DLA011-0053  Transcription 

Gawthorpe Hall,

Burnley, Lancashire.

Oct 22. 1912

Dear Mr de Lászlò

Very many thanks for your letter & the delightful news that you have finished Miss Weisse’s portrait sketch [2097]. I long to see it. But alas I shall not be in London till after Nov 19 – so I must

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postpone the pleasure till then – I will let you know which day I can come – & then we can talk about the frame & when we may take it away & present it to Miss Weisse – for I suppose

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it still requires varnishing or something – but these are mysteries to me which perhaps we can learn till then.

I want to thank you very much indeed for all the trouble you have

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taken & I hope that you have also derived some pleasure from it.

Please remember me to Mrs de László^[1] I hope you are well.

Yours sincerely & with many thanks

RB Kay-Shuttleworth

PS We have just read in the papers the announcement about your new baby – Many congratulations.^[2] I hope that both you and your wife & the child are doing well RBKS

Editorial Note:

The Honourable Rachel Beatrice Kay-Shuttleworth (1886–1967), third daughter of Liberal MP, Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe (1844–1939). She was the founder of Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, formerly the Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth Collection.

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10/11/2017