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Document ReferenceLa Ac 1/1/103
TitlePostcard from D.H. Lawrence, [Fontana Vecchia, Taormina, Sicily] to Mrs L.A. Clarke, Grosvenor Road, Ripley, Derbyshire; 4 Nov. [1920]
Date4 November 1920
Extent1 item
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionConfirms he received the photo of Jackie [her son] with Peter [a Pekinese dog owned by Emily King], but tells her not to send a hamper; wishes he could send her some almonds and figs; signed 'Love DHL'.

Verso of the postcard has a view captioned 'giardini panorama'.

Postmarked: Taormina, Messina, 6.11.20[?]; year provided is from James T. Boulton and Andrew Robertson (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984) vol III, p 618.
Termgifts, photographs, thanks for
food and drink, fruit
Physical DescriptionWritten in blue ink on the recto of a postcard; text is written with postcard placed vertically, address written horizontally; dimensions are 140 x 90 mm.
Publication NoteJames T. Boulton and Andrew Robertson (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984) vol III, p 618.

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA42Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer1885-1930
NA368Clarke; Ada (1887-1948); Mrs; married W.E. Clarke 1913; sister of D.H. Lawrence1887-1948
NA75073Clarke; John Lawrence (1915-1942); son of Ada Clarke née Lawrence1915-1942
Places
CodeSet
PL98800/Sicily/Italy
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