Record

Document Reference	La Ac 1/1/90
Title	Postcard from D.H. Lawrence, 5 Piazza Mentana, Florence, [Italy] to Mrs L.A. Clarke, Grosvenor Road, Ripley, Derbyshire; [24 Nov. 1919]
Date	24 November 1919
Extent	1 item
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Hopes Frieda won't be long before she can join him; describes Florence and confirms he is happy here; urges her to keep this reproduction of 'Birth of Venus'. Verso of the postcard has a black and white picture of 'The Birth of Venus' by Sandro Botticelli. Postmarked: Firenze, Ferrova, 24.XI,[?]; year provided is based on that given in James T. Boulton and Andrew Robertson (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984) vol III, p 421.
Term	travel, D.H. Lawrence
Term	art, paintings, Botticelli
Physical Description	Written in dark ink on the recto of a postcard; text is written with postcard placed vertically, address written horizontally; dimensions are 140 x 90 mm.
Condition	Some staining
Publication Note	James T. Boulton and Andrew Robertson (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984) vol III, p 421.

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
NA169	Lawrence; Frieda (1879-1956); née von Richthofen; married Ernest Weekley 1899 D.H. Lawrence 1914 Antonio Ravagli 1950	1879-1956