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  <dc:title>Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from George Reid, R.S.A., 25 October 1871 </dc:title>
  <dc:description>Letter dated 25 October1871 to Macdonald from George Reid, R.S.A., The Hague, saying that there is little news, odd meetings with Bosboom, whom he likes, 'his studio is most picturesque and artistic in its get up … unfortunately he is too earnest' so that his paintings are never finished, Maels' own insistence on sacrificing the good in his paintings in order to aim for the perfect, progress on Maels' pictures, rashness of John Forbes White in entering a debate in the 'Herald', note included from Israels.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1871 </dc:date>
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