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Personal 1924, 015-0020

Sender: Krämer, Madame Gyula [née Szeréna Laub; other married name Madame Antal László]; the Artist's Sister (1866 - c.1935)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/02/1924
Letter from de László's sister Szeréna largely concerning family matters, including details of three family gravestones and the health of various family members. She has given a picture, which she had meant for her niece, Ilonka, to Renée
Personal 1924, 015-0026

Sender: Krämer, Madame Gyula [née Szeréna Laub; other married name Madame Antal László]; the Artist's Sister (1866 - c.1935)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
28/03/1924
Letter from de László's sister Szeréna thanking him for sending her £30. The letter largely concerns family matters including de László's sons, his plans to take a cure at Karlsbad, family gravestones and Szeréna and de László's nieces and nephew. She mentions going to the Nemzeti Szalon, where the artist's picture [presumably 7173] was "hung in a very good hall, people crowded around it and related legends about you", as well as seeing a copy of his "beautiful large volume" (presumably Oakley Williams' edited publication on de László) at Rózsavölgyi’s bookshop
Personal 1924, 015-0027

Sender: Probst, Erich (1884-1946)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
20/03/1924
Letter from Erich Probst regarding the submission of de László's portrait of Lilly Alberti [9745] to the Vienna Künstlerhaus' 1924 Spring Exhibition
Personal 1924, 015-0028

Sender: Valentin, Frau Carl [née Paula Laub]; the Artist's Sister (1873 - 1924)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
29/02/1924
Letter from de László's sister Paula (known as Pauline) to the artist concerning painting boards, framing and family matters. Pauline has made arrangements with Franz Dury, a framer and art supplier in Munich, to have painting boards sent to de László. Drury has also framed de László's portrait of her [2817] and the childrens' portrait. She has contacted Konrad Barth's regarding the original frame of the Pope's portrait [4509] and, following some research, has found a similar profile. The remainder of the letter deals with her charity work, health, family gravestones and her disapproval of her sons' lifestyles. She remarks that "the Hitler Case makes people here feel rather worried" (Hitler's twenty-four day trial for high treason following the so-called "Beer Hall Putsch" was ongoing at the time)
Personal 1924, 015-0029

Sender: Valentin, Frau Carl [née Paula Laub]; the Artist's Sister (1873 - 1924)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
09/02/1924
Letter from de László's sister Paula (known as Pauline) to the artist in which she writes of her time spent with Princess Eulenberg (possibly Augusta Alexandrine Gräfin zu Eulenburg) at Starnberg Castle. She mentions her poor health, her love of music: "I shall never forget the effect on both of us simultaneously of the melody of Schubert’s music", and how she wishes she had become an opera singer. She thanks the artist for sending some gifts. Her "wonderful portrait" [2817] is at Dury's for framing, and that of "the boys is a feast for the eyes!"
Personal 1924, 015-0031

Sender: Roederer, Countess Pierre-Louis [née Louise de Saint-Alary] (1863 - 1930)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
07/02/1924
Countess Louise Roederer thanks de László for sending her an illustrated magazine. She believes "Mme de la Chapelle" is in Paris and will reply to the artist regarding her portrait. The Countess is surprised Dézarrois has not yet sent de László the photographs he himself arranged. The Countess' daughter's portrait [9564] has been much admired
Personal 1924, 015-0032

Sender: Gramont, Duchesse de [née Elaine Hélène de Greffulhe]; wife of 12th duc (1882 - 1958)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
17/06/1924
Postcards from the duchesse de Gramont to de László regretting that they missed the artist. She has sold five photographs of the Queen of Romania and five of the Pope, and she requests the photographs be sent to her. Two of the photographs are for the ex Duchess of Marlborough, née Vanderbilt (DLA015-0032 and DLA015-0033 were previously partial items that have now been merged into DLA015-0032. DLA015-0033 has been deleted, AD 05/03/21)
Personal 1924, 015-0034

Sender: Gramont, Antoine XII-Armand, 12th duc de; styled duc de Guiche (1879 - 1962)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
07/07/1924
Letter from the duc de Guiche to de László regarding his travel plans. He asks the artist to arrange a simple hotel for Mr. Alkan, an engineer, who he will bring to the National Physical Laboratory and the Wembley Exhibition (see DLA015-0036). As the duc is coming to London for rest and to play golf, he requests that the artist declines any dinner engagements or parties
Personal 1924, 015-0035

