| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from Thomas Woolner, 29, Welbeck Street, West London, explaining that he was in Norway when Macdonald's letter arrived, and passed Aberdeen at eleven knots on the way home, he regrets he is unlikely to be in Scotland this year, Macdonald's series of portraits seems complete but if Woolner can help at all, he will, he suggests Meissonier and Gerome 'who are the two best artists alive', thanks for offer of kippers, better than the fresh herring at Lerwick, 4 August 1884 |