DLA006-0023  Translation

SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE DES BEAUX-ARTS                                                        

8, RUE DE L’INDUSTRIE

BRUSSELS

27 May 1903

Dear Master,

I am deeply touched by your kind parcel. It is a real pleasure for me to own this photograph and to know your features. One likes to know what the the face of artists whose talent you appreciate looks like.

I am returning to you the proof made after the portrait of Baroness d’Erlanger.^[1] The painting will be sent to the address indicated to us by Dicksee,

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the agent of the Beaux-Arts Society in London.

I am keeping the study of the Hungarian peasant [110949]. It is regrettable that its price was not fixed at 1600 francs from the start. But despite people’s departure for the countryside, I will try and make this “bargain” known from any people who were interested in the work.

I am also waiting for an answer for the possible portrait.

Please believe, dear Master, in my best wishes.

Paul Lambotte.

CC

27/02/2006