DLA017-0121 Transcription

80, WARWICK GARDENS,

KENSINGTON, W.14.

22. 6. [19]30

Dear Mr de Laszlo.

I am just back from the wilds of France & [illegible] to thank you for your kingly & courteous letter. – I shall be only too pleased to take your suggestions with regard to the copy & to do what I can to improve it.^[1] – I will call tomorrow Monday between 5 & 6.

I passed through Paris & saw the Salon & was so much impressed with your beautiful portrait of the Marquise de Merito [13322]^[2] – admirable in movement & handling:

With kindest regards & thanks

I am | Yours sincerely

J.H. Amshewitz.

Editorial Note:

John Henry Amshewitz (1882-1942), British artist; fellow member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA)

SMDL

03/09/2021

[1] Possibly a reference to an unrecorded copy made by Amshewitz after a de László portrait; see DLA017-0120, letter from John Henry Amshewitz to de László, 9 May 1930, in which Amshewitz writes: “Confirming your instructions I will send for the picture tomorrow morning”.

[2] Paris, Exposition annuelle des Beaux-Arts, 1930, no. 1251