BIB_ID
316396
Accession number
MA 3848.185
Creator
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
Display Date
"Monday" [1956].
Credit line
Gift of Lord Clark of Saltwood, 1981.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 16.6 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 Sesame Imperial and Pioneer Club stationery.
Year of writing inferred from contents of the letter: Osbert Sitwell was honored with a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 1956.
Written on Sesame Imperial and Pioneer Club stationery.
Year of writing inferred from contents of the letter: Osbert Sitwell was honored with a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 1956.
Provenance
Gift of Lord Clark, 1981.
Summary
Thanking her for some tulips; looking forward to seeing her and Kenneth on Thursday, and thanking her for the invitation; hoping that Kenneth is feeling better and remarking that she is "furious" about something on the television. With a postscript noting that "Osbert gets his C.B.E. tomorrow."
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