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Sender: Biron von Curland, Gustav Peter Johannes, Prince (1859 - 1941)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
04/02/1899
Letter from Prince Biron von Curland asking whether de László would paint his twelve year old son
Sender: Indecipherable
10/01/1899
Drawing inscribed: "Oh let me stop!" Signed with a monogram "–R". Dated 10 January 1899
Sender: Siemens, Mrs Georg Wilhelm von [née Eleonore 'Elly' Siemens] (1860 - 1919)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
24/11/1899
Eleonore von Siemens and her husband are looking forward to seeing the artist in Rome. She passes on her regards to Bishop Vilmos Fraknói and writes of her admiration of the artist's work thus (DLA011-0057 and DLA011-0058 were previously partial items that have now been merged into DLA011-0057. DLA011-0058 has been deleted, AD 04/03/21)
Sender: Indecipherable

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
30/03/1899
Letter possibly from "Sennyey" (signature is difficult to decipher; previously presumed to be from either "Schwab" or "Schwarz") to de László regretting that he was unable to meet the artist at home. He wishes to show de László a card from "Countess Breunner". "Count Hunyady" waited in vain for the artist's promised visit
Sender: Werner, Anton Alexander von (1843 - 1915),Werner, Mrs Anton von [née Malwine Schroedter] (b. 1847)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
22/03/1899
Invitation from Mr and Mrs Anton von Werner to tea
Sender: Ybl, Lajos (1855 - 1934)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
25/06/1899
Visiting card of Lajos Ybl, architect, steward of the imperial and royal palaces in Hungary
Sender: Balogh, Loránd Almási

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
30/12/1900
Asks de László not to start painting the Countess until they can discuss the matter verbally, and warns de László against a gentleman who paid him a visit
Sender: Balló, Ede (1859 - 1936)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
30/03/1900
The sender suspects that his unhappy patron may ask de László for his opinion on a portrait that he (Balló) painted of his patron's children (see related letters DLA002-0015 and DLA002-022). Praises de László portrait of Chlodwig Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst [4485]
Sender: Agen, Boyer d' (1857 - 1945)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
21/11/1900
Letter requesting a negative or engraving of de László's portrait of Pope Leo XIII [4509] for publication in Cosmos Catholicus
Sender: Agen, Boyer d' (1857 - 1945)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
28/11/1900
Letter from Boyer d'Agen requesting a negative or engraving of de László's portrait of Pope Leo XIII [4509] as well as a copy of the study portrait [6029] to illustrate his essay, which will be published in Cosmos Catholicus. He also mentions another article on de László for the Revue illustrée
Sender: Mashanaglass, Valentine Emmanuel Patrick MacSwiney, Marquis of (1871 - 1945)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
11/12/1900
Thanking de László for sending photographs of his portraits [4509] and [4511], and looking forward to receiving a sketch [6029], which will illustrate a forthcoming article
Sender: Mashanaglass, Valentine Emmanuel Patrick MacSwiney, Marquis of (1871 - 1945)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
23/12/1900
Thanking de László for sending a drawing [6029], which will be reproduced in the magazine Cosmos Catholicus
Sender: Mashanaglass, Valentine Emmanuel Patrick MacSwiney, Marquis of (1871 - 1945)

Recipient: Agen, Boyer d' (1857 - 1945)
27/10/1900
Partial letter from Marquis P. Mac Swiney to Boyer d'Agen regarding various publications. The letter mentions reproductions of a number of artists' works, including a portrait by de László [4509]
Sender: Ferenczy, Károly (1862 - 1917)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
03/06/1900
Visit card of Károly Ferenczy, an important impressionist painter and one of the founders of the Nagybánya School in Transylvania, who sends best wishes to de László "from your sincere friend"
Sender: Agen, Boyer d' (1857 - 1945)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/05/1900
Boyer d'Agen asks de László about conception & sittings of Pope Leo XIII's [4509] portrait on view at Exposition Universelle. In 1891 he had also asked the artist Théobald Chartran for his impressions of the Pope. Praises de László's portrait as "remarkable", "original", "lively", "sincere"
Sender: Balló, Ede (1859 - 1936)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
15/07/1901
Regarding de László's appearance as a potential witness in the case of a double portrait, that the sender, Ede Balló, was commissioned to paint (See DLA002-0015 and DLA002-022 for further context). Concludes with a line about copying a Rembrandt work
Sender: Görgey, István (1825 - 1912)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
27/02/1901
Letter in which the sender, István Görgey, secretly sends on two photographs of his elder brother, General Artúr Görgei, to de László
Sender: Lambotte, Sir Paul (1862 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
02/03/1901
Letter from Paul Lambotte, then Secretary of the Société des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, concerning the Société's 1901 exhibition. Lambotte confirms the arrival of de László's portrait of Pope Leo XIII [4509] from Berlin, and the plans for it to be photographed for reproduction in the exhibition catalogue. Lambotte adds that he is delighted to hear de László will also exhibit a portrait of Comte Jean de Castellane, likely [3765]
Sender: Lambotte, Sir Paul (1862 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
09/11/1901
Letter from Paul Lambotte, then Secretary of the Société des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, concerning the Société's 1902 decennial exhibition. Lambotte invites de László to exhibit a painting, adding that he would particularly like to get "the masterly portrait of Cardinal Rampolla" [4511]
Sender: Harcq, A.

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
18/05/1901
Letter from A. Harcq (signed '"artist") congratulating de László on his portrait of Pope Leo XIII [4509], which was then on view at the Société des Beaux-Arts' 1901 Salon in Brussels