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Letter from Dr Ottó Légrády to de László, Portraits A-G, 043-0098

Sender: Légrády, Doctor Ottó (1878 - 1948)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
04/07/1936
Légrády regrets de László’s decision not to visit but remains hopeful. Lists several potential countryside residences in Hungary suitable for de László to work in. The Hungarian edition of "Painting a Portrait" will go to press in summer, signed copies expected in autumn. Praises de László’s memoir project and congratulates him on the Légion d’Honneur.
Portraits A-G, 043-0157

Sender: Beatty, Lady [née Mino Edith Dunn; other married mame Mrs Carol D. Stone] (1886 - 1952)

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

Undated letter from Lady Beatty to de László. Thankful for the opportunity to be painted, possibly won at a Red Cross Auction in support of the War Effort.
Letter from Sir Thomas Gardner Horridge to de László, Portraits G-I, 1916-20, 045-0022

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

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
18/09/1916
Varnishing of Sir Thomas Gardner Horridge's portrait [5657]. Recently saw the artist's portrait of Mrs George Sandys [11222] at Greythwaite Hall.
Letter from Lady Evelyne Horridge to de László, Portraits G-I, 1916-20, 045-0023

Sender: Horridge, Lady Thomas Gardner [née Evelyne Emma Sandys] (1876 - 1920)

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

Lady Evelyne Horridge asks if de László is still painting Oswald Sanderson [7082]. Could he bring Sanderson to view the portrait of her husband [5657]?
Letter from Lady Evelyne Horridge to de László, Portraits G-I, 1916-20, 045-0024

Sender: Horridge, Lady Thomas Gardner [née Evelyne Emma Sandys] (1876 - 1920)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
17/03/1917
Lady Evelyne Horridge thanks de László for his gift of the study portrait [112044], which she feels depicts her husband "as the world knows him", whilst the finished portrait [5657] is as she knows him. Arrangements to bring Oswald Sanderson to see the portrait.
B 1915, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, Aug, 1925, 055-0143

Sender: Beatty, Lady [née Mino Edith Dunn; other married mame Mrs Carol D. Stone] (1886 - 1952)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
09/10/1916
Letter from Lady Beatty to de László. Can come to London to sit before 19 October but travels to America on 20th. Returns in January.
Letter from Arthur Bendir to de László, B 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 058-0051

Sender: Bendir, Arthur ( - 1957)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/08/1930
Acknowledges de László's letter confirming Paul Laib as the photographer and Emile Remy as the framemaker for the portrait [6859].
Letter from Arthur Bendir to de László, B 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 058-0052

Sender: Bendir, Arthur ( - 1957)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
28/07/1930
Agrees to lend the portrait of Jane [6859] to de László's next exhibition. Requests account from the framemaker.
Letter from de László's secretary to Arthur Bendir, B 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 058-0053

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

Recipient: Bendir, Arthur ( - 1957)
25/07/1930
Thank you letter for the cheque of £1050 [6859].
Letter from de László to Arthur Bendir, B 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 058-0054

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

Recipient: Bendir, Arthur ( - 1957)
26/07/1930
Glad that Bendir approves of the portrait of Jane [6859]. De László hopes to include the portrait, which he much-enjoyed painting, in a future exhibition.
Letter from Arthur Bendir to de László, B 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 058-0055

Sender: Bendir, Arthur ( - 1957)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
24/07/1930
Bendir has received the portrait of his daughter Jane [6859]. He encloses a cheque for £1050.
Letter from Arthur Bendir to de László, B 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 058-0056

Sender: Bendir, Arthur ( - 1957)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
05/04/1930
Bendir cannot pay more than 1000 guineas for a portrait of his daughter Jane [6859].
Letter from de László's secretary to Arthur Bendir, B 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 058-0057

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

Recipient: Bendir, Arthur ( - 1957)
03/04/1930
De László has decided to paint a full-length portrait of Bendir's daughter Jane [6859] for the reduced fee of £1500.
Arthur Bendir's visiting card, B 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 058-0058

Sender: Bendir, Arthur ( - 1957)

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

Arthur Bendir's visiting card with annotated date and time. Item concerns sittings for preparatory sketches for [6859], see DLA058-0059.
Letter from de László's secretary to Arthur Bendir, B 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 058-0059

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

Recipient: Bendir, Arthur ( - 1957)
22/03/1930
Sitting arrangements for preparatory sketches for [6859].
Letter from Arthur Bendir to de László's secretary, B 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 058-0060

Sender: Bendir, Arthur ( - 1957)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
19/03/1930
Arthur Bendir confirms a studio appointment with de László.
Letter from de László's secretary to Arthur Bendir, B 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 058-0061

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

Recipient: Bendir, Arthur ( - 1957)
18/03/1930
De László invites Arthur Bendir and his daughter Jane to his studio.
Letter from Arthur Bendir to de László's secretary, B 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 058-0062

Sender: Bendir, Arthur ( - 1957)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
07/03/1930
Arthur Bendir will await further communication from de László. The photograph [of his daughter] may be retained.
Letter from de László's secretary to Arthur Bendir, B 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 058-0063

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

Recipient: Bendir, Arthur ( - 1957)
06/03/1930
De László's fee for a head and shoulders portrait is 500 guineas, and 300 guineas for a sketch portrait.
Letter from Arthur Bendir to de László, B 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 058-0064

Sender: Bendir, Arthur ( - 1957)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
04/03/1930
Arthur Bendir wishes to know de László's fee for a portrait of his six-year-old daughter, Jane [6859].