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B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0028

Sender: Vanbrugh, Violet [née Violet Augusta Mary Barnes; married name Mrs Arthur Bourchier] (1856 - 1942)

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

Two letters from the English actress, Violet Vanbrugh. Letter dated 13th January regretting her inability to visit de László's studio and suggesting an alternative day. Letter dated 19th December sending regrets as unable to visit
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0029

Sender: Burne-Jones, Sir Philip, 2nd Baronet (1861 - 1926)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
30/04/1915
Sir Philip Burne-Jones asking de László to give his opinion "with your clear fresh eye" on "what particular howlers" he has come to in his latest portrait (see also DLA002-0030 and DLA002-0031)
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0030

Sender: Burne-Jones, Sir Philip, 2nd Baronet (1861 - 1926)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
07/05/1915
Looking forward to seeing de László and thanking him for his help (see DLA002-0029 for context and DLA002-0031)
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0031

Sender: Burne-Jones, Sir Philip, 2nd Baronet (1861 - 1926)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
19/05/1915
Sir Philip Burne-Jones asks to see de László to discuss a portrait that de László had helped him with (see also DLA002-0029 and DLA002-0030) (DLA002-0065 was previously archived with this item)
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0032

Sender: Birley, Sir Oswald (1880-1952)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
26/02/1908
Letter from Oswald Birley thanking de László for sending him details of portraits going to Vienna and promising to send a letter to the Prince. Mentions his own painting of a woman and child and looks forward to dining with de László at some point
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0033

Sender: Birley, Sir Oswald (1880-1952)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
28/03/1912
Undated letter from Oswald Birley in which he invites de László to dine at the Portrait Society (DLA002-0066 was previously archived with this item)
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0034

Sender: Birley, Sir Oswald (1880-1952)

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

Oswald Birley thanks de László for a donation, and is glad that de László became a member of the "Royal Portrait Society". Whilst this letter is undated, de László was elected an honorary member of the Royal Society of British Portrait Painters and of the National Portrait Painters' Society in 1908
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0035

Sender: Bevan, G. L.,László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
05/05/1913
Item consists of one letter and one draft. Letter dated 5th May 1913 from G. L. Bevan in which he writes to arrange a meeting between de László and Comtesse Marie Salignac-Fenelon. Undated draft in de László's hand, much of it illegible; he hopes the picture will be liked and mentions transportation
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0036

Sender: Bárczy de Bárcziháza, Madame István [née Edit Luczenbacher de Szob] (1888 - 1973)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
30/07/1914
Letter to Lucy thanking Lucy and de László for their kindness during her London trip. Writes of a death, thanks Lucy for sending a picture of Lucy and John and for the roses she sent
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0037

Sender: Baring, Lady Ulrica [née Lady Ulrica Dunscombe] (1875-1935); wife of Brigadier-General the Hon. Everard Baring (1875 - 1935)

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

Requests the addresses of the photographer and engraver who are reproducing de László's portrait of The Right Honourable Alfred Lyttelton [6127]
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0038

Sender: Battersea, Constance Flower, Baroness [née Constance de Rothschild]; wife of 1st Baron (1843 - 1931)

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

Baroness Battersea would like to introduce her cousin, an admirer of de Lászlo called Mrs Claude Montefiore, to de Lászlo. See DLA002-0044 for further details of this meeting
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0039

Sender: Cavendish-Bentinck, Lord Henry (1863 - 1931)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
14/03/1912
Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck would like de Lászlo to become a member of his art society, which aims to "let a good deal of light into the darkness of the provinces"
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0040

Sender: Morgan, John Pierpont 'Jack' (1867 - 1943)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
11/06/1912
Letter concerning Colonel Robert Bacon's commissioning of a portrait of John Pierpont Morgan [3909]. See also DLA053-0016
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0041

Sender: Harcourt, Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount (1863 - 1922)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
16/12/1913
Letter from F.G.A Butler on behalf of 1st Viscount Harcourt to thank de László for the signed reproduction of his portrait of The Right Honourable Alfred Lyttelton [6127]
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0042

Sender: Burghclere of Walden, Winifred Gardner, Baroness [née Lady Winifred Anne Henrietta Christiana Herbert; other married name Lady Byng]; wife of 1st Baron (1864 - 1933)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
09/06/1914
Baroness Burghclere of Walden invites de László to lunch to meet her husband
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0043

Sender: Brangwyn, Sir Frank William (1867-1956)

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

Letter from Sir Frank William Brangwyn to thank de László for his congratulations, presumably in connection with a recently exhibited work
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0044

Sender: Battersea, Constance Flower, Baroness [née Constance de Rothschild]; wife of 1st Baron (1843 - 1931)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
31/08/1911
Baroness Battersea returns a signed photograph and wishes that de László could have painted the portrait (DLA002-0067 was previously archived with this item)
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0045

Sender: Blomfield, Sir Reginald Theodore (1856-1942)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
18/08/1913
Letter from the architect, Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield, regarding a meeting with de László to discuss alterations to a structure
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0046

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
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0047

Sender: Bligh, Ada Theodosia

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
13/03/1912
Congratulating de László on his recent ennoblement, which was announced in the Court Circular Column of The Times on 6 March 1912, by Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, and wondering whether de László has completed his portrait of the Duchess of Portland [4411]