| Description | Letter dated 27 February 1875 to Macdonald from George Reid, R.S.A., 22 Scotland Street, Edinburgh (Robertson's), with reproach for his not having written, no news of exhibition that Archie Reid will not have told him, nothing sent by Hook, 'his Vienna experiences were still too fresh', Wilson's portrait is finished, Sir Robert Christison's well advanced, Auldjo Jamieson is to be started next week, Macdonald is parting with his Harvey and Reid suggests a replacement, hanging in Harvey's own house, expecting a visit from Robert Horne to inspect his painting of Christison, visit from Rev. Alexander Thomson and John Forbes White, Chalmers is disappointed with the reception of his landscape, 'How are Cottiers men getting on with your house?' |