| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from J. McNeill Whistler, 13, Tite Street, Chelsea (though on paper from the Beefsteak Club, King William Street, The Strand, London W.C.), apologising for not having written to Macdonald despite his 'most kind and flattering letters', appreciative of his courtesy and forbearance, he only hurries to answer people he does not like, he has been travelling in the country and in Holland, at present he is overwhelmed with work and though he would like to do a self-portrait for Macdonald's collection he is unable to, he is putting on an exhibition of etchings for the Fine Art Society, then sending pictures to the Grosvenor Gallery, he will then send 'as gentle an impression of myself as I can manage!', claims to be a 'Scotchman and a Highlander' on his mother's side, 15 January 1883 |