Record

Document Reference	La Ac 1/1/91
Title	Postcard from D.H. Lawrence, 5 Piazza Mentana, Florence, [Italy] to Mrs L.A. Clarke, Grosvenor Road, Ripley, Derbyshire; 29 Nov. [1919]
Date	29 November 1919
Extent	1 item
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has heard from Emily; Frieda is coming from Switzerland; has heard from Aunt Ada concerning a death in Uncle Fritz's family; signed 'With love DHL'. Verso of the postcard has a black and white picture showing part of The Calumny of Apelles by Sandro Botticelli. Postmarked: Firenze, Ferrova, 30.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 426.
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 426.

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
NA74661	Krenkow; Fritz Johann Heinrich (1872-1953); married Ada Beardsall 1896; Arabic scholar	1872-1953
NA74598	Krenkow; Ada Rose (1868-1944); née Beardsall; maternal aunt of D.H. Lawrence married Fritz Krenkow 1896	1868-1944
NA382	King; Emily Una (1882-1962); Mrs; née Lawrence; known as 'Pamela'; married Samuel King 1904; sister of D.H. Lawrence	1882-1962