| Description | Letter dated 7 September 1873 to Macdonald from George Reid, R.S.A., Bordlands, Noblehouse, Peeblesshire, with account of travelling around, repainting Mr. Paton's portrait in Montrose, visit to Rev. Alexander Thomson in Haddington, meeting with McKay and seeing his paintings of Holland, McKay's difficulties painting by the Tyne, visit to Auldjo Jamieson in Musselburgh, meeting with Lord Shand and his pretty wife, description of country around Noblehouse, George Hope a pleasant host, description of the Tweed at Neidpath, 'Peebles is a dull little place', an otter hunt nearby, on the land of a Mr. Hill, White's trip to Switzerland, 'the Galashiels people' are in a hurry to have Major Scott's portrait but it will not be done in time, possibility of Dr. Jamieson's portrait going to a Dundee exhibition. |