DLA123-0009  Transcription; partial letter

STUDIO,

WEST HOUSE,

CAMPDEN HILL ROAD,

KENSINGTON, W.

Mrs Asquith = my studio 1909 April 8 [in de László’s hand]

[drawing in pen]^[1]

Laszlo spring 1909

The nobler a soul the more objects of compassion it hath

Bacon –

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I’m waiting for Lazlo. He has done a very clever study of me [9769] – He is a remarkable man very quick very straight & wonderfully understanding. I’m so much easier to caricature than to characterize somehow–! eg nose & chin are awkward proportions & having a full face like a profile as Heine said I’m no doubt a great waste for any artist to attempt not quite pretty enough or ugly enough – I like sitting to him tho he has foul ink & a pen only fit to clean a grate with–! Its odd being alone with Lucy & Stephen for Easter. Last Easter I spent in London alone was with [illegible] when he had whooping cough & we both nearly died he of illness me of anxiety however this time he is not so ill tho I’m just as anxious always. Mahomed says “Paradise lives at the feet of mothers” its a fine saying the

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Asquith in my studio [illegible words] London [in de László’s hand]

Editorial Note:

Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith, née Margaret Emma Alice 'Margot' Tennant (1864-1945); for biographical notes, see [9769].

HJ

10/12/2019