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Sender: Woermann, Professor Karl (1844 - 1933)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
15/07/1901
Letter from Professor Karl Woermann asking de László to come to lunch at two o'clock rather than quarter past three as originally planned
Sender: Tweedmouth, Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron (1849 - 1909)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
05/12/1901
Lord Tweedmouth sends cheque to de László (possibly for [111458]); black frame for his picture (likely [111537]) has arrived. Condolences on death of Lucy's brother, Eustace
Sender: Buchwald, Laczi
09/01/1902
Inscribed "study"
Sender: Buchwald, Laczi
31/01/1902
Drawing inscribed "Petneházy", probably Dávid Petneházy (?1645-?1687), Kuruc soldier and follower of Imre Thököly
Sender: Buchwald, Laczi
01/01/1902
Drawing inscribed “The Village Accounts / It was like this"
Sender: Buchwald, Laczi
12/03/1902
Drawing inscribed “King Matthias”, and at left “After Faragó, by Laczi Buchwald”
Sender: Buchwald, Laczi
24/04/1902
Drawing inscribed “Madonna, by Fra Filippo Lippi, copied by L. Buchwald 24th April 1902
Sender: Duka, Tivadar (1825 - 1908)

Recipient: Görgey, István (1825 - 1912)
10/04/1902
Letter is not addressed to de László, but is of some historical interest. The sender, Tivadar Duka (1825-1908), participated in the 1848-9 War of Independence and was General Görgei’s adjutant at the time of the surrender to the Russian army at Világos in October 1849. In this letter, he discusses the delayed publication in The Studio of de László's portrait of General Görgei [5369], which he calls 'a masterpiece'. He also mentions an old letter he received from Sándor Gál (1817-71)
Sender: Fastnewberg

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
03/03/1902
Correspondence on "The Glasgow School of Art" letterhead in which the sender, Fastnewberg (?), tells de László that he has followed his advice to exhibit a picture in Budapest
Sender: Lázár, Doctor Béla (1869 - 1950)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/01/1902
Letter from Béla Lázár, possibly dating to 1903 (see accompanying "Editorial Note"), in which he mentions the closure of an exhibition (seemingly one to which de László had sent works). He writes of the reproduction of Rampolla's portrait [4511] in an Italian publication. The letter concludes with Lázár referring to his future appointment as "Commissioner of the Hungarian Exhibition" (DLA009-0028 was previously archived with this item)
Sender: Balló, Ede (1859 - 1936)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
06/01/1903
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 DLA002-0016 and DLA002-0022 for further context
Sender: Fadrusz, János (1858 - 1903)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
10/02/1903
In this telegram, János Fadrusz, the preeminent Hungarian monumental sculptor at the turn of the twentieth century, congratulates de László
Sender: Lambotte, Sir Paul (1862 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
10/03/1903
Letter from Paul Lambotte, then Secretary of the Société des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, concerning the Société's 1903 exhibition. Lambotte believes there is sufficient time for [4511] to be exhibited successively in Brussels and Munich
Sender: Lambotte, Sir Paul (1862 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
26/02/1903
Letter from Paul Lambotte, then Secretary of the Société des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, concerning the Société's 1903 exhibition, to which de László had promised his portrait of Cardinal Rampolla [4511]. Lambotte writes that the Société would be "infinitely happy" to include more portraits by de László if he can lend them
Sender: Lambotte, Sir Paul (1862 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
17/04/1903
Letter from Paul Lambotte, then Secretary of the Société des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, concerning the Société's 1903 exhibition. Lambotte lets de László know that his paintings are hung in good positions, particularly his portrait of Cardinal Rampolla [4511]. He regrets that [4511] must be sent to the Munich Glaspalast before the exhibition finishes, and asks whether its departure can be postponed. He has been asked prices for two of de László's works, adding that he thought the study of the peasant [110949] was sold, and that people cannot believe his portrait of Baroness d’Erlanger is for sale. "Tell me your prices and I will try to find buyers", he writes
Sender: Lambotte, Sir Paul (1862 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
12/05/1903
Letter from Paul Lambotte, then Secretary of the Société des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, concerning de László's postponed visit to Brussels and the Société's 1903 exhibition. He notes that the asking price for [110949] is on the high side for a study, and that there have been enquiries as to what his fee would be for a portrait like that of the Baronne d'Erlanger
Sender: Lambotte, Sir Paul (1862 - 1939),László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937),Lambotte, Sir Paul (1862 - 1939)
25/04/1903
Multiple letters. Letter dated 28 April 1903 from Paul Lambotte to de László concerning the transportation of [4511] from the Société Royale des Beaux-Arts' exhibition in Brussels to the Glaspalast, Munich. Draft letter from de László to Lambotte thanking Lambotte for sending [4511] to Munich and for the press cuttings of the exhibition in which the art critics were "so favourable". He adds that he is leaving for Paris, where his Gramont works are exhibited at the Salon [8752] [11801] [6625] [6650] [4506]
Sender: Lambotte, Sir Paul (1862 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
27/05/1903
Letter from Paul Lambotte, then Secretary of the Société des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, in which he thanks de László for sending the photograph of himself, he returns a proof of the portrait of the Baronne d'Erlanger and mentions the transportation of that portrait, he regrets the price that was initially set for [110949], and says he is awaiting an answer regarding a possible commission
Sender: Rose, Clémence

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
14/04/1903
Letter from the journalist Clémence Rose, who has been given a letter of introduction to de László from one of the artist's good friends, Mrs József Hampel, to de László. Rose recounts a visit to the 1903 Annual Exhibition at the Künstlerhaus in Vienna where she was impressed by de László's portrait of Alice Barbi [2340], a "complex soul"; his two "gentleman" portraits [10664] [4884,] which "art connoisseurs will covet"; and his portrait of Archduchess Friedrich of Austria [111000], "a finely harmonised painting" that "will find its place in a beautiful princely collection". The sender would like to meet de László before he leaves Vienna for Ireland. She describes Henry Wickham Steed as "an intelligent and charming man I am sure you will like"
Sender: Stuers, Alphonse Ridder de (1841 - 1919)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
16/04/1903
Letter from Alphonse Ridder de Stuers to de László concerning the artist's 1903 exhibition in The Hague. The sender writes that he would have preferred to see two large scale portraits of society ladies, rather than those of Pope Leo XIII [4509] and Cardinal Rampolla [4511]. He adds that the head of the Princess of Meiningen [5101] is "very delicate and modest but the general public does not understand this"