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Correspondence belonging to Christopher de Laszlo - Collection I, 123-0070

Sender: Minto, Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of, Viceroy of India (1845 - 1914)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
11/07/1912
Letter from Lord Minto to de László requesting his star, ribbon and sword from the artist's studio
Correspondence belonging to Christopher de Laszlo - Collection I, 123-0099

Sender: Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess, Viceroy of India (1859 - 1925)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
03/08/1912
Letter from Lord Curzon to de László expressing Elinor Glyn's delight at de László's offer to paint her [5361] for the "exceptional fee of 300 gs" (see fn 1 in transcription re item's date) (duplicate item, see also DLA123-0004)
Letters A 1894-1916 Private, 001-0010

Sender: Anson, Sir William Reynell, 3rd Baronet (1843 - 1914)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
21/03/1913
Thanking de László for an invitation to come to his studio
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0035

Sender: Bevan, G. L.,László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
05/05/1913
Item consists of one letter and one draft. Letter dated 5th May 1913 from G. L. Bevan in which he writes to arrange a meeting between de László and Comtesse Marie Salignac-Fenelon. Undated draft in de László's hand, much of it illegible; he hopes the picture will be liked and mentions transportation
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0041

Sender: Harcourt, Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount (1863 - 1922)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
16/12/1913
Letter from F.G.A Butler on behalf of 1st Viscount Harcourt to thank de László for the signed reproduction of his portrait of The Right Honourable Alfred Lyttelton [6127]
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0045

Sender: Blomfield, Sir Reginald Theodore (1856-1942)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
18/08/1913
Letter from the architect, Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield, regarding a meeting with de László to discuss alterations to a structure
Letters 1900-1915 Private, 003-0006

Sender: Coats, Mrs James Munro [née Anne Baldwin Caswell] (1871)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
29/05/1913
Regarding de László's portrait of Crown Princess Friedrich August of Saxony [111454], which, according to this letter, is held by Baron Georg von Metzsch, a nephew of the Interior Minister
Letters 1900-1915 Private, 003-0034

Sender: Cochrane, Carola Maria Rosita Isabel (1896 - 1993)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
31/01/1913
Letter thanking Lucy and de László for writing in her autograph book and for including a sketch (see DLA003-0035)
Letters 1900-1915 Private, 003-0035

Sender: Cochrane, Colonel William Francis Dundonald (1847 - 1927)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
31/01/1913
Letter thanking Lucy and de László for writing in Carola's autograph book (see DLA003-0035), and including details of newly arrived hotel guests
Letters 1900-1915 Private, 003-0039

Sender: Cadogan, The Honourable Edward

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
11/06/1913
Letter requesting a photograph of de László's portrait of Lord Roberts [6924] for reproduction in a magazine. Page(s) missing
Letters 1900-1915 Private, 003-0040

Sender: Cadogan, The Honourable Edward

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
11/07/1913
Letter thanking de László's for the photograph of Lord Roberts' portrait [6924], which will be reproduced in a magazine; also invites de László to the opening of a new Institute, which, based on the letter's date and reference to the architect, Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel, was likely the Eton Manor Boys' Club. From 1911-21, Cadogan was secretary to Speaker of the House of Commons, James Lowther, and, in this letter, praises de László's portrait of the Speaker
Letters 1900-1915 Private, 003-0043

Sender: Bálint, Zoltán (1871 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
07/12/1913
Mentions travel plans and thanks de László for an invitation. Main part of the letter deals with de László's resignation from a Hungarian art group, the name of which is indecipherable. Interested to see de László's monograph when published
Letters 1900-1915 Private, 003-0067

Sender: Cullen, Frederick (1864 - 1950)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
07/12/1913
Letter from one of de László's few authorised copyists, Frederick Cullen, concerning his copies of de László's portraits of Mrs Harmsworth [6909] and Lord Curzon [3890]. Regarding the latter copy, Cullen mentions that the framer and gilder, Emile Joseph Remy, had thought it a little "fussy" but had nonetheless ordered an expensive frame for it
Letters 1900-1915 Private, 003-0068

Sender: Cullen, Frederick (1864 - 1950)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
15/07/1913
Letter from one of de László's few authorised copyists, Frederick Cullen, thanking de László for recommending him to Lord Roberts, and agreeing to copy [6929] de László's portrait of Lord Roberts [6931]. Mentions a delay in receiving the portrait of Lord Curzon [3890], which he had also been commissioned to copy [3887]
Letters 1900-1915 Private, 003-0070

Sender: Cullen, Frederick (1864 - 1950)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
10/08/1913
Letter from one of de László's few authorised copyists, Frederick Cullen, thanking de László for recommending him to Lord Northcliffe. Will begin his copy of Lord Northcliffe's portrait [4764] once he has finished the copies [6929] [3887] after Lord Roberts and Lord Curzon's portraits [6931] [3890]. Mentions framing and varnishing the Lord Roberts copy [6929]
Letters G 1896-1916 Private, 006-0005

Sender: Guest, Arthur Rhuvon (1869 - 1946)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
09/08/1913
The sender, Arthur Rhuvon Guest, hopes to meet at the Cromer links so as to see how de László's "golf has improved"
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0002

Sender: Holroyd, Sir Charles (1861 - 1917)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
11/07/1913
Letter from Sir Charles Holroyd, then Director of the National Gallery, telling de László how much he enjoyed de László's exhibition at Agnew's; he singles out [2803] [2591] [11384] for particular praise
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0003

Sender: Holroyd, Sir Charles (1861 - 1917)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
18/12/1913
Letter from Sir Charles Holroyd, then Director of the National Gallery, thanking de László for a proof of the mezzotint after his portrait of Lord Curzon [3890]
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0005

Sender: Flynn, Isabel

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
26/05/1913
Letter from Isabel Flynn, "a would-be portrait painter" from Quebec, requesting to become de László's palette scraper for a few days so that she may learn from a "great artist". "Alas being only a woman my aspirations are but smiled at", she writes
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0007

Sender: Indecipherable

Recipient: Wirgman, Theodore Blake (1848-1925)
11/04/1913
Letter from an unknown sender (indecipherable signature) to the painter and etcher, Theodore Blake Wirgman, concerning a copy of Lord Minto's portrait by de László, and the unveiling of de László's portrait of the Countess of Minto [6343] in Calcutta to "a large and influential audience"