DLA107-0275  Transcription

15 QUEEN STREET

MAYFAIR.

May 19th [1924]

Dear Mr de Laszló

Of course I shall be delighted for my portrait [4643] to be included in your Exhibition, & I feel sure that my Grandmother [whose name is Mrs Kennedy – 13 Embankment Gardens – S.W.3] will be equally pleased to send you hers.[1] She is away at present – &

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if you will let me know when you want the pictures I will arrange accordingly. I think my Mother[2] & sister[3] will be home at the end of June – I myself have only just returned after some months’ absence, & it is pleasant to be in London again.

If you are making up a catalogue of your Exhibition & if it includes my picture

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will you forgive me if I ask that my name be spelt correctly! – i.e. – DAVSON — it nearly always becomes Dawson in print – & it is not nearly such a nice name as Davson! –

I shall look forward

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to the great pleasure of seeing another collection of your pictures so soon.[4]

yrs sincerely

Margot Davson

Editorial Note:

Lady Davson, née Margot Elinor Glyn (1893–1966); for biographical notes, see [4643].

SMDL

15/04/2023


[1] De László had requested Lady Davson’s portrait [4643], as well as the portrait of her grandmother [5865], for inclusion in his exhibition: The French Gallery, London, A Series of Portraits and Studies By Philip A. de László, M.V.O., June 1924; see DLA107-0281, letter from de László to Lady Davson, 17 May 1924.

[2] Elinor Glyn, née Sutherland; married name Mrs Clayton Glyn (1864–1943) [5361]

[3] Dame Juliet Evangeline Rhys Williams, Lady Rhys Williams, née Juliette Evangeline Glyn (1898–1964) [7748]

[4] For de László’s reply to this letter, see DLA107-0271, letter from de László to Lady Davson, 23 May 1924.