DLA002-0038 Transcription

10, CONNAUGHT PLACE.

April 23-

Dear Mr de Laszló

I hope you will forgive me for troubling you – as follows: One of my cousins – Mrs Claude Montefiore^[1] is a very great admirer of your work and would so much like to make your acquaintance or to see some of the beautiful portraits in your studio.

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Might I bring her one day after Tuesday?

My cousin is really devoted to painting and works hard herself at landscapes.

I have stupidly mislaid your home address, so am writing to the Studio.

One evening, I hope that you and Mrs de Laszlo will give me the pleasure of dining with me.

I am yours truly,

Constance Battersea

02/02/2006

[1] Possibly Mrs Claude Goldsmid Montefiore, née Florence Fyfe Brereton Ward (1852-1938); see DLA002-0067, letter from Baroness Battersea to de László, no date, for further correspondence relating to this meeting.