| Description | Letter dated 10 February 1883 to Macdonald from Thomas Faed, with apologies for the delay in his portrait, and explanations of the agonies he is suffering over his picture for the Royal Academy, trying to paint in bad light, description of his progress with the self-portrait, hoping to see Macdonald at the R.S.A. dinner, 'Believe me ever yours, in spite of appearances'. |