Sender: Gramont, Antoine XII-Armand, 12th duc de; styled duc de Guiche (1879 - 1962)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
11/07/1924
Letter from the duc de Guiche to de László regarding his travel plans. He, Mr Alkan and Alfred will arrive in London on 14 July (see DLA015-0034 and DLA015-0036 for further details of the trip)
Personal 1924, 015-0036

Sender: Gramont, Antoine XII-Armand, 12th duc de; styled duc de Guiche (1879 - 1962)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
25/06/1924
Letter from the duc de Guiche to de László largely regarding his travel plans. He regrets not having seen the artist on his way back from Rome, and hopes to see his portrait of the Pope [6690] when he visits London. The duc asks de László to arrange a room in a cheap hotel for Mr. Alkan, an engineer, who he will bring to the National Physical Laboratory and the Wembley Exhibition
Personal 1924, 015-0038

Sender: Rochefoucauld, Duchess Jean de La [née Edmée de Fels]; wife of 13th duc (1895 - 1991)

Recipient: Gramont, Duchesse de [née Elaine Hélène de Greffulhe]; wife of 12th duc (1882 - 1958),Gramont, Antoine XII-Armand, 12th duc de; styled duc de Guiche (1879 - 1962)
25/05/1924
Invitation from the Comte and Comtesse Jean de la Rochefoucauld to the duc de Guiche and duchesse Gramont
Personal 1924, 015-0041

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

Recipient: Casares Lynch, Corina Kavanagh de [née Corina Kavanagh Lynch; other married names de Ham Kenny and de Mainini Ríos ] (1890 - 1984)
22/02/1924
Letter from de László to Corina Kavanagh de Ham regarding arrangements for Isabel Hope de Harrington's portrait [110458]
Personal 1924, 015-0042

Sender: Hunt, Reginald H. (1891-1982)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
14/07/1924
Letter from Reginald H. Hunt to de László requesting a signed reproduction of the artist's portrait of Mussolini [6383]
Personal 1924, 015-0043

Sender: Szapáry de Muraszombat, Széchysziget et Szapár, Count László (1864 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
04/06/1924
Letter from Count László Szápáry asking de László for his help in promoting Hungarian artistic movements to an English audience. Arthur Elek is willing to act gratis as the Budapest correspondent for an English art journal and Szápáry is asking if de László will recommend him
Personal 1924, 015-0044

Sender: Térey, Doctor Gábor de (1864 - 1927)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
12/05/1924
Letter from Doctor Gábor de Térey informing de László that his friend, Doctor Paul Fleischl, Danish Consul in Budapest, and his wife will soon be visiting London. He congratulates the artist on the double-portrait [7173] that was recently exhibited in the Nemzeti Salon
Personal 1924, 015-0045

Sender: Wenlock, Annie Lawley, Baroness [née Annie Allen Cunard]; wife of 6th Baron (1863)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
23/05/1924
Letter from Lady Annie Lawley to de László thanking the artist for sending her Frederick Cullen's address. She will write to Cullen (presumably to commission a copy portrait of de László's portrait of her husband [6011]), but she is unable to pay very much. She is looking forward to de László's exhibition at the French Gallery, and she writes of the pleasure [6011] brings her
Personal 1924, 015-0046

Sender: Lansdowne, Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquis of (1845 - 1927)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/08/1924
Letter from the 5th Marquis of Lansdowne conveying his disappointment that de László could not attend a recent party. He writes of his travel plans, noting his intention to travel to Ireland "to see how the reconstruction of our poor house progresses" (the Marquis' Irish home, Derreen, was looted and then destroyed by fire in 1922 during the Irish Civil War)
Personal 1924, 015-0047

Sender: Lansdowne, Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of [née Maud Evelyn Hamilton] (1850 - 1932)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
02/08/1924
Letter from Maud, Marchioness of Lansdowne to Lucy conveying her disappointment that she (Lucy) could not attend a recent party. She sends condolences to de László on the death of his sister, Paula (known as Pauline)
Personal 1924, 015-0048

Sender: Nethersole, Olga Isabel (1870-1951)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
05/05/1924
Letter from Olga Nethersole thanking de László for his "very great generosity" in agreeing to paint the winner of the costume pageant at the Empire Ball [13294]
Personal 1924, 015-0049

Sender: MacDonald, James Ramsay (1866 - 1937),Macdonald, Ishbel (1903-1982)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
24/06/1924
Letter on behalf of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and his daughter, Ishbel, thanking de László for the invitation to the private view of his exhibition at the French Gallery, but regretting that they cannot attend