| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from Jozef Israels, The Hague, Holland, thanking him for his 'kindly interference with Mr. Peddie' who wishes to buy one of Israels' pictures, successful sale at a public auction in Amsterdam, glad to hear that George Reid has a commission, 'the great mass ofmen better like soft and superficial painting than deep feeling', a little historical note on Rembrandt's 'Night Watch', glad however that there are so many views on art 'and that nobody can prescribe you the law of beauty', 11 December 1871 |