DLA123-0028 Translation

Vienna

16th Nov. [18]97

Dear Mr László,

I have been so busy recently that now, having found your kind letter of 4th November among my papers, I cannot remember whether I have replied to it – in which case I ask your forgiveness, and I can assure you that everything was done according to your wishes. The picture [possibly 2438] was packed and dispatched by the same cabinet-maker who made the alterations to the frame.

I was not in Eberhard^[1] at the time but I made arrangements through my brother-in-law, who acknowledged receipt of the communication.

We read the review in the Frankfurt newspaper with great pleasure and interest, and we congratulate you on the great success.^[2]

My wife^[3] joins me in sending you our kind regards, and I remain,

Yours sincerely,

Albert Apponyi

Editorial Note:

Count Albert Apponyi de Nagyappony (1846–1933), Hungarian politician; for biographical notes, see [2438].

Pd’O

05/01/2011

[1] Now Malinovo, in Slovakia. Eberhard was the Apponyi family’s country estate near Pozsony, now Bratislava.

[2] Possibly a reference to the Frankfurter Kunstverein exhibition of 1897. De László’s portrait of Apponyi [2438] was mentioned in a review in the Frankfurter Zeitung, 22 October 1897 (for the press cutting, see DLA151-0006).

[3] Countess Albert Apponyi de Nagyappony, née Countess Klothilde Wilhelmine von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein (1867–1943) [111922]