| Description | Letter dated 17 April 1884 to Macdonald from George Reid, R.S.A., 3 Cheniston Gardens Studios, Kensington, London, regarding dinner with Charles Keene, strong Scottish representation at the Academy dinner, including Macdonald and John Forbes White, meeting few people except for Millais, Colin Hunter and Hugh Cameron, hints at Leighton's doings in Edinburgh, Macdonald should not expect his collection to keep increasing at the pace it has done: 'You have most of the good men already', contributing with Colin Hunter to illustrations of a new book by Hamilton on 'Scotch subjects', mention of article in Blackwood's on the state of art in France, amused by the sight of Sambourne on a horse. |