DLA011-0066  Transcription 

FINGEST GROVE,

NEAR HIGH WYCOMBE^[1]

Nov 28. 1912.

Dear Mr de Lászlò.

I have only been in London two rushed days of Xmas shopping & could only go to yr studio rather late yesterday with my sister. Your parlour maid let us in & we felt so delighted with dear Miss Weisses picture [2097]. I confess we did not see very well it was so dark

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but it was a joy to see her face just as she looked at us so often. I was so sorry you were not there to thank you

Also I wanted to ask you just a question or two about it.

1stly – I don’t know about how much the frame is besides the 100 guineas for the portrait – could you

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please tell me?

Also 2ndly may I ask about copyright – The girls are very keen to have some sort of reproduction made so that they can each have one – & I don’t know what you feel about it or what your custom is. This is I fear a very businessy letter – but I am to see the

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young ladies who make the Committee on Monday morning so if you could send me a line to 22 Cheyne Gardens Chelsea^[2] I should be so grateful

I am sorry to give you so much trouble. And I do want to thank you for making such a lovely picture of our dear school ma’am,

Yours sincerely,

RB. Kay Shuttleworth

P.S. Also may I ask if the picture is ready for going into the country – or has it still to be varnished or something?

Editorial Note:

The Honourable Rachel Beatrice Kay-Shuttleworth (1886–1967), third daughter of Liberal MP, Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe (1844–1939). She was the founder of Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, formerly the Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth Collection.

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11/11/2017