| Description | Letter dated 29 July 1879 to Macdonald from J.C. Hook, R.A., Columba Hotel, Iona, thanking for book on Iona, hard work, 'do you know if Peterhead wd be likely to furnish me with a subject as well as with some fine stout children to put into one of my Iona canvasses - do you recollect any labour subject that wd be worth painting in connection with granite work near the sea at a quarry', 'Colin Hunter has been here painting some shore bits and has gone', description of Iona geology and scenery, Rosalie working on seaweed. |