DLA123-0098 Transcription
[in another hand] Lord Curzon
⊕
1, CARLTON HOUSE TERRACE,
S.W.
July 25 [19]13[1]
Dear Mr de Laszlo
I told the Eton people about your kind consent to paint a duplicate [37] of your picture of Alf[red] Lyttelton [6127] in the autumn.[2]
I told his widow who was
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overjoyed.[3] She has the picture in the country at [illegible] & will let you have it whenever you desire.
I told her you had mentioned September. The Eton people have written to me asking what would be your charge. as
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they have to make arrangements ([given?] it would not be ^[particly?] [illegible].)
Can you let me know?
Yours [illegible]
Curzon
Editorial Note:
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India (1859-1925); for biographical notes, see [3890].
LR
21/08/2019
[1] Whilst the year appears to read “[19]11”, the letter’s content indicates that the final digit should be read as a “3” and not a “1”.
[2] Regarding the commission, see also DLA123-0080, letter from Lord Roberts to de László, 23 July 1913; and DLA123-0005, letter from Lord Curzon to de László, 29 July 1913.
[3] Lyttelton died on 5 July 1913. On 31 August 1913, de László received a letter from Lord Lyttelton’s widow, Edith, the owner of the original portrait [6127]: “Thank-you so much for your kind letter. I am indeed glad you are going to make a replica of my portrait for Eton [37] – it is very good of you to consent. I am arranging for my portrait [6127] to go at once to Mr Paul Laib – it is now at our country house...could you arrange with Mr Laib to send my picture straight on to your studio” (DLA074-0002, letter from Edith Lyttelton to de László, 31 August 1913).