| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from A.S. Cope, 12, Douro Place, Victoria Road, Kensington, West London, thanking him for his letter and interest in his work, explaining that he does not like to do life-sized portraits outside a studio, asks if the people Macdonald means could possibly come to see him instead of the other way around, if they offer him the commission, prices of his portraits, which would be higher if he had to leave his other work behind to do the job, Mr. Ansdell sat to him yesterday, and Macdonald will soon be able to have the study, but Mr. Armstead will not be able to sit for some time, 29 July 1883 |