DLA010-0013  Transcription

Maryon Hall

Hampstead

N.W.

Dec 17.[19]’15

Dear Sir,

Mrs Leeds has asked me to see her portrait [6021] which you are painting. May I ask whether I can see it Sunday or Monday morning next, and at

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what hour? I should be greatly obliged if you would tell me where it is to be seen.

I am dear Sir | Faithfully yours

(Colonel) C. à C. Repington

Editorial Note:

De László painted Repington’s portrait in 1920 [6801]. Repington had been an enthusiast of de László’s work ever since he visited the artist’s studio to see the portrait of Mrs Leeds [6021] (later Princess Christopher of Greece) referred to in this letter, and his wartime diaries are full of references to works by de László which he admired. In December 1919, shortly before his own study portrait was executed, he had also commissioned a portrait of his dear friend Evelyn, Lady Downshire [4911].

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26/04/2006