拍品专文
Katherine Jane (Janie) Ellice (1813-1864) was the daughter of General Robert Balfour, and wife of Edward Ellice. She often acted as hostess for her widowed father-in-law at Invergarry, where Landseer was a frequent guest. Charles Mathews (1803-1878), later an actor and dramatist, first trained as a surveyor, and spent 1833 working on the Glenfeshie estate lease by Landseer's great friend the Duchess of Bedford. His letters to his mother give a fascinating insight into the life of the Duchess's circle there.