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Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1956 June 15.

BIB_ID
316206
Accession number
MA 3848.92
Creator
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
Display Date
1956 June 15.
Credit line
Gift of Lord Clark of Saltwood, 1981.
Description
1 item (3 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 from "Renishaw Hall, Renishaw, near Sheffield."
Provenance
Gift of Lord Clark, 1981.
Summary
Congratulating him on the receipt of an award or accolade at Oxford (an honorary doctorate?), and referring to her own honorary doctorate from that institution (given in 1951); saying how glad she was to see his lecture and praising him as "the only person who can lecture;" mentioning that she is dreading her part in an upcoming reading.