Letter from Lady Stanley to de László in which she asks how the artist is "in this time of stress" (the letter is undated, but was evidently written during WW1). She mentions that she is leaving her seaside house at Penhrôs to return to the family home, Alderley House, which she has converted into a hospital for wounded soldiers. Her sons are at the front

Accession number

011-0033

Type

Letter

Sender

Stanley of Alderley, Lady [née Mary Katherine 'Maisie' Bell]; also known as Lady Sheffield; wife of 4th Baron (1848 - 1929)

Recipient

László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Location

Public Collection, National Portrait Gallery, London

All pages

S 1899-1916 Private, 011-0033 S 1899-1916 Private, 011-0033 S 1899-1916 Private, 011-0033

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