| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from John Pettie, The Lothians, Fitzjohn's Avenue, South Hampstead, London, announcing that he has finished painting Calder Marshall, pleased to find that Millais enjoyed his visit as much as Pettie did, McWhirter is back in town, Holl is going to take work easier which means he will have time for Macdonald's portrait, he is also to finish a portrait of Pettie begun long ago, Marshall was a patient sitter, when it is dry he will send it, meeting with Mr. Hodgson who has pleasant recollections of Kepplestone, Orchardson is in town and teaching at the Royal Academy School, Pettie is on the Winter Exhibition committee and has to go and choose paintings from Buckingham Palace and Hampton Court, young Cope is 'clever and very promising', 10 November 1883 |