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Document ReferenceLa Ac 2/1/10
TitlePostcard from D.H. Lawrence, Monte Carlo to 'Jack' [John Lawrence] Clarke, Torestin, Gee Street, Ripley; n.d. [24 Feb. 1926]
Date24 February 1926
Extent1 item
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionTells him to see which arrives first - his mother [Lawrence's sister Lettice Ada Clarke] or this postcard; reports that they are motoring to Nice the following day along the Grand Corniche road, after which the 'two home-birds' get on the 2.30 train at Nice; signed 'D.H.L'.

Verso of the postcard features an image of the terraces of the Casino and the Rock, Monte Carlo.

Date: the postcard is not dated; date provided from James T. Boulton, 'Further Letters of D.H. Lawrence', Journal of D.H. Lawrence Studies, vol 1 no 1 (2006).
Termtravel, arrangements
travel, France
Physical DescriptionWritten 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 NoteJames T. Boulton, 'Further Letters of D.H. Lawrence', Journal of D.H. Lawrence Studies, vol 1 no 1 (2006), p 25.

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA42Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer1885-1930
NA75073Clarke; John Lawrence (1915-1942); son of Ada Clarke née Lawrence1915-1942
NA3385Clarke; Lettice Ada (1887-1948); née Lawrence; sister of D.H. Lawrence; married W.E. Clarke 19131887-1948
Places
CodeSet
PL99682/Monte Carlo/Monaco
PL10172/Nice/France
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