| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from J. Watson Nicol, 3, Edwardes Place, Kensington, West London, thanking him for his letter and for Mr. D. Macdonald's, he thinks he can now tackle the subject of the painting with confidence, his work has been set aside recently as his baby has been ill and has died, but he hopes to have a break in the country and then start work, 29 July 1880 |