| Description | Letter dated 1 May 1869 to Macdonald from George Reid, R.S.A., Hotel d'Isly, Rue Jacob 29, Paris, thanking for letter, reassuring him about Aubert's prices, suggestion that he deals with Aubert direct: 'he is as far as I can judge a very nice sort of fellow, and it is always best to deal with an artist as your friend', comments on the disadvantages of going through middle men, plans to visit both the Salon and the Royal Academy, hopes that Macdonald is in jest regarding the Union Street windows and Sheriff Comrie Thomson and Martin the Hatter, Dun's visit to the salon and report that there are 'acres and acres of rubbish', mention of Chalmers being made an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy 'but I fear he has sold his birthright for a mess of mere pottage. It is very kind of him to propose my putting down my name by and by for the same honour, but if it costs the same price as I feel he has paid for it, I would rather do without it. The best policy is to wait and work …' |