| Description | Letter to Hope Macdonald from J.C. Horsley, 1, High Row, Kensington, with sympathy on death of husband, Barlow has asked him if he would help her complete the collection of portraits by painting Webster and Norman Shaw, agreeing and asking for the canvases to be sent, the two artists are good friends of his and as Webster is 86 and not in good health he has started him already, even though this has meant travelling into the country for sittings, 'he has such a genial picturesque old head', 9 March 1886 |