| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from Henry T. Wells, Thorpe Lodge, Campden Hill, West London, flattered to be asked to contribute a self-portrait to Macdonald's collection, he will do it when his work has gone to the Royal Academy, 'But as for knocking my head off in two or three hours - that is too small a preparation for the immortality that awaits it when knocked off', death of Mr. Street, a great and close friend, 7 February 1882 |