| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from John Pettie, The Lothians, Fitzjohn's Avenue, South Hampstead, London, sorry to hear that Macdonald is poorly, rumour that he is to come to London to see a doctor, MacWhirter will not do his own portrait but will sit to Pettie, if Macdonald will agree, he has heard that Calderon is doing Riviere, they have had a children's party by way of a housewarming, Wallace has made a good job of the house and they are delighted with it, Wallace's sweetheart is 'all that your fancy (and his) has painted her, very nice', but the engagement is not yet public, 17 January 1883 |