BIB_ID
316381
Accession number
MA 3848.174
Creator
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
Display Date
"Tuesday" [1951-1953].
Credit line
Gift of Lord Clark of Saltwood, 1981.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.3 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.
Possible years of writing inferred from contents of the letter: Colin Clark served as pilot officer in the Royal Air Force from 1951-1953.
Written on Renishaw Hall stationery.
Possible years of writing inferred from contents of the letter: Colin Clark served as pilot officer in the Royal Air Force from 1951-1953.
Written on Renishaw Hall stationery.
Provenance
Gift of Lord Clark, 1981.
Summary
Describing the lovely time she had when Colin came to lunch on Sunday, praising him as a "delightful companion" and hoping he is made an officer soon; thanking her for her and Kenneth's kindness to Evelyn Wiel during her holiday; noting that she is in the middle of a new poem, promising to send a copy of it in a few days, and mentioning that it is a continuation and completion of the poem about Furies changed into butterflies.
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