Stora Sundby, Klingspor, info@storasundbyslott.com
CH-467
Bilthoven, 3 januari 2009
Dear Johan & Tina Klingspor,
Two years ago I wrote an e-mail to you. Until now I didn’t receive a response. Perhaps there were some technical or other problems. In that case I take the liberty to ask for your time again to read trough the mail below:
Excuse me for writing to you in the English language. Feel free to react in Swedish.
Let me first introduce myself. I am Hugo von Meijenfeldt from Bilthoven, the Netherlands. My great-great-grandfather Johan August von Meijenfeldt (1760-1835) came to Amsterdam in 1793 as natural son of count Johan August Meijerfeldt (1725-1800). I have done a lot of research into our family history, wrote two books about it and maintain a website www.meijenfeldt.nl (in Dutch, I’m sorry).
My question to you is if there are any paintings of the Meijerfeldts in Story Sundby. Especially I expect the painting by J. Björck after Gustaf Lundberg of countess Lovisa Augusta Meijerfeldt born Sparre (1745-1817), in a blue dress with pink corsage. She is buried in the family chapel of Öja.
If there is one or more paintinga, my next question would be how to get hold of a colour photograph. Since I am planning to travel to Sweden this summer, I might take the picture myself.
Thank you in advance for any trouble taken, looking forward to your reply,
Yours sincerely,
Hugo G. von Meijenfeldt