BIB_ID
316384
Accession number
MA 3848.177
Creator
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
Display Date
"Monday" [1956].
Credit line
Gift of Lord Clark of Saltwood, 1981.
Description
1 item (5 p.) ; 18.2 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 year of writing based on contents of the letter: Kenneth Clark received an award (possibly an honorary doctorate) from Oxford in 1956 (See MA 3848.92-93); and Brinnin's Dylan Thomas in America was published in 1956.
Written on Sesame Imperial and Pioneer Club stationery.
Possible year of writing based on contents of the letter: Kenneth Clark received an award (possibly an honorary doctorate) from Oxford in 1956 (See MA 3848.92-93); and Brinnin's Dylan Thomas in America was published in 1956.
Written on Sesame Imperial and Pioneer Club stationery.
Provenance
Gift of Lord Clark, 1981.
Summary
Saying how delighted she is that Kenneth will is becoming her "partner in an Oxford practice!" (that he is receiving an honorary doctorate?); regretting that she was unable to accept an invitation on Easter Monday; discussing the difficulty of reviewing Brinnin's book on Dylan Thomas, noting she must protect, Dylan, Caitlin, and Brinnin simultaneously, remarking that "the conduct of everybody is simply indefensible;" complaining about Hedli MaceNeice; mentioning a performance of Façade at the Edinburgh Festival.
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