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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"
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0008

Sender: Hellwag, A.

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/01/1913
Letter concerning the Annual Artists' Costume Ball. The sender is delighted that de László has been added to the list of patrons, and asks whether the artist would consider being a judge
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0009

Sender: Hutchinson, Sir George

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
04/09/1913
Letter from the publishing house, Hutchinson & Co., regarding de László and Oakley Williams' obligations pursuant to their "Agreement" to deliver a manuscript, illustrations and subscribers by the Spring of 1913; the letter is dated September 1913. For de László's incensed reply, see DLA007-0010: "I... resent the tone of your communication"
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0010

Sender: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Recipient: Hutchinson, Sir George
08/09/1913
Incensed letter from de László to the publishing house, Hutchinson & Co., regarding his and Oakley Williams' apparent "Agreement" to deliver a manuscript, illustrations and subscribers by the Spring of 1913 (see DLA007-0009). "The question of publication in the Spring of 1913 was never even under discussion", he writes. "I have been put to annoyance, serious expense, and to the loss of valuable time.... I have also postponed very important commissions in order to paint portraits which, in my judgment, are calculated to contribute to the success and interest of the book"
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0024

Sender: Jenkins, Frederick

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
04/12/1913
List containing names of de László's sitters from the printer and engraver, Frederick Jenkins
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0057

Sender: Howell, Isabel Mary (1845 - 1914)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/06/1913
Letter from Isabel Mary Howell to de László regretting that she and her sisters cannot attend the private view of the exhibition at the Grafton Galleries in which their group portrait [112057] was to be shown
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0062

Sender: Hughes-Stanton, Sir Herbert Edwin Pelham (1870 - 1937)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
08/12/1913
Letter from the British painter, Herbert Hughes-Stanton, thanking de László for congratulating him on his election as an associate of the Royal Academy
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0064

Sender: Vernon-Harcourt, Mrs Bernard [née Anna Irène Margaret Micholls] (1886 - 1923)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
06/04/1913
Letter from Irène Vernon Harcourt to de László expressing her delight that the artist will paint her mother. She asks what the fee will be for a sketch on cardboard of the same dimensions as her own portrait [10003]
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0070

Sender: Ingpen, Roger (1868-1956)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
06/12/1913
Letter from Roger Ingpen of the publisher Hutchinson to de László regarding photographic reproductions, possibly for Oakley Williams' publication on the artist