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R 1898-1916 Private, 010-0013

Sender: Repington, Lieutenant Colonel Charles à Court (1858 - 1925)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
17/12/1915
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Charles à Court Repington to de László asking to view the artist's portrait of Mrs Leeds (later Princess Christopher of Greece) [6021]
S 1899-1916 Private, 011-0020

Sender: Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of (1848 - 1930),Short, Wilfred Maurice (1870 - 1947)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
20/04/1915
Letter from Wilfred Maurice Short to de László apologising for the delay in sending a photogravure of Arthur James Balfour to the artist
Letter from Emma von Schröder to de László, Letters D 1897-1914, 066-0134

Sender: Schröder, Baroness Bruno [née Emma Deichmann] (1870 - 1944)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
24/03/1915
Emma von Schröder thanks de László for carrying out her request to paint her daughter Dorothée so promptly [6979]. His paintings in the GG [Grosvenor Gallery] are great; she does not know whether she likes Lady L[econfield] [6019] or Sir Ph[ilip] S[assoon] [6526] better; Miss G[lyn] [5361] is quite novel.
Letters 1915-16 Press, 089-0088

26/03/1915
Tatler. De László's portraits of Lady Leconfield [6019], Elinor Glyn [5361] and Sir Philip Sassoon [6526] are included in the National Portrait Society exhibition at the Grosvenor Galleries.
Letters 1915-16 Press, 089-0096

01/05/1915
The Connoisseur. De László's fluent brushwork is in evidence in his portraits of Sir Philip Sassoon [6526] and the Dowager Lady Leconfield [6019] at the National Portrait Society's 4th annual exhibition.
Letters 1915-16 Press, 089-0114

13/03/1915
Aberdeen Free Press. Review praising de László's portraits of Sir Philip Sassoon [6526] and the Dowager Lady Leconfield [6019] at the National Portrait Society's exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery.
Letters 1915-16 Press, 089-0115

13/03/1915
Newcastle Chronicle. Review praising de László's portraits of the Dowager Lady Leconfield [6019], Sir Philip Sassoon [6526] and Elinor Glyn [5361] at the National Portrait Society's exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery.
Letters 1915-16 Press, 089-0117

16/03/1915
The Morning Post. Review mentioning de László's portraits of the Dowager Lady Leconfield [6019] and Sir Philip Sassoon [6526] at the National Portrait Society's exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery. DLA089-0129 is a duplicate of this item.
Letters 1915-16 Press, 089-0125

16/03/1915
The Evening News. Review praising de László's "splendid picture" of the Dowager Lady Leconfield [6019] at the National Portrait Society's exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery; also mentions de László's portraits of Sir Philip Sassoon [6526] and Elinor Glyn [5361].
Letters 1915-16 Press, 089-0129

16/03/1915
The Morning Post. Review mentioning de László's portraits of the Dowager Lady Leconfield [6019] and Sir Philip Sassoon [6526] at the National Portrait Society's exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery. Duplicate of DLA089-0117.
Letters 1915-16 Press, 089-0188

13/03/1915
The Scotsman. Review commending de László's portraits of Sir Philip Sassoon [6526] and the Dowager Lady Leconfield [6019] at the National Portrait Society's exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery.
Correspondence belonging to Christopher de Laszlo - Collection I, 123-0091

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

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
30/06/1915
A letter and a draft. A letter from the Duke of Wellington to de László enclosing a cheque for his wife's portrait. Expresses he pleasure in it and fears his wife, Lily, gave de L "a great deal of trouble". A draft response to this letter. De L thanking Wellington for his kind letter and cheque. De L satisfied to know he has "achieved to immortalize the personality of the Duchess".
Correspondence belonging to Christopher de Laszlo - Collection I, 123-0115

Sender: Fisher, Cecil Vavasseur Fisher, 2nd Baron (1868 - 1955)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
25/05/1915
Lord Fisher confirms his appointment at de László's studio [111035]
Correspondence belonging to Christopher de Laszlo - Collection I, 123-0124

Sender: Laszlo, Stephen Philip de (1904 - 1939),László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
14/11/1915
Postcard from Stephen (with additional note from Lucy) to de László with general news from Hampshire with aunt Eva
Letters 1900-1915 Private, 003-0005

Sender: Campbell, Lady Allan [née Lady Moya Melisende Browne] (1892 - 1974)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
31/05/1916
Arranging a time to pose for the clothing in de László's painting of Mrs George Edward Redvers Priors [9819]
Letters 1894-1916 Private, 004-0016

Sender: Egerer, Otto V.

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
05/01/1916
The sender apologises at length for not having replied to de László's invitation of the previous month, which, due to a change of address and various other circumstances, he did not receive until it was too late; he would now like to rearrange a meeting (DLA004-0016 and DLA004-0017 were previously partial items that have now been merged into DLA004-0016. DLA004-0017 has been deleted, AD 04/03/21)
Letters F 1889-1916 Private, 005-0005

Sender: Felberman, Louis (1861 - 1927)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
12/01/1916
In this letter, Louis Felberman, a Hungarian author, writes of the death of one of de László's friends, very probably Doctor Sándor Nyári. He goes on to mention de László's portraits of Lady and Lord Weardale [7660] [7658], which he has recently seen, and describes them as "both magnificent and life like", adding that the sitters are "so pleased with them"
Letters F 1889-1916 Private, 005-0006

Sender: Felberman, Louis (1861 - 1927)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
26/02/1916
Letter from Hungarian author Louis Felberman to de László regarding a problem he (Felberman) has encountered (not clearly stated in the letter but seems to have associated himself with some undesirable people). Felberman informs de László that he does not wish to trouble the Hon. Mrs Rothschild, but that he will send the letter regardless of the consequences, although he will see his lawyer again. He writes that his motives were honest and that he has "nothing to fear or to be ashamed of"
Letters G 1896-1916 Private, 006-0014

Sender: Gladwin, Mrs Lancelot Mellish Fane [née Ethel Annie Rostron] (1877 - 1950)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
14/02/1916
The sender regrets having missed meeting de László and Mrs Sifton (possibly Mrs Winfield Sifton, née Jean Gazlay Donaldson) in the artist's studio, but hopes to be able to see "the picture" another time. In 1916, de László painted portraits of both Mrs Winfield Sifton [11227] and her husband at the time, Captain Winfield Burrows Sifton [7149]
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0063

Sender: Helmore, Wilfred Francklyn (1881-1945)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
27/03/1916
Letter from the Director of the London and New Art School, W. Francklyn Helmore, to de László in which he encloses a [now missing] letter recounting his life. "I'm afraid the enclosed letter is very long", he apologises, "but I find it very difficult to set forth my life in a few words." He also mentions bringing photographs of Lawson Wood's house to de László