| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from Briton Riviere, Flaxley, 82, Finchley Road, North West London, regarding painting suitable for Macdonald, difficult as Macdonald wants a small picture and, 'frankly, I find that I can with little more trouble paint the work large instead of small and get about three times as much money for it!', circumstances, however, have caused him to do a small painting - the Graphic is doing an exhibition of animal paintings of a specific size and pride has induced him to enter, he has however insisted that the picture should not belong to them, only the copyright, he wants the painting to go to either a private collector or Agnew, his picture is called 'Mother Hubbard', description, the same class as 'Sympathy' and 'Envy, Hatred and Malice', it is as good as he can make it because he wants to stand out in this exhibition, though he is still working on it and though the Graphic wants it in a fortnight he could send it to Macdonald for one night only, 13 October 1882 |