DLA024-0172 Translation
[Postcard showing the Eiffel tower]
15 May 1937
Dear Master and friend,
Mr Lobre[1] is having his great exhibition in Paris on 18 May, it is a triumph at Charpentier’s!!!!!
Dr Borenius is arriving here to take everything away… on 20th.
At the end of June early July could you make a “sketch” for the charming Comtesse de Villeneuve Bargemont who you have seen here.[2]
It is a picture of our Queen… she is a marvellous person…[in English in the text].
Can one talk to your secretary about this?
With all good wishes
G Gramont [Elaine Greffulhe Gramont]
Editorial Note:
Duchesse de Gramont, née Elaine Hélène de Greffulhe (1882–1958), wife of 12th duc; for biographical notes, see [8804].
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20/05/2009
[1] Maurice Lobre (1862–1951), French artist
[2] Comtesse Xavier Villeneuve-Bargemont, née Yvonne Lafleur de Kermaingant (1873–1967) was lady-in-waiting to Isabelle d'Orléans, duchesse de Guise (1878–1961), see related item DLA024-0173, letter from the duchesse de Gramont to de László, 8 May 1937: “I saw Comtesse de Villeneuve Bargemon you met here. I think she wants to know if you would do a Drawing of “our Queen”, Madame la Duchesse de Guise.”