| Description | Letter dated 6 January 1883 to Macdonald from George Reid, R.S.A., 40 Heriot Row, Edinburgh, pleased to hear that Millais has made a good job of the new portrait, Reid has begun the lifesize head of Sir Fettes Douglas, but not yet the small one for Macdonald, plans to do Sir John Steel, dinner at Irvine Smith's, with Professor Blackie, Walter Smith, Robertson Smith, Dr. Arthur Mitchell, Cameron Lees, Findlay and Cooper of The Scotsman, and others. |