| Description | Letter to Hope Macdonald from David Murray, 1, Langham Chambers, Portland Place, West London, saying that he had looked forward to meeting her and seeing the pictures but found that she was away when he arrived in Aberdeen, he hopes to try again, he regrets that he cannot paint his own portrait but thinks that Coutts Michie would be happy to do it, 'A townsman of yours, a good man and artist', hopes this will be satisfactory, hoping to meet her in town, 7 November 1896 |