A bad-tempered bull looks on as an artist heads out to paint in wild weather. Strapped across the man’s back is a 50 x 30 inches (127 x 76 cm) stretched canvas and easel. This humorous sketch is on the reverse of a letter sent by James Guthrie to his frequent partner on such expeditions, Edward Arthur Walton (1860–1922). Both artists were part of the group known as the Glasgow Boys, who frequently painted directly from nature.