| Description | Letter dated 9 January 1883 , to Macdonald from Sir William Fettes Douglas, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, declining Macdonald's invitation to visit Aberdeen because of poor weather and ill health, thanks for loan of painting by J.C. Hook, 'The spread of art feeling - as for instance to Aberdeen - is not in all respects favourable to Edinbro', as it diverts much art from its natural reservoir in Edinbro'. |