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Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0043

Sender: Holzhauer, Gottlieb

Recipient: Mühlhause, Richard
25/01/1915
Postcard (sent via Army Field Post) dated January 1915 from Gottlieb Holzhauer to Richard Mühlhause in which Holzhauer has just heard that Mühlhause is in the field; he sends his best wishes
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0054

Sender: Sutcliffe, Tom

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
06/04/1915
Letter from Tom Sutcliffe, art editor of the Illustrated Sunday Herald, to de László requesting permission to photograph and reproduce the artist's portrait of Elinor Glyn [5361], then on view at the Grosvenor Gallery.
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0061

Sender: Short, Wilfred Maurice (1870 - 1947)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
24/03/1915
Letter from Wilfred Maurice Short, private secretary to Arthur James Balfour, to de László informing the artist that Trinity College, Cambridge has agreed to lend the portrait of Balfour [2707] to the "Manchester Exhibition" being organised by Sir Alfred George Temple (although the original proposal for the exhibition came from Manchester, in the event it opened in the Guildhall Art Gallery, London before travelling to the Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield)
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0069

Sender: Horlick, Sir James, 1st Baronet (1844 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
16/03/1915
Letter from Sir James Horlick, 1st Baronet, to de László enclosing a cheque for £200 for the portrait of his son, Sir James Nockells Horlick, 4th Baronet [5653]
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0076

Sender: Holroyd, Sir Charles (1861 - 1917)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
23/05/1915
Letter from Sir Charles Holroyd, then Director of the National Gallery, to de László in which he thanks the artist for his sympathy. Holroyd's son was in hospital in Versailles having received a gunshot wound to the head, but was "progressing satisfactorily"
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0077

Sender: Hanbury-Williams, Miss Gwladys Frances

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/05/1915
Letter from Gwladys Frances Hanbury-Williams to de László thanking the artist on her mother's behalf for agreeing to see her sister's drawings. She adds that they have had good news from her father in Russia, who was then on his way back from Przemysl
K 1894-1916 Private, 008-0003

Sender: Kay-Shuttleworth, The Honourable Rachel Beatrice (1886 - 1967)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/04/1915
Letter from the Honourable Rachel Beatrice Kay-Shuttleworth to de László requesting support for a scheme. "Everyone who has heard of it is in sympathy so far", she writes, "especially the artists and craftsmen who realise the great need there is". Kay-Shuttleworth was a life-long collector of textile and craft items as well as a maker, teacher, philanthropist and social activist, and would go on to found, in 1959, the Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth Textile Collections, a charity
1892-1925 Private, 009-0015

Sender: Lonsdale, L. Margaret

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
24/08/1915
Letter from L. Margaret Lonsdale regarding the potential letting of a property to the artist
1892-1925 Private, 009-0023

Sender: Latham, Doctor Morton (1843 - 1931)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
11/07/1915
Letter from the composer, Morton Latham, thanking de László for an inscribed picture of a "great man by a great artist"
1892-1925 Private, 009-0027

Sender: Lavery, Sir John (1856 - 1941)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
25/07/1915
Sir John Lavery thanks de László for his inquiries following a recent motor accident that he and his wife, Hazel, were involved in (this item was previously archived with DLA009-0021)
R 1898-1916 Private, 010-0012

Sender: Rosier, Jean G.

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
02/07/1915
Letter from Jean G. Rosier thanking de László for an inscribed colour engraving, which he describes as "a precious souvenir of the great artist whose work we so justly admire"
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].