Record

Document Reference	La Ac 1/1/217
Title	Letter from D.H. Lawrence, Hotel Principe Alfonso, Palma de Mallorca, Spain to his sister [Ada Clarke]; 2 Jun. 1929
Date	2 June 1929
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Addresses her as 'My dear Sister'; is sorry she is worried about his health because 'those fool newspapers...are pining to announce one's death'; informs her that they have delayed their departure to Marseille until 11 Jun.; refers to the forthcoming publication of an expurgated edition of his poems ['Pansies'] by Martin Secker, and also the Stephensen book of his paintings, which he is scared will be confiscated by the police; asks if she is going to Dorothy Warren's exhibition of his paintings. Includes a postscript addressed to his nephew Bertie; signed 'Much love Uncle Bert'.
Term	publications, selections, 'The Paintings of D.H. Lawrence'
	publications, poems, D.H. Lawrence 'Pansies'
	exhibitions, paintings, Warren Gallery London 1929
	exhibitions, paintings, D.H. Lawrence
	censorship, art, D.H. Lawrence
Physical Description	Written in blue ink on both sides of a sheet of cream paper; dimensions are 207 x 273mm.
Publication Note	Keith Sagar and James T. Boulton 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991) vol VII, pp 318-319.

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA42	Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer	1885-1930
NA368	Clarke; Ada (1887-1948); Mrs; married W.E. Clarke 1913; sister of D.H. Lawrence	1887-1948
NA259	Secker; Martin (1882-1978); publisher	1882-1978
NA5386	Stephensen; Percy Reginald (1901-1965); manager of Fanfrolico Press London	1901-1965
NA3537	Clarke; William Herbert (1923-); son of Ada Clarke née Lawrence	1923-
NA372	Warren; Dorothy Cecil Wynter (1896-1954)	1896-1954