DLA123-0044  Transcription

Dupplin Castle,

Perth.

12th July 1916,

Dear MrLaszlo,

My son is at present home on leave from Egypt & I write to ask if you could do a sketch of him before he leaves [5273]? If so how many sittings would you require & could

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you take him in about a fortnights time?[1]

Yours very truly

John A. Dewar

[in another hand] John A. DEWAR

Editorial Note:

John Alexander Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot (1856-1929), Scottish businessman; for biographical notes, see [5197].

LR

27/11/2018


[1] De László inscribed the portrait of John Dewar, 2nd Baron Forteviot (1885-1947) [5273]: László 1916 July 31