BIB_ID
315986
Accession number
MA 3848.40
Creator
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
Display Date
1950 Jan. 19.
Credit line
Gift of Lord Clark of Saltwood, 1981.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of autograph letters of Dame Edith Sitwell to Kenneth and Jane Clark. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related collection-level record for more information.
Written on Renishaw Hall stationery.
Written on Renishaw Hall stationery.
Provenance
Gift of Lord Clark, 1981.
Summary
Regretting to hear that he has been ill with influenza; remarking that she recently sent a letter to Jane (MA 3848.39) on the topic of how much their friendship means to her, and further discussing this sentiment; noting also that "nobody could have a more profound admiration of your writings that I have" and praising at length his Landscape into Art; describing an affair with a Mrs. Hunt, an American woman whose daughter set one of Sitwell's poems to music against her wishes.
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