BIB_ID
316191
Accession number
MA 3848.90
Creator
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
Display Date
1956 Jan. 16.
Credit line
Gift of Lord Clark of Saltwood, 1981.
Description
1 item (5 p.) ; 22.6 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 Castle of Montegufoni stationery.
Written on Castle of Montegufoni stationery.
Provenance
Gift of Lord Clark, 1981.
Summary
Thanking him on Osbert's behalf for a letter, noting that she is writing for her brother because "he is very shaky at present;" discussing his acceptance of the C.B.E. (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire); reporting that someone signing as "Peter Simple" insulted him in the Daily Telegraph; regretting that he and Jane are leaving for America; noting that her huge anthology is finished.
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