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Sender: Hake, Sir Henry Mendelssohn (1892 - 1951)
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Letter from Henry Hake (Director of the National Portrait Gallery) to de László requesting reproduction copyright of two recently acquired portraits [5959][5552] ahead of their exhibition; will send cheque for £150
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Sender: Moral, Frederick Ramón de Bertodano, 8th Marquis del (1871 - 1955)
Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
The sender (probably Frederick Ramon de Bertodano, 8th Marquis del Moral, see "Editorial Note") is pleased that Lucy and de László can attend the dinner party
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Sender: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Recipient: Millington-Drake, Sir John Henry Eugen Vanderstegen (1889 - 1972)
De László replies to Millington-Drake's letter (DLA019-0041). Thanks him for his description of Princess Marie Louise's visit to Argentina; pleased that his portraits have been admired [3434][5383][110544]. Brief references to portrait of Mme Menendez and her child [110556] and reproduction of "Babsie" d’Ursel's sketch [4981]
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Sender: Millington-Drake, Sir John Henry Eugen Vanderstegen (1889 - 1972)
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Millington-Drake sends news of de László's portraits in Argentina. Princess Marie Louise, a recent guest, admired de László's portrait of María de Mercedes de Alvear y Elortondo [3434], a portrait Millington-Drake describes as a "wonderful and inspiring likeness of a girl of classic countenance and exceptional distinction." Millington-Drake also admired the artist's portraits of the Green Devoto children [5383][110544]; recently received a postcard reproduction from "Babsie" d’Ursel of her "beautiful" sketch [4981]
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Sender: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Recipient: Montebello, Marie-Louise Lannes, Marquise de [née comtesse Marie-Louise de Salignac-Fénelon]; wife of 2nd marquis (1879 - 1960)
De László thanks the comtesse for her letter; sorry he could not include the portrait of her mother [4476] in his exhibition (Charpentier, 1931). Suggests she contacts Jean Charpentier to arrange for the varnishing of [4476] and [111525].
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Sender: Montebello, Marie-Louise Lannes, Marquise de [née comtesse Marie-Louise de Salignac-Fénelon]; wife of 2nd marquis (1879 - 1960)
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Congratulates de László on his exhibition at Charpentier's; recollections of sittings at the duc de Guiche's and the portrait of her mother [4476]; asks whether de László would like to see the portrait in situ; reference to his portrait of "the little Montebello and her cat" [111525].
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Sender: Storer, Bellamy (1847-1922)
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Letter from Bellamy Storer, then United States Ambassador to Austria, thanking de László for the photographs of his portraits of Leo XIII [4509] and Cardinal Rampolla [4511], and asking if he may introduce his son-in-law, the Marquis de Chambrun, to de László
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Sender: Montebello, Marie-Louise Lannes, Marquise de [née comtesse Marie-Louise de Salignac-Fénelon]; wife of 2nd marquis (1879 - 1960)
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Undated letter from the Comtesse Marie-Louise de Salignac-Fénelon thanking de László for sending her a self-portrait (of the artist), which she will place next to "the incomparable portrait" of her mother [4476], a picture which "keep(s) her forever amongst us"
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Sender: Maupeou Monbail, Marquise de [née Comtesse Hedwige d’Ursel] (1902 - 1987)
Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Comtesse Hedwige d’Ursel is in Florence, where she has seen de László's portrait. She asks whether he has painted Miss Brandt. Perhaps she will meet the artist in Paris
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