| Description | Letter to Hope Macdonald from George Reid, 17, Carlton Terrace, Edinburgh, asking for a painting in good time before the sending-in day for the Royal Scottish Academy, they do not hang pictures with the glass on there, it is hardly worth insuring but he will cover the risk, she is probably looking forward to going south for better weather, there has been too much misery this winter, 'The wretchedness and destitution here is very great', Lady Millais must have enjoyed the recent marriage, visit from Mr. Thomson of Haddington, 7 January 1885 [but probably 1886] |