| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from Philip H. Calderon, 12, Royal Road, Ramsgate, Kent, thanking him for his complimentary letter, explaining about a cabinet picture of a young lady in modern dress inspecting a Japanese cabinet, and that it was painted not for dramatic effect but as an experiment in the use of colour, sketch of the composition, with descriptions of the colours, he understands that Macdonald would be reluctant to buy it without seeing it, but he makes it a rule never to send pictures out for inspection, 17 September 1868 |