Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from John Pettie, 10 October 1876 Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from John Pettie, 21, St. John's Wood Road, N.W. London, to apologise for not writing from Oban, Mrs. Pettie is expecting a baby at the end of the month, he is back at work, delighted with Millais and thinks Macdonald must have been, too, his picture of a Beefeater is 'grand', Horsley would amuse Macdonald and can talk, he has seen no one but Orchardson, fished happily at Oban, but then caught a cold, 10 October 1876 10 October 1876