| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from G.H. Boughton, Arts Club, Hanover Square, West London, thanks for Finnan haddies, much better than the London ones smoked in Houndsditch 'over the refuse of the dust bins', thanks also for the whisky, which will be 'soft and silky and insinuating', dinner at Frank Holl's with Sambourne and du Maurier, nagging Holl to do his self-portrait for Macdonald's collection, he is painting Lord Dufferin [Lord Dufferin and Ava, 1826 - 1902, Viceroy of India 1884 - 1888], good that everyone is returning from their summer trips, good weather, he will try again at his own self-portrait soon, 30 October 1884 |