Matte size: 34 x 26 cm Sheet size: 30 x 24.5 cm Image size: 20 x 16.5 cm Condition - see photos. The back of the sheet is clean. The painting "The Letter of Introduction" was created by David Wilkie in 1813 and is currently housed in the National Gallery of Scotland. Sir David Wilkie, David Wilkie, formerly David Vilki, Wilkie – Scottish painter and engraver, academician of the Royal Academy of Arts; a representative of Romanticism, a master of genre painting, also known as the author of historical subjects and portraits.