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Letters 1894-1916 Private, 004-0009

Sender: Draper, Herbert James (1863 - 1920)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
04/05/1914
Letter from the painter, Herbert James Draper, requesting de László's support for election to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Based on the RP's membership lists, it does not appear that Draper was successful in his bid for election
Letters 1894-1916 Private, 004-0010

Sender: Duncan, Ellen (1850 - 1937)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
17/08/1905
Letter concerning the controversy surrounding the authenticity of a Corot painting that the then Prince of Wales (subsequently George V) had chosen from the Forbes collection and presented as a gift to help Hugh Lane in his attempt to establish a gallery of modern art in Dublin. Following its exhibition in 1904, the "early Corot" was deemed by some to be the work of the Hungarian artist, Géza Mészöly. The controversy grew to immense proportions with artists including William Orpen and well-known London art world figures such as Martin Colnaghi and Lockett Agnew weighing in. In this letter, Ellen Duncan requests an interview with de László to garner his views on the picture
Letters 1894-1916 Private, 004-0011

Sender: De La Warr, Muriel Sackville, Countess [née Lady Muriel Agnes Brassey]; wife of 8th Earl (1872 - 1930)

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

Letter to de László requesting a visit from Lucy
Letters 1894-1916 Private, 004-0012

Sender: Darnley, Florence Bligh, Countess of [née Florence Rose Morphy]; wife of 8th Earl (1860 - 1944)

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

Letter requesting a studio visit
Letters 1894-1916 Private, 004-0013

Sender: Dániel, Ernő (1843 - 1923)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
24/10/1986
Invitation to attend a reception on 24th October 1896 at the Millennial Exhibition, issued by the Minister of Commerce, Ernő Dániel, and his wife
Letters 1894-1916 Private, 004-0014

Sender: Dibdin, Edward Rimbault (1853 - 1941)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
24/08/1910
Letter confirming the safe arrival of a picture [110720] at the Walker Art Gallery
Letters 1894-1916 Private, 004-0015

Sender: Dibdin, Edward Rimbault (1853 - 1941)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
11/12/1909
Confirming receipt of de László's letter with his instructions for the two portraits [9769] [6722] exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery Autumn exhibition of 1909-10
Letters 1894-1916 Private, 004-0016

Sender: Egerer, Otto V.

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
05/01/1916
The sender apologises at length for not having replied to de László's invitation of the previous month, which, due to a change of address and various other circumstances, he did not receive until it was too late; he would now like to rearrange a meeting (DLA004-0016 and DLA004-0017 were previously partial items that have now been merged into DLA004-0016. DLA004-0017 has been deleted, AD 04/03/21)
Letters 1894-1916 Private, 004-0018

Sender: Egerer, Otto V.

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
04/06/1915
Letter from Otto V. Egerer asking de László if he knows whether his brother (presumably Gedeon?) is alive or dead. The sender tells de László that he became a British subject in 1902 and that the war had not thus far "affected me materially or otherwise". De László had painted the sender's father, Doctor Sámuel Egerer, in 1897 [9059]
Letters F 1889-1916 Private, 005-0002

Sender: Furse, Lieutenant General Sir William Thomas (1865 - 1953)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
29/10/1911
Lieutenant General Sir William Thomas Furse thanks de László for the sketch of "the chief" (Lord Roberts) and writes that his wife "speaks in glowing enthusiasm" about the portrait of Lord Roberts in Eton [6924]. The sender, Eton educated, had been Aide-de-Camp to Lord Roberts from 1891 to 1893. "I love Eton and I love the Chief", he states in this letter
Letters F 1889-1916 Private, 005-0003

Sender: Felberman, Louis (1861 - 1927)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
11/11/1912
The sender, a Hungarian author who had settled in London, here congratulates de László on his ennoblement (earlier in 1912 de László had been ennobled by Emperor Franz Joseph I with a Patent of Hereditary Nobility). "In honouring you in this way", writes Felberman, "it is also a complement to and a recognition of the high arts of the country to which you have contributed a lion’s share"
Letters F 1889-1916 Private, 005-0004

Sender: Felberman, Louis (1861 - 1927)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
17/12/1914
The Hungarian author, Louis Felberman, thanks de László for his donation towards the Hungarian Trust, and regrets he cannot visit de László's studio, but looks forward to doing so in the future
Letters F 1889-1916 Private, 005-0005

Sender: Felberman, Louis (1861 - 1927)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
12/01/1916
In this letter, Louis Felberman, a Hungarian author, writes of the death of one of de László's friends, very probably Doctor Sándor Nyári. He goes on to mention de László's portraits of Lady and Lord Weardale [7660] [7658], which he has recently seen, and describes them as "both magnificent and life like", adding that the sitters are "so pleased with them"
Letters F 1889-1916 Private, 005-0006

Sender: Felberman, Louis (1861 - 1927)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
26/02/1916
Letter from Hungarian author Louis Felberman to de László regarding a problem he (Felberman) has encountered (not clearly stated in the letter but seems to have associated himself with some undesirable people). Felberman informs de László that he does not wish to trouble the Hon. Mrs Rothschild, but that he will send the letter regardless of the consequences, although he will see his lawyer again. He writes that his motives were honest and that he has "nothing to fear or to be ashamed of"
Letters F 1889-1916 Private, 005-0007

Sender: Fleming, Mrs Valentine [née Evelyn Beatrice Ste Croix Rose] (1885 - 1964)

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

De László has agreed to paint the sender's portrait, however, she cannot afford it right now, but "perhaps after the war". She finishes the letter by exclaiming that she loves the portrait of her husband, Valentine Fleming [5085], which hangs in Grosvenor Square
Letters F 1889-1916 Private, 005-0008

Drawing inscribed left: Das hätten Sie doch nicht tun sollen [Translation: You shouldn’t have done this]. Inscribed right: Collector of Snake Skins
Letters F 1889-1916 Private, 005-0009

Sender: Ferenczy, Károly (1862 - 1917)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
03/06/1900
Visit card of Károly Ferenczy, an important impressionist painter and one of the founders of the Nagybánya School in Transylvania, who sends best wishes to de László "from your sincere friend"
Letters F 1889-1916 Private, 005-0010

Sender: Ferenczy, Ida von (1839 - 1928)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
07/01/1906
Letter from Ida von Ferenczy requesting the return of some lace-work that the Empress Elisabeth of Austria had loaned to de László. Ferenczy was confidant of the late Empress
Letters F 1889-1916 Private, 005-0011

Sender: Ferenczy, Ida von (1839 - 1928)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
10/01/1906
Telegram from Ida von Ferenczy, confidant of the late Empress Elisabeth of Austria, congratulating de László and Lucy on the birth of their third son, Paul
Letters F 1889-1916 Private, 005-0012

Sender: Ferenczy, Ida von (1839 - 1928)

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

Telegram from Ida von Ferenczy, confidant of the late Empress Elisabeth of Austria, informing de László of a forthcoming charitable exhibition of "our unforgettable saintly Queen" which is to include "the beautiful sketch you gave me" [7857]