KNIGHT LAURA: (1877-1970) English artist. A.L.S., Laura, and again Laura Knight at the head, one page, slim 4to, St. John's Wood, London, 11^th May 1939, to 'My dear Earl'. Knight writes a friendly letter, in part an introduction for a fellow artist, stating 'Mr & Mrs Stoppleman, (sic) our friends, are visiting the States, and as they know very few people, I am venturing to give them an introduction to yourself and Dorothy. Mrs Stoppleman, (sic) whose professional name is 'Clara Klinghoffer', is a very distinguished and talented painter whose work is highly thought of here in England, she is an old and dear friend of mine', Knight continuing to add that she and her husband, Harold, were sorry not to have seen her correspondents when they visited England, remarking 'I have intended writing to you ever since, but work has swallowed me up even more than usual, and I have been fearfully neglectful to all our dear friends. We are now spending a little holiday in Brighton to tone up Harold, who has had a very severe dose of flu, however he is making good progress now'. A letter of interesting association. Some very light, extremely minor age wear at the edges, VG

 

Clara Klinghoffer (1900-1970) Austro-Hungarian-born British artist. In 1926 Klinghoffer married the Dutch journalist Joop Stoppelman and three years later they moved to Holland. In 1939, discovering Nazi spies had been planted in the household staff and aware that the invasion of Holland was imminent, Klinghoffer and her family briefly returned to London before departing for the United States, Knight's letter of introduction in hand.