| Description | Letter dated 12 February 1884 to Macdonald from George Reid, R.S.A., 20 Duke Street, Edinburgh, regarding visit to the Royal Scottish Academy ('up at The Mound'), with small sketch of where various paintings are in the Great Room and the North Room, including 'The Convalescent', works by Pettie, Fettes Douglas, Alma Tadema, Reid's portrait of Farquharson of Invercauld, Hook's portrait, and others, 'As far as I can guess it is a Poorish exhibition', pleased that Colin Hunter has been elected [possibly to the Royal Academy]. |