DLA123-0094 Transcription

10, Downing Street,

Whitehall.

29. Dec. 1936.

Dear Mr. de Laszlo,

We thought it so kind of you to send us that copy of l’Illustration.^[1] The pictures are excellent and the articles well written and on the whole very accurate.

With all good wishes for the New Year

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I am | Very sincerely yours

Stanley Baldwin

Editorial Note:

Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1867-1947), British statesman who served as Prime Minister from May 1923 to January 1924, November 1924 to June 1929, and June 1935 to May 1937.

29/11/2018

[1] Given the date of this letter, Baldwin is possibly referring to L’Illustration’s 19 December 1936 issue (n˚4894), which reproduced de László’s portraits of Princess Elizabeth of York [10531], The Duchess of York [9126], and Prince Albert Windsor, Duke of York [9123] on page 491.