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Sender: Lázár, Doctor Béla (1869 - 1950)
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Letter concerning the controversy surrounding the authenticity of a Corot painting that the then Prince of Wales (subsequently George V) had chosen from the Forbes collection and presented as a gift to help Hugh Lane in his attempt to establish a gallery of modern art in Dublin. Following its exhibition in 1904, the "early Corot" was deemed by some to be the work of the Hungarian artist, Géza Mészöly. In this letter, Lázár writes that his expert opinion on the picture has been sought, and that he will travel to Dublin to view the picture. He asks de László to accompany him: "I ask for your help in this. You would greatly oblige me if you would come with me on Monday morning to the gallery in Dublin to have a look at the picture". Lázár was ultimately of the opinion that the painting was neither a Corot nor a Mészöly, but a touched-up copy of a Mészöly painting in the Hungarian National Gallery’s collection
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Sender: Stokes, Charles Adrian Scott (1854 - 1935)
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Letter from Adrian Scott Stokes to de László regarding a book on Hungary that Stokes and his wife, the painter Marianne Stokes, had recently published. Although Stokes is unhappy with the reproductions in the book, he will ask his publisher to send de László a copy
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Sender: Szenes, Fülöp (1863 - 1944)
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Letter from the Hungarian painter, Fülöp Szenes, to de László regarding a commission he has received from the Minister of Agriculture to make a copy of de László's portrait of Count Gyula Szapáry [111159]. As [111159] is the property of Főispán (Lieutenant Governor) Gusztáv Lippich, Szenes requests that de László write to Lippich giving his agreement for the picture to be copied in order to "allay the Főispán’s understandable anxiety"
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Sender: Rantzau, Count Ernst Ludwig Emil zu (1869 - 1930)
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Poem, "The White Boy", dedicated "in fondest memory" to de László from Count Ernst Ludwig Emil zu Rantzau (for another version of the poem, see DLA029-0034) (DLA015-0080 was previously archived with this item. DLA015-0080 ref'd in Hart-Davis as DLA015-0023, ch1, p4, fn14, notes p288)
