Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1950 Jan. 19.

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Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1950 Jan. 19.

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Regretting to hear that he has been ill with influenza; remarking that she recently sent a letter to Jane (MA 3848.39) on the topic of how much their friendship means to her, and further discussing this sentiment; noting also that "nobody could have a more profound admiration of your writings that I have" and praising at length his Landscape into Art; describing an affair with a Mrs. Hunt, an American woman whose daughter set one of Sitwell's poems to music against her wishes.

1 item (6 p.) ; 20.3 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Clark, Jane, Lady.

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Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983

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Kenneth Clark was an art historian and a patron of the arts. He was born in London, and educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford, where he gained a second class in modern history. In the autumn of 1925, art historian Bernard Berenson asked him to assist him in the revision of his corpus of Florentine drawings. In 1929 he was offered the task of cataloguing Leonardo da Vinci's drawings held at Windsor Castle. In 1931 he was appointed keeper of the Department of Fine Art at the Ashmolean...

Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964

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English poet, biographer, critic, and anthologist. Edited and contributed to the annual anthology Wheels. From the description of Edith Sitwell correspondence, 1942-1944. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 28185434 English poet, critic, and novelist. From the description of Letter to an unknown recipient, ca. 1949. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817483 From the description of Photoprint and letter, n.d. and 1981 Oct...