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Letter from Comte Jacques de Lalaing to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0064

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

Recipient: Lalaing, Comte Jacques de (1889 - 1969)
29/03/1930
De László has been busy as the RBA's newly elected President; agrees to do portrait sketches of the Comte and Comtesse [4827][4829]; details his travel plans and suggests he undertakes the commission during a two week stint in Paris
Letter from Sydney Percy Kendrick to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0065

Sender: Kendrick, Sydney Percy (1874 - 1955)

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

Sydney Percy Kendrick would like de László's advice on what the fee for a ¾ length portrait for Miss Preston should be; thanks de László for the recommendation [dated 21 March, no year]
Letter from de László's secretary to Sydney Percy Kendrick, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0066

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

Recipient: Kendrick, Sydney Percy (1874 - 1955)
03/04/1930
De László's secretary forwards a cheque for £500 to Sydney Percy Kendrick for the preparation of two canvases for George Washington Eastman [5001][5004]
Letter from Giovanni Fiorini to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0067

Sender: Fiorini, Giovanni (c. 1877)

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

Giovanni Fiorini, bronze founder, hopes de László is satisfied with the bust; he asks de László to let him know when he should return the plaster model, and asks whether the artist has any more work for him
Letter from Giovanni Fiorini to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0068

Sender: Fiorini, Giovanni (c. 1877)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
29/07/1930
Giovanni Fiorini wishes de László's son (Patrick) a speedy recovery following a motor accident; he would like to arrange an appointment regarding the casting
Letter from de László's secretary to Giovanni Fiorini, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0069

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

Recipient: Fiorini, Giovanni (c. 1877)
01/04/1930
De László wishes to know when Fiorini will be delivering the bust, which he is founding, of Mrs de László [assumed 3382]
Letter from de László's secretary to Giovanni Fiorini, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0070

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

Recipient: Fiorini, Giovanni (c. 1877)
17/01/1930
De László would like Fiorini to collect a bust of Mrs de László from the studio for casting [assumed 3382]
Letter from de László's secretary to William Elstow, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0071

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

Recipient: Elstow, William
26/03/1930
De László has had the picture (a peasant girl holding a tambourine, signed "P de Laszlo") at the White City Café examined, and confirms it is neither his work, nor a copy, but a fraud
Letter from William Elstow to de László's secretary, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0072

Sender: Elstow, William

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
09/03/1930
William Elstow gives details of the picture purporting to be by de László—a peasant girl holding a tambourine—exhibited in the window of the White City Café, Shepherd's Bush
Letter from de László's secretary to William Elstow, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0073

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

Recipient: Elstow, William
07/03/1930
De László would like more information on the publication that Elstow has brought to his attention (it was not a publication, but a picture); he is inclined to think it a forgery
Letter from William Elstow to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0074

Sender: Elstow, William,László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937),Elstow, William
27/02/1930
William Elstow informs de László of an early work in a shop window signed "P de Laszlo"; possibly dated 1898 and for sale at £5. Item includes an annotation in de László's hand: "it is false – as I signed myself – P. de László only since 1912"
Letter from de László to Percy Edsall, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0075

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

Recipient: Edsall, Percy ( - 1930)
22/04/1929
De László agrees with Edsall that Amshewitz's picture is "a perfect work"; he invites Edsall to his studio at the same time as Baldry to see some works from Egypt
Letter from Percy Edsall to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0076

Sender: Edsall, Percy ( - 1930)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
19/04/1929
Percy Edsall is sorry he missed de László; glad de László admired Amshewitz's still life, which he hopes to be able to sell (DLA019-0286 was previously archived with this item)
Letter from Walter Evans Edge to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0077

Sender: Edge, Walter Evans (1873-1956)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
09/05/1930
Walter Evans Edge thanks de László, on behalf of President Herbert Hoover, for sending an inscribed photograph of his portrait of Maréchal Lyautey [6118]
Letter from Hugh Stokes to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0078

Sender: Stokes, Hugh (1875-1932)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
21/05/1930
Hugh Stokes thanks de László for the letter he sent to the editor of 'Connoisseur' magazine concerning his (Stokes') remarks on the RBA's exhibition
Letter from F. Gordon Roe on behalf of Cecil Reginald Grundy to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0079

Sender: Grundy, Cecil Reginald (1870 - 1944)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
13/05/1930
F. Gordon Roe thanks de László, on behalf of Cecil Reginald Grundy, for the letter; it will be transmitted to the critic, Hugh Stokes (see related item DLA019-0078)
Letter from de László to Cecil Reginald Grundy, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0080

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

Recipient: Grundy, Cecil Reginald (1870 - 1944)
08/05/1930
De László thanks Cecil Reginald Grundy for the note on the RBA's exhibition, published in 'Connoisseur' magazine
Letter from Frederick Carleton Chamberlin to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0081

Sender: Chamberlin, Frederick Carleton (1870 - 1943)

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

Frederick Carleton Chamberlin believes he can get de László into the Savage Club
Letter from Frederick Carleton Chamberlin to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0082

Sender: Chamberlin, Frederick Carleton (1870 - 1943)

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

Frederick Carleton Chamberlin writes about de László's proposed membership to the Savage Club and Pilgrims Society; congratulates him on his election as President of the RBA; reference to de László's portrait of Lord Scarbrough [7122] and a critic from the Morning Post's opinion of it
Letter from Lord Cavan to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0083

Sender: Cavan, Frederic Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of (1865 - 1946)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
24/01/1930
Lord Cavan invites de László to lunch