| Description | Letter dated 3 May probably 1879 to Macdonald, probably from J. Mack, 6, Marlborough Road, St. John's Wood, north west London, telling him that the portrait [probably George Reid's portrait of Macdonald] is hung rather high at the Royal Academy, which has disappointed Hook and other friends, comments on other paintings by Reid, Hook, Orchardson, Pettie, and Millais (his portrait of Gladstone), Long, Poynter (a painting including Mrs. Langtry), Lockhart, Smart, Herdman, Cameron, the Academy banquet with Leighton's first speech as President, good speech by Disraeli, meeing with Mr. White [probably John Forbes White], asking for a subscription for the Artists' General Benevolent Fund. |