DLA017-0063 Transcription

34, Chapel Street,

Belgrave Square,

S.W.

May 16. 1930.

My dear Mr Lazslo [sic]

Will you come along & see my pretty room here – you will like it I know Marjorie^[1] will be here – & I hope Karsavina^[2] & Tilly Loshe [sic]^[3] – and it may be pleasant

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in my tulip garden.

Please dont say you must go to the Country

4.30 is a good time

But if you say 3.30 I can get Marjorie to come then tomorrow Saturday

Yrs ever V Rutland

Editorial Note:

Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland, née Marion Margaret Violet Lindsay (1856-1937), British artist

SMDL

12/01/2018

[1] (Victoria) Marjorie Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey, née Lady (Victoria) Marjorie Harriet Manners; wife of 6th Marquess (1883-1946) [2591], daughter of this letter’s author, Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland

[2] Tamara Platonovna Karsavina (1885-1978), Russian ballerina; one of the founders of modern British ballet

[3] Ottilie Ethel Leopoldine Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon, née Losch, known professionally as Tilly Losch (1903-1975), Austrian dancer, actress, and painter