DLA019-0222  Transcription

Robertson & Bruce, Ltd.

Fine Art Dealers.

Panmure Salon.

90. Commercial Street.

Dundee.

10th October 1932

Philip A. de Laszlo Esq., M.V.O.,

3, Fitzjohn’s Avenue, N.W.3.

Dear Mr. de Laszlo,

Many thanks for your kind letter which I received this morning.

I was indeed pleased to know that Mrs. de Laszlo and yourself were enjoying your stay at The Hague. I know The Hague very intimately and used to visit it every two or three months until the past three years – I have not visited it so often since then.

We are making our arrangements now for Friday, and the Chairmen of the Victoria Art Galleries are arranging a little Reception, when there will be quite a number of distinguished people present, including the Dowager Countess of Airlie.^[1] Her Ladyship telephoned me on Saturday, but I’m not very sure whether she said she would bring the Duchess of Sutherland or the Duchess of Devonshire with her.

I received a very nice letter from Mrs. Buchanan of Touch, Stirling, inviting Mrs. Robertson and I to visit them any time we are in the neighbourhood. She sent a letter for you, which I have enclosed herewith.

You will be glad to learn that the great interest is still retained in your Exhibition, and we have had people from all over Scotland, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and the Highlands of Perthshire, to see the show.^[2]

I have enclosed a few more cuttings, which I am sure will interest you.

Please convey my sincere thanks to Mrs. de Laszlo for her very kind letter, which I was indeed very pleased to have, and which I enjoyed reading very much. We are looking forward with much pleasure to meeting she [sic] and yourself this week.

Again with good wishes to all, | Yours sincerely,

John Robertson

Editorial Note:

John Robertson (1862–1943), fine art dealer; for biographical details, see [4149].

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01/07/2018