| Description | Copy letter from Hope Macdonald to W.Q. Orchardson, explaining that she has gathered together photographs of her husband to help Orchardson in his portrait of Macdonald to hang in the collection, asking if he would like the loan of the sealskin collar coat he often wore, hopes she will see the portrait soon, she was in London on her return from the Hooks', but missed him, hoping that he and his wife will soon visit Scotland, she has ordered the canvas to be sent to him, 2 June 1888 |