Record

Document Reference	La C 118/2
Title	Postcard from D.H. Lawrence, Papeete, Tahiti to Ada Clarke; 22 August 1922
Date	22 August 1922
Extent	1 item
Level	Item/file
Access Conditions	Use of original restricted for preservation reasons; surrogate copy can be made available.
Custodial History	This item was purchased with support from the Hill endowment and added to the D.H. Lawrence Collection in March 2021.
Content Description	A postcard from Lawrence sent to his sister Ada Clarke from Tahiti. On the verso of a colourised photograph of a male Tahitian wearing red loincloth and carrying a green palm leaf, Lawrence writes 'Sail on tomorrow afternoon - hot - lovely island - but town spoilt - don't really want to stay. But having a very good trip. Love DHL'. A postscript in an unknown hand reads 'Saluti tanti al Postino Salvatore' ('Many greetings to Postman Salvatore').
Language	German
Condition	Size 138 x 88 mm. Postcard. Recto, colourised photograph of a male Tahitian wearing red loincloth and carrying a green palm leaf. Postcard titled 'A Tahitian'. Verso, black manuscript ink. There is discolouration where a postage stamp used previously to be affixed. There is a postmark, 'Papeete 23-8 22'.
Publication Note	Warren Roberts, James T. Boulton and Elizabeth Mansfield, eds. ‘'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987) Vol IV, p 285