope Macdonald from William Alexander [1826 - 1894, journalist, author of 'Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk'], 3, Belvidere Street, Aberdeen, explaining that 'Mr. Bale Capells art director wrote to me expressing his regret that they would "neither do justice to the collection nor to themselves" by working from Mr. Wilson's photographs' [George Washington Wilson], only one London photographer could manage the kind of colour they wanted, he would like to send him to photograph the collection, Alexander has written asking him if this is necessary for all the pictures or just some, 16 June 1887 |