DLA123-0075 Transcription
[6?] JLY 1934 [postmarked]
Many thanks. I had not any appointment down in my diary before that of the 19th.[1]
Yours very sincerely,
W. Petrie.
Editorial Note:
Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942), English Egyptologist; de László painted three portraits of Petrie, all in 1934 [6896] [6904] [6906].
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[1] De László recorded in his diary that sittings for the portrait of Petrie [6896] began on 19th July 1934. “Did a few drawings I much look forward – to paint his fine expressive head” (Philip de László, 1934 diary, private collection, 19 July entry, p. 104).