| Description | Letter dated 29 May 1883 to Macdonald from George Reid, R.S.A., Burlington Hotel, London, thanking for letter, visit to Royal Academy: 'It is a disappointing place this year', appreciation of Orchardson's picture, 'Millais should not have painted some of the men he exhibits for any price - utterly vulgar, commonplace people … Hook disappoints me', remarks on how Macdonald's collection has grown, he should replace some of the poorer ones when he has the opportunity, new address in Edinburgh, meeting in Paris with Israels, Jules Breton, and Rajan. |