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Sender: Short, Wilfred Maurice (1870 - 1947)
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
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)
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Sender: Holme, Charles Geoffrey (1887 - 1954)
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Letter from Charles Geoffrey Holme to de László regarding the reproduction of the artist's portrait of Lady Curzon [3015]. Holme is interested to learn that de László is about to paint "Mr Balfour's portrait for Eton" and hopes it will be as great a success as his portrait of Lord Roberts [6924]
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Sender: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
Recipient: Laszlo, Paul Leonardo de (1906 - 1983)
Letter from Lucy to Paul de Laszlo with general news including the Schröder’s dance; Pat's Birthday; planned trip to the Willows. News from de László in France: address as Hotel Californie, Cannes; he has been dining with the Duc de Guiche, meeting Arthur Balfour and King & Queen Manuel of Portugal, painting Princess Christopher of Greece [7809]
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Sender: Balfour of Dawyk, Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Robert Stephen (1873 - 1945)
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Lieutenant-Colonel Balfour writes of his return to Dawyck and his disappointment that de László and Lucy could not visit as previously planned. He enjoyed the artist's exhibition at the French Gallery. The letter largely deals with his own work, his family and that of the artist's (he sends condolences on the passing of de László's sister, Paula)
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Sender: Baring, Lady Ulrica [née Lady Ulrica Dunscombe] (1875-1935); wife of Brigadier-General the Hon. Everard Baring (1875 - 1935)
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Requests the addresses of the photographer and engraver who are reproducing de László's portrait of The Right Honourable Alfred Lyttelton [6127]
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Sender: Donaldson-Hudson, Mrs Ralph [née Muriel 'Molly' Balfour]
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Letter from Molly Donaldson-Hudson to de László regarding a school (possibly Twyford School, which the sender mentions in DLA007-0073), presumably for the artist's sons. "I feel you would like the school, there is such a wholesome tone about it", she writes
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Sender: Donaldson-Hudson, Mrs Ralph [née Muriel 'Molly' Balfour]
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Letter from Molly Donaldson-Hudson to de László congratulating the artist on the birth of his fifth son, John Adolphus de Laszlo. She also wishes to arrange a studio visit, and finishes the letter by mentioning that the school at Twyford is "first rate"
