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CLARIDGE’S HOTEL

BROOK ST, W.

Monday        

Dear Mr. Laszlo,

Do you remember I made your acquaintance at the Duc de Guiche’s in Paris.^[1]

I was there for a few days with Princess Kara-Georgevitch^[2]

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& her husband, they wish very much to meet you, & visit your studio, see your paintings. I said I would write and ask you if I might bring them round one of these days [illegible]

[Hoping?] you are well | [illegible] | Sincerely yrs

Henriette Capel

Editorial Note:

The sender, Henriette Capel, was daughter of Arthur Capel, shipping merchant and sister of Coco Chanel's lover "Boy" Capel. In 1898, Henriette and her sister, Bertha, had been painted by the French artist, Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942). This double-portrait, Lady Michelham and Miss Henriette Capel, is now on display at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nice.