DLA011-0003  Translation

The Netherlands Legation.

Paris

57. Avenue Kléber

16 April 1903

My dear Sir

As I had to go to the Hague I wanted to delay my reply to you until I could see your exhibition.^[1]

I found it very good, as expected, from an artistic point of view, but I would have liked it better

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if instead of the portraits of the Pope [4509] and Cardinal Rampolla [4511], you had exhibited two large scale portraits of society ladies of a beautiful type. I hope to see you in Paris and then we shall

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talk of what will still have to be done next year in this same desistus.

The head of the Princess of Meiningen [5101] is very delicate and modest but the general public does not understand this.

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See you soon then. Tell me about your visit the day before or even two days before you come to make sure that we shall meet.

Believe in my best wishes

A Stuers

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27/02/2006