| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from Harold Thornycroft, 2, Melbury Road, Kensington, West London, agreeing with delight to be part of Macdonald's collection of artists' portraits, he has been on holiday on the continent this year, not in Scotland, or he would have called, mention of his friend Blake Wirzman, 'a first rate fellow and a good artist', who is currently painting two portraits at Marlborough, offer to send some photographs of work to Macdonald, 9 October 1883 |