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Press cutting: The New York Times, 5 January 1932, p. 28, Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1932-1933, 103-0013

Sender: Jewell, Edward Alden (1888 - 1947)
05/01/1932
The New York Times. Review of de László's exhibition at the Knoedler Galleries for the benefit of the Emergency Unemployment Relief Fund, with a summary of his portrait painting career.
Letter from Nigel de Grey to de László, Studio Correspondence Nov 1920 - Apr 1924 Various Art Societ, 105-0067

Sender: Grey, Nigel de (1886 - 1951),The Medici Society Ltd.

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
13/08/1925
Partial item, continues as DLA105-0069. Regarding the collection and insurance for the portraits of the Crown Princess of Romania [4221] and Lady Graham [4535]. They decline to publish reproductions of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium and the Duchess of York.
Letter from Charles Geoffrey Holme to de László, Exhibition at French Gallery London June 1923, 106-0062

Sender: Holme, Charles Geoffrey (1887 - 1954)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
31/05/1923
Holme has asked Baldry to write an article on de László's exhibition (French Gallery, June 1923); requests photographs for reproduction.
Letter from the Duchess of Wellington to de László, Exhibition at French Gallery London June 1923, 106-0091

Sender: Wellington, Kathleen Emily Wellesley, Duchess of [née Williams-Bulkeley]; wife of 4th Duke (1849 - 1927)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
25/05/1923
Transportation arrangements for the Duchess of Wellington's portrait [5765] to de László's exhibition (French Gallery, June 1923).
Letter from the Duchess of Wellington to de László, Exhibition at French Gallery London June 1923, 106-0092

Sender: Wellington, Kathleen Emily Wellesley, Duchess of [née Williams-Bulkeley]; wife of 4th Duke (1849 - 1927)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
24/05/1923
Transportation arrangements for the Duchess of Wellington's portrait [5765] to de László's exhibition (French Gallery, June 1923).
Letter from R. S. Glover (Colour Magazine) to de László, Exhibition at French Gallery London June 1923, 106-0108

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
19/05/1923
Request for authorisation to photograph the portrait of Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll [2599] for "Colour Magazine".
Letter from W. R. Smith to de László, Exhibition at French Gallery London June 1923, 106-0109

Sender: Smith, W. R.

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
19/05/1923
Transportation of the Duchess of Northumberland’s picture [6841] for de László's exhibition (French Gallery, June 1923).
Letter from Lady Glentanar to de László, Exhibition at French Gallery London June 1923, 106-0113

Sender: Glentanar, Margaret Lothian Coats, Lady [née Black]; wife of 1st Baron (1854 - 1935)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
15/05/1923
Transportation of Lady Glentanar's portrait of the Marchioness of Douro [3999] to the framer prior to its exhibition (French Gallery, June 1923). Disappointed the portrait of her son [5357] cannot also be exhibited; invitees.
Letter from Richard William Goulding to de László, Exhibition at French Gallery London June 1923, 106-0121

Sender: Goulding, Richard William (1868 - 1929)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
16/05/1923
Transportation of the Duchess of Portland's picture [4411] for de László's exhibition (French Gallery, June 1923).
Letter from Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox to de László; item includes draft reply in de László's hand, Exhibition at French Gallery London June 1923, 106-0123

Sender: Richmond, Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, 2nd Duke of Gordon (1845 - 1928),László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
16/05/1923
Transportation of the Duchess of Northumberland’s picture [6841] for de László's exhibition (French Gallery, June 1923). Item includes draft reply in de László's hand.
Letter from Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox to de László, Exhibition at French Gallery London June 1923, 106-0128

Sender: Richmond, Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, 2nd Duke of Gordon (1845 - 1928)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
12/05/1923
Transportation of the picture [6841] for de László's exhibition (French Gallery, June 1923).
Letter from Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll to de László, Exhibition at French Gallery London June 1923, 106-0130

Sender: Great Britain, Duchess of Argyll, née Princess Louise Caroline Alberta of; Daughter of Queen Victoria (1848 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
12/05/1923
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll agrees to lend her portrait [2599] to de László's exhibition (French Gallery, June 1923). Reference to a criticism she gave to Princess Louis of Battenberg. Wonders if the artist might "improve" upon the "unsatisfactory gown" she wears in the portrait.
Letter from Helen Percy, Duchess of Northumberland to de László, Exhibition at French Gallery London June 1923, 106-0138

Sender: Northumberland, Helen Percy, Duchess of [née Lady Helen Magdalen Gordon-Lennox]; wife of 8th Duke (1886 - 1965)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
10/05/1923
Helen Percy, Duchess of Northumberland agrees to lend her portrait [6841] to de László's exhibition (French Gallery, June 1923). As the portrait is hanging at Goodwood, her father, the 7th Duke of Richmond, should be contacted.
Letter from Lady Glentanar to de László, Exhibition at French Gallery London June 1923, 106-0150

Sender: Glentanar, Margaret Lothian Coats, Lady [née Black]; wife of 1st Baron (1854 - 1935)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
04/05/1923
Lady Glentanar offers portraits of the Marchioness of Douro [3999] and her son [5357] to de László for his forthcoming exhibition (French Gallery, June 1923).
Exhibition at French Gallery London June 1923, 106-0164

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

List of pictures (some with collection addresses) for de László's exhibition (French Gallery, June 1923).
Exhibition at French Gallery London June 1923, 106-0171

Office draft of the catalogue for the exhibition: The French Gallery, London, A Series of Portraits and Studies by Philip A. de Laszlo, M.V.O., June 1923, with illegible handwritten annotations on page 1. [DLA106-0175 is the final version; see also DLA106-0173].
Exhibitions at French Gallery London 1924-1927, 107-0181

08/06/1927
Multiple press cuttings. Morning Post; The Times; Daily Mirror (all dated 8 June 1927) concerning de László's exhibition at the French Gallery. The Morning Post asserts that de László has succeeded the American [Sargent] as a painter of eminent people; The Times offers qualified praise; cartoon of de László illustrates the Daily Mirror cutting.
The Evening Standard, 22 May 1929, p. 19, Exhibition at French Gallery London May - June 1929, 108-0087

22/05/1929
The Evening Standard. Review of de László’s exhibition at the French Gallery, noting in particular the recurring use of the scarf motif in his portraits of women.
Letter from 6th Duke of Portland to de László, Re-sleeved Material from Box C 1934-37, Box E 1930-5, Box K, 118-0249

Sender: Portland, William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of (1857 - 1943)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
21/12/1928
The 6th Duke of Portland thanks de László for the reproduction of his painting of the Latona Fountain at Versailles [9326].
Letter from Countess Brockdorff to de László, Re-sleeved Material from Miscellaneous Boxes, 120-0035

Sender: Brockdorff, Countess Bertram von [née Baroness Therese von Loen] (1846 - 1924)

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

It is uncertain whether de László will have the opportunity to paint the Emperor. The Empress finds the portrait of Princess Victoria Luise [5090] charming, though she notes that the expression is somewhat serious. The arrival of the frames around the 18th is also noted.