DLA038-0106 Translation and Transcription
[Translation]
ABONY, PEST COUNTY.
29th September 1912
Dear Friend,
Because of the Delegation, I am to all intents and purposes in Vienna (Hotel Sacher) until the middle of next month and, just for 2
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2–3 days managed to come here to rest; and it was here that I received your kind – and to me very welcome – letter, with the news that my portrait [5572] has gone off to Berlin; and will be exhibited in Budapest at the end of October, or so I hope.[1] I have had it duly insured, because I would be distressed if any harm were to come to it, and my son[2] can’t wait for it to arrive. Until it does, he is in your debt.
The Duke of Portland’s interesting
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interesting letter will be useful to my friend Kozma,[3] whom I will see tomorrow, and from whom, as “the right man on the right place” [sic] we can expect a splendid article, which I will send you.
I hope you received the letter of thanks from the Munka-párt, signed by its president, Perczel?[4] Count Khuen[5] was very sorry that he missed the unveiling, which was put on in a very impromptu
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impromptu way and to which they failed to send him the invitation he should have had. –
The gardener on my estate here will send you the little sample I mentioned of the “Isabelle” grape[6] but we need to wait for a week or so: because of the cold, wet weather, it isn’t ready and is ripening late.
And “the last not the least” [sic], your dear wife[7] – to whom please [give] my regards – is well, I trust?
Yours very truly,
Frigyes Harkányi
[Transcription]
ABONY, PESTMEGYE.
1912 29/IX
Kedves barátom!
A Delegáció [illegible] miatt, én voltaképen [sic] még jövő hó közepéig Bécsben (Hôtel Sacher) leszek, s csak 2 %
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2–3 napra jöttem falura pihenni; hol becses és nekem igen kedves sorait vettem; melyek értesítenek, hogy arczképem Berlinbe vándorol; s october végével Budapesten fog kiállítattni [sic], reménylem. Kellően „biztosítva” van; mert sajnálnám ha valami baj érné; fiam roppant vágyódik a kép után; s addig is hálával tartozik.
A Portlandi Herceg érdekes %
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érdekes levelét, Kozma barátom kellően fel fogja használni, hólnap [sic] fogok vele értekezni, s ő, a „right man, on the right place” hogy egy remek cikk tőle várható, mely kezeihez fog jutni.
A Munka-párt részéről az Elnök Perczel aláírásával, a köszönő levél – reménylem kezéhez jutott? Gf Khuen igen sajnálta, hogy a leleplezéshez, mely improvisálva %
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sálva történt, elmulasztottak; a meghívót – mint kellett volna meg küldeni. –
Itten kertészem, az említett „Isabelle-szőllő” ből kiss mutatót fog küldeni, de még 8–10 napig várni kell; mert a hideg-esős idő miatt nem jó s késő érik.
És „the last not the least” kedves neje, kinek tiszteletemet [illegible], reménylem jól van? Őszinte híve
Harkányi Frigyes
AH (translation & transcription)
24/03/2025
KB (summary)
18/10/2009
[1] Possibly Nemzeti Szalon, Budapest, Téli kiállítás [Winter Exhibition], 1912
[2] Baron János Harkányi (1859–1938), Hungarian politician
[3] Andor Kozma (1861–1933), Hungarian poet and translator; see related item DLA038-0107, letter from Baron Frigyes Harkányi to de László, 4 October 1912.
[4] The Nemzeti Munkapárt (National Labour Party), despite its name, was a right-wing group, formed in 1910 and dissolved in 1918. One of its founders, and its honorary president, was the politician Dezső Perczel (1848–1913).
[5] Count Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918), Hungary’s Prime Minister until his resignation in April 1912. He was a founder of the ‘National Labour Party’ (see above).
[6] Isabella, a hardy, phylloxera-resistant black-skinned grape that can be used both for eating and wine-making.
[7] Mrs Philip de László, née Lucy Madeleine Guinness (1870–1950) [11474]