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Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1926-1927, 097-0175

21/01/1926
Daily Mail. Social column includes review of an exhibition of "modern foreign schools" belonging to the Luxembourg Museum held at the Musée du Jeu de Paume; de László's portrait of the Comtesse de Noailles [4472] described as "striking".
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings Jan - April 1929, 099-0080

10/02/1929
La Liberté. De László is painting the portrait of the King and Prince Farouk. After this announcement, there follows a biography, mostly of his artistic career and achievements, accompanied by a photograph of de László standing before his portrait of King Umberto III of Italy.
Letter from Henry Hake to de László, Correspondence belonging to Christopher de Laszlo - Collection I, 123-0205

Sender: Hake, Sir Henry Mendelssohn (1892 - 1951)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
09/08/1929
Letter from Henry Hake (Director of the National Portrait Gallery) to de László requesting reproduction copyright of two recently acquired portraits [5959][5552] ahead of their exhibition; will send cheque for £150
Personal 1930, 017-0029

Sender: Moral, Frederick Ramón de Bertodano, 8th Marquis del (1871 - 1955)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
21/10/1930
The sender (probably Frederick Ramon de Bertodano, 8th Marquis del Moral, see "Editorial Note") is pleased that Lucy and de László can attend the dinner party
Letter from de László to Sir John Henry Eugen Vanderstegen Millington-Drake, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0040

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

Recipient: Millington-Drake, Sir John Henry Eugen Vanderstegen (1889 - 1972)
14/04/1930
De László replies to Millington-Drake's letter (DLA019-0041). Thanks him for his description of Princess Marie Louise's visit to Argentina; pleased that his portraits have been admired [3434][5383][110544]. Brief references to portrait of Mme Menendez and her child [110556] and reproduction of "Babsie" d’Ursel's sketch [4981]
Letter from Sir John Henry Eugen Vanderstegen Millington-Drake to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0041

Sender: Millington-Drake, Sir John Henry Eugen Vanderstegen (1889 - 1972)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
07/03/1930
Millington-Drake sends news of de László's portraits in Argentina. Princess Marie Louise, a recent guest, admired de László's portrait of María de Mercedes de Alvear y Elortondo [3434], a portrait Millington-Drake describes as a "wonderful and inspiring likeness of a girl of classic countenance and exceptional distinction." Millington-Drake also admired the artist's portraits of the Green Devoto children [5383][110544]; recently received a postcard reproduction from "Babsie" d’Ursel of her "beautiful" sketch [4981]
Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0144

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

Recipient: Montebello, Marie-Louise Lannes, Marquise de [née comtesse Marie-Louise de Salignac-Fénelon]; wife of 2nd marquis (1879 - 1960)
07/07/1931
De László thanks the comtesse for her letter; sorry he could not include the portrait of her mother [4476] in his exhibition (Charpentier, 1931). Suggests she contacts Jean Charpentier to arrange for the varnishing of [4476] and [111525].
Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0145

Sender: Montebello, Marie-Louise Lannes, Marquise de [née comtesse Marie-Louise de Salignac-Fénelon]; wife of 2nd marquis (1879 - 1960)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
Dated "14 and 15 June"
Congratulates de László on his exhibition at Charpentier's; recollections of sittings at the duc de Guiche's and the portrait of her mother [4476]; asks whether de László would like to see the portrait in situ; reference to his portrait of "the little Montebello and her cat" [111525].
Letter from Lord Lansdowne to de László, Personal Letters, 020-0254

Sender: Lansdowne, Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquis of (1872 - 1936)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
26/09/1933
Lord Lansdowne thanks de László for his condolence telegram after the death of his son. He recalls his son may have been at Bowood during de László’s visit. Postpones sittings for his portrait [5972].
Correspondence belonging to Christopher de Laszlo - Collection I, 123-0063

Sender: Lansdowne, Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquis of (1872 - 1936)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
08/08/1934
Lord Lansdowne informs de László that photographs of his portrait [5972] have arrived; has signed one & will have it delivered
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
R 1898-1916 Private, 010-0002

Sender: Reverseaux de Rouvray, Jacques Frédéric, Marquis de (1845 - 1916)

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

Letter from the Marquis Jacques Frédéric de Reverseaux de Rouvray, French Ambassador in Vienna (1897-1907), to de László regarding a studio visit
S 1899-1916 Private, 011-0064

Sender: Montebello, Marie-Louise Lannes, Marquise de [née comtesse Marie-Louise de Salignac-Fénelon]; wife of 2nd marquis (1879 - 1960)

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

Undated letter from the Comtesse Marie-Louise de Salignac-Fénelon thanking de László for sending her a self-portrait (of the artist), which she will place next to "the incomparable portrait" of her mother [4476], a picture which "keep(s) her forever amongst us"
Personal 1925-1926, 016-0153

Sender: Maupeou Monbail, Marquise de [née Comtesse Hedwige d’Ursel] (1902 - 1987)

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

Comtesse Hedwige d’Ursel is in Florence, where she has seen de László's portrait. She asks whether he has painted Miss Brandt. Perhaps she will meet the artist in Paris
Personal 1930, 017-0043

Sender: Noailles, Marquise Hélie de [née Corisande Emma Louise Ida de Gramont] (1880 - 1977)

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

The Marquise de Noailles sends her best wishes to de László's son and a small gift (possibly on the occasion of Stephen de Laszlo's marriage)
Personal 1930, 017-0046

Sender: Noailles, Marquise Hélie de [née Corisande Emma Louise Ida de Gramont] (1880 - 1977)

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

Note from the Marquise de Noailles to de László confirming a meeting
Personal 1932 N to Z, 018-0039

Sender: Noailles, Marquise Hélie de [née Corisande Emma Louise Ida de Gramont] (1880 - 1977)

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

The marquise de Noailles thanks de László for his condolences following her husband's death (letter can likely be dated to late May/early June 1932)
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].