DLA073-0017 Transcription
17th May / [19]23
Dear Mr de Laszlo
My wife[1] will be glad to sit for you on 5th June and the following days during that week. She thinks the mornings would be most convenient and could be with you about 10.30 if that suits you.
I am so delighted
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that you are going to paint her.[2] I have always wanted this since seeing your pictures in Vienna 16 years ago!
Yours very truly
Roger Keyes
Editorial Note:
Admiral Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes (1872–1945); for biographical notes, see [5990].
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22/05/2006
[1] Lady Keyes, née Eva Mary Salvin Bowlby (1882–1973) [5980]
[2] De László painted two portraits of Lady Keyes. The first, which she rejected, was signed by the artist ‘Study / by de László’ [5978]. At her request, a second portrait was completed [5980].