| Description | Letter to Macdonald from Jules Breton, Courrieres, Pas de Calais, apologising for delay in acknowledging his letter, which he had sent to a friend in Lille who speaks English for translation, now that he has spoken to M. Durand he would be very happy to do a small painting for him, but is still busy at the moment, and some of his followers have been waiting for a long time, he will send a sketch before he starts to give some idea of the subject, hopes to visit Aberdeen next time he is over, to meet 'un amateur aussi distingue que vous', mention of an artist named Praed [?], 1 January 1872. |