| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from John Everett Millais, 2 Palace Gate, Kensington, just having heard of Macdonald's illness, visit to Lord Shand, meeting Sir Noel Paton and other artists in Edinburgh, thanks on Mary's behalf for the Macdonalds' hospitality, 'I shall be further reminded that I may not admire the Mrs. Lumsdens of society, for I am absolutely an old fogee', painting a portrait of Sir John Astley, shooting with Col. Harcourt, hoping that a letter will cheer Macdonald up, and that he is not going to work when he feels unwell, 14 November 1880 |