| Description | Letter dated 1 January 1883 to Macdonald from George Reid, R.S.A., 40 Heriot Row, Edinburgh, regarding his pleasure that Macdonald is to allow the Hook to go to Edinburgh, thanks for letters from Du Maurier and Hook, Millais' portrait of Du Maurier will be excellent, '[William] Robertson Smith called at the studio this morning in great glee over the Cambridge appointment - I am sorry however to think that we are going to lose him'. |