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Catalogue of the T. E. Lawrence Centenary Exhibition
held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 1988-9

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33. POSTCARD FROM T. E. LAWRENCE TO MADAME CHAIGNON

Granville, 31 August 1908

At the end of the 1908 tour Lawrence had planned to stay for a time with the Chaignon family at Dinard. On 31 August, however, he sent them this postcard warning them that his plans had changed: 'Granville 31/8/08. I got a telegram to Falaise yesterday saying that my brother "Will" would meet me in Granville tomorrow to ride to St. Michel and St. Malo. I do not of course know how long we shall be, or how much of Brittany we are to see. I am afraid however that now it will be impossible for me to stay with you as I had hoped: May we come to dinner? both of us? Will write again if we delay at St. Michel. E. L.'

Private Collection

13.7 x 9

Reverse shows La Grande Porte at Granville

Provenance: Given by descendants of Mme Chaignon.

Literature: M. Larès, T. E. Lawrence, La France et les Français, Paris, 1980, ill. p. 47.

 

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From the catalogue compiled by Jeremy Wilson and others for the T. E. Lawrence Centenary Exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 1988-9. Printed edition (National Portrait Gallery Publications, 1988) Copyright © N. Helari Ltd 1988. Web edition Copyright © J & N Wilson 1998. T.E. Lawrence Studies - www.telawrence.info - is edited by Jeremy Wilson. Its costs are sponsored by Castle Hill Press