DLA123-0155 Transcription

5 rue du Mont Valérien

St. Cloud

S.v.[b?]

April 4th. 1929.

My dear László,

My husband^[1] & I are coming to London on the 9th. till April 22th – Do you think you could possibly find time to make a sketch of my husband then?

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If this is impossible, could you do him here in May then, if that is more con-venient – The girls’ pictures [likely [8195] and [7851]] are hang-ing here in the sitting-room & they are the joy of my life^[2] – I gaze at them everyday & everybody who enters in raves about them –

Hoping to see you in London [ever?] [yours?]

[On the margin of page 2]

Alice.

Editorial Note:

Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark, née Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885-1969); for biographical notes, see [6615].

10/03/2020

[1] Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882-1944) [6622]

[2] De László painted Princesses Theodora and Margarita’s portraits [7851][8195]as a silver wedding anniversary present for Prince and Princess Andrew of Greece. Princess Andrew had commissioned them herself and her family decided to pay for them as a gift. Her daughter Cecilie [111496] was painted in 1914 during de László’s visit to Athens to paint members of the Greek Royal Family at the invitation of King Constantine I [11591].