| Description | Letter to Macdonald from Jules Breton, Courrieres (with English translation), regretting that he still cannot send his painting, which is near completion, but he has had to spend the last few months on an important composition for the Salon in Paris, which it would be impossible for him to miss, after he has had a 'time of repose', he will continue with Macdonald's picture which is in an excellent state, and might console him for the long wait, gives dimensions for the frame, 2 March 1875. |