| Description | The majority of these letters are undated, but most can be given an approximate date from the content. They primarily discuss aspects of Georgia Sitwell's personal and social life, and several contain details of social activities. They include:
/1 written from a hospital or convalescent home in France, this letter is addressed to 'Lady Cynthia', indicating that Georgia does not yet know Cynthia particularly well. The letter contains a message of thanks for some flowers, and contains a description of Georgia's surroundings, and her suspicion that the nurses have a poor opinion of her because of 'pajamas & cigarettes & no sign of a husband in spite of photographs of the baby'
/2 written from Rhodes, asking Cynthia to encourage people to attend an art exhibition organised by Rosenburg to be held at the Leicester Galleries, and featuring works by [the cubist painter Gino] Severini, a friend of Georgia and her husband. Georgia also gives brief details of her travel plans and of the history and landscape of Rhodes, and enquires about the current political situation, asking 'what about Tom's resignation?'
/3 written from Florence, where Georgia was staying with Zita James (see also OMN/A/2/3/7), and addressed to Cynthia and Oswald Mosley, thanking them for their hospitality at Antibes, and containing a description of her journey from Cannes to Tuscany by car, meeting up with 'Christabel' and 'Sach' [Georgia's husband Sacheverell Sitwell]
/4 is also written from Florence, dated two days after the previous letter, and addressed to Cynthia alone. It mentions that 'Mario' and the 'Hausmanns' have visited, and that Mario and Zita have had a 'misunderstanding'
/5 is undated. Georgia mentions a financial crisis, and asks whether she and Sacheverell can come to lunch |