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Document ReferenceLa Ac 1/1/98
TitlePostcard from D.H. Lawrence, Syracuse [Sicily] to Mrs L.A. Clarke, Grosvenor Road, Ripley, Derbyshire; 25 Apr. [1920?]
Date25 April 1920
Extent1 item
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionFriends have invited them to Syracuse for a few days; discusses the image on the reverse of the postcard; Syracuse is 'a wonderful place - quite near to Malta - which makes one feel near to England'; signed 'DHL'.

Verso of the postcard has a picture of the Latomia quarry.

Postmarked: Sira[cusa...?].

Date: postcard is dated 25 Apr.; year provided is from James T. Boulton and Andrew Robertson (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984) vol III, pp 508-509.
Termtravel, Sicily, D.H. Lawrence
Physical DescriptionWritten in dark ink and coloured pencil 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, pp 508-509.

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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
Places
CodeSet
PL89295/Syracuse/Italy
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