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Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0067

Sender: Howard, Jessie

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Letter from Jessie Howard to de László regarding a lunch, which the sender cannot attend as they are departing for Ramholz, Germany. Helga's marriage is mentioned (possibly Helga Amalie Elisabeth Maria von Stumm, who married Count Eberhard von Tattenbach in 1913)
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0068

Sender: Huband, Reverend H. R.

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
14/09/1914
Letter from the Reverend H. R. Huband to de László regarding a book on the history of Surrey, which he is sending to the artist as memento of a recent visit
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0069

Sender: Horlick, Sir James, 1st Baronet (1844 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
16/03/1915
Letter from Sir James Horlick, 1st Baronet, to de László enclosing a cheque for £200 for the portrait of his son, Sir James Nockells Horlick, 4th Baronet [5653]
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0070

Sender: Ingpen, Roger (1868-1956)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
06/12/1913
Letter from Roger Ingpen of the publisher Hutchinson to de László regarding photographic reproductions, possibly for Oakley Williams' publication on the artist
Letter from Sir Thomas Gardner Horridge to de László, Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0071

Sender: Horridge, Sir Thomas Gardner (1857-1938)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
22/09/1914
Sitting arrangements for Sir Thomas Gardner Horridge's portrait [5657].
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0072

Sender: Donaldson-Hudson, Mrs Ralph [née Muriel 'Molly' Balfour]

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Letter from Molly Donaldson-Hudson to de László regarding a school (possibly Twyford School, which the sender mentions in DLA007-0073), presumably for the artist's sons. "I feel you would like the school, there is such a wholesome tone about it", she writes
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0073

Sender: Donaldson-Hudson, Mrs Ralph [née Muriel 'Molly' Balfour]

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Letter from Molly Donaldson-Hudson to de László congratulating the artist on the birth of his fifth son, John Adolphus de Laszlo. She also wishes to arrange a studio visit, and finishes the letter by mentioning that the school at Twyford is "first rate"
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0074

Sender: Donaldson-Hudson, Mrs Ralph [née Muriel 'Molly' Balfour]

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Letter from Molly Donaldson-Hudson to de László inviting the artist to dinner. She says she can come to see the artist's sons at a later date
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0075

Sender: Huish, Marcus Bourne (1845 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
23/11/1914
Letter from Marcus Bourne Huish, first Managing Director of the Fine Art Society, to de László regarding a proposal for an exhibition of portraits of the "Staff & the Admirals & Generals who are in command at the front". He requests the artist's assistance and support, adding that the artist's portrait of Admiral David Beatty [2803] has been promised to the exhibition by the sitter's wife
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0076

Sender: Holroyd, Sir Charles (1861 - 1917)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
23/05/1915
Letter from Sir Charles Holroyd, then Director of the National Gallery, to de László in which he thanks the artist for his sympathy. Holroyd's son was in hospital in Versailles having received a gunshot wound to the head, but was "progressing satisfactorily"
Letters H 1904-16 Private, 007-0077

Sender: Hanbury-Williams, Miss Gwladys Frances

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/05/1915
Letter from Gwladys Frances Hanbury-Williams to de László thanking the artist on her mother's behalf for agreeing to see her sister's drawings. She adds that they have had good news from her father in Russia, who was then on his way back from Przemysl
K 1894-1916 Private, 008-0002

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K 1894-1916 Private, 008-0003

Sender: Kay-Shuttleworth, The Honourable Rachel Beatrice (1886 - 1967)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/04/1915
Letter from the Honourable Rachel Beatrice Kay-Shuttleworth to de László requesting support for a scheme. "Everyone who has heard of it is in sympathy so far", she writes, "especially the artists and craftsmen who realise the great need there is". Kay-Shuttleworth was a life-long collector of textile and craft items as well as a maker, teacher, philanthropist and social activist, and would go on to found, in 1959, the Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth Textile Collections, a charity
K 1894-1916 Private, 008-0004

Sender: Kay-Shuttleworth, The Honourable Rachel Beatrice (1886 - 1967)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
08/07/1913
Letter from the Honourable Rachel Beatrice Kay-Shuttleworth on behalf of the Old Northlanders Club (former students of Northlands School) to de László in which they send something to the artist and hope he "will think it fairly good"
Letter from László Kézdi-Kovács to de László, K 1894-1916 Private, 008-0005

Sender: Kézdi-Kovács, László (1864 - 1942)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
23/09/1911
Kézdi-Kovács encloses an invitation/request from the Nemzeti Szalon for a self portrait [11596]. "Allow me ... to emphasise the necessity for you to fulfil this request, and its urgency", he writes. He seeks material for de László's biography and his opinion on the artistic situation in Hungary/art in general.
K 1894-1916 Private, 008-0006

Sender: Kiss, Rezső (1889 - 1962)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Partial letter from the Hungarian painter, Rezső Kiss, to de László in which he says he is in London studying. He has learnt that de László has recently overworked himself and, had he known, he would have offered to help (although it is not clear in exactly what way)
K 1894-1916 Private, 008-0007

Sender: Telcs, Eduard "Ede" (1872 - 1948),Körösfői-Kriesch, Aladár (1863 - 1920),Déry, Béla (1870 - 1932)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
08/02/1914
Letter signed by painter Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch, sculptor & medallist Eduard "Ede" Telcs and, possibly, painter Béla Déry [latter signature unclear] asking de László to submit paintings for exhibition in Nemzeti Szalon
1892-1925 Private, 009-0002

Sender: Vienna Children's Aid Society

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/06/1905
Letter thanking de László for generously supporting Vienna Children's Aid Day, 1905
1892-1925 Private, 009-0003

Sender: Laing, Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel James Anderson (1845 - 1930)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/08/1894
Approximate date given. Partial letter from Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel James Anderson Laing to de László in which he thanks the artist for the photograph of "yourself... with the Minister and his Secretary"; he writes of a trip down the Danube and of his impressions of Vienna; he has heard that de László is going to Sofia to paint royalty there [3937] [3715]; he finishes the letter by praising the artist's industriousness in studying English. He probably met the artist through the Valentin family, with whom he lived while studying in Munich, and who are mentioned in letter
1892-1925 Private, 009-0004

Sender: László, Mrs Ferencz [née Nedda Lenkej]

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
08/08/1914
Letter from Mrs Ferencz László, née Nedda Lenkey (formerly an actress at the National Theatre in Budapest) asking for de László's help. She wants him to intervene on her behalf with the Hungarian Embassy or through his connections to contact István Bárczy, the Mayor of Budapest, to help her to get funds from Hungary. She has become stuck in Scotland at the outbreak of the war and is terrified, in the atmosphere of spy mania, of being interned as an enemy alien with her six year old son