Record

Document Reference	La Ac 2/1/1
Title	Postcard from D.H. Lawrence, Florence, Italy to 'Jack' [John Lawrence] Clarke, Grosvenor Road, Ripley near Derby; 13 Sep. [1920]
Date	13 September 1920
Extent	1 item
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Addresses him as 'Dear Jack'; confirms that he has received the letter from his mother [Lettice Ada Clarke] and the snapshot of 'Riddings'; jokes about Jack becoming a 'little ruffian'; offers congratulations about the house, and offers to look round for things for it; sends his love, and mentions the hot weather in Florence; signed 'D.H.L'. Verso of the postcard depicts the 'Adoration of the Magi' by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). Date: Year provided is from James T. Boulton, 'Further Letters of D.H. Lawrence', Journal of D.H. Lawrence Studies, vol 1 no 1 (2006)
Term	weather, Italy
Physical Description	Written in dark ink on the recto of a postcard; text is written with card placed vertically, address written horizontally; dimensions are 140 x 90 mm.
Publication Note	James T. Boulton, 'Further Letters of D.H. Lawrence', Journal of D.H. Lawrence Studies, vol 1 no 1 (2006), p 21

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA42	Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer	1885-1930
NA3385	Clarke; Lettice Ada (1887-1948); née Lawrence; sister of D.H. Lawrence; married W.E. Clarke 1913	1887-1948
NA75073	Clarke; John Lawrence (1915-1942); son of Ada Clarke née Lawrence	1915-1942