| Description | Letter dated 23 August 1877 to Macdonald from Charles S. Keene, Dunwich, Suffolk, regarding staying near Marks: 'I believe he has been among the few lucky ones in the craft this bad time … I could not see Whistler on Sunday and I'm not sure whether I'll suggest his coming to you just now or see about it gingerly as I hear he is desperately 'hard up' - I think he has managed very badly - asking stupendous prices for his work - getting into debt by giving dinners and now I hear he has quarrelled with Lelan, whose house he has been decorating', [Marks] is not disposed to make acquaintance with the throng of loafing visitors at the place which might interfere with his unconventional way of life so he gives out that he suffers from slight aberration of intellect!', music and playing the pipes. |