DLA166-0070  Transcription

17, COLLEGE GREEN,

DUBLIN.

17 Dec 1918

My Dear Phil,

I have heard with much pleasure that you have been allowed to go down to Sir. C. Russells place on the Thames & to have Lucy and the children with

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You for Xmas.[1] This must have been a great joy for you all and I hope it is only an “Earnest” [illegible] is soon to follow, i.e. your complete release  

You have indeed

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had a bitter time of it since Aug 1917 but let us hope that the ill feeling created by the war will now gradually pass away both as between nations & individuals.

It was very kind of Sir Charles placing his house at your disposal & I am sure that you, Lucy & the boys must have had a happy re-union in such pleasant surroundings.

Best wishes and all good luck for 1919

Howard

Editorial Note:

Howard Rundell Guinness (1868-1937), the third of Lucy de László’s older brothers; for biographical notes, see [5494].

StdeL

10/01/2024


[1] De László’s solicitor during his internment, Sir Charles Russell (1863-1928) [6657], negotiated the artist’s release from the nursing home in Ladbroke Gardens where he had been kept under house arrest, and gave him a home at Littleworth Corner. Permitted to live there by the Home Secretary, de László remained on strict parole. The artist lived at Littleworth Corner with Lucy and their five sons until his trial. They moved 18 December 1918, just in time for their first Christmas together for two years; for further details see [6677].