DLA016-0160 Transcription

1A, THORNTON HILL,

WIMBLEDON, S.W.19.

22 February, 1925

My dear De Laszlo,

Your portrait [5403] now hangs on our wall & the more I see it the more I realise its force and power. It will be such a constant pleasure to Hilda^[1] & me to have the companionship of the two beautiful examples of your art [5403] [5401] which you have so generously bestowed on us.^[2] I feel I cannot thank you

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enough, as I said before, but I must tell you again now that the picture is here how much I appreciate it & value it as a token of your friendship.

We are both very glad to think that tomorrow you & mrs De Laszlo are going off for a holiday^[3] & hope you will have a really good rest & return thoroughly reinvigorated when you come back we look forward to seeing you –

Yours ever –

Rhuvon Guest

Editorial Note:

Arthur Rhuvon Guest (1869-1946), British Egyptologist and close friend of de László; for biographical notes, see [5403].

SMDL

04/01/2018

[1] Mrs Arthur Rhuvon Guest, née Hilda Eugenia Stewart (1868-1959) [5401]

[2] See also DLA069-0184, letter from Hilda Guest to de László, 21 February 1925

[3] On 24th February 1925, de László and Lucy arrived in the French town of Hyères on the Mediterranean coast, southeastern France. A few weeks later, they travelled on to Arles and then Avignon.