‘‘Letter from Marie Seton to Helene Moody, addressed from Poona‘, Marie Seton, recipient: Helene Moody, 19 March 1964 ‘, Marie Seton, recipient: Helene Moody, 19 March 1964 – Tate Archive

Marie Seton, recipient: Helene Moody

Created by: Marie Seton 1910–1985
Recipient: Helene Moody 1902–1978
Title: Letter from Marie Seton to Helene Moody, addressed from Poona
Date: 19 March 1964
Description: In this letter Marie Seton writes about her problems with renting out her studio flat in London and mentions towel colours. She describes Margaret [Grierson] as she was when they were at school together and gives and account of Margaret's life in India living in the Viceroy's Palace [now the President's House], including details about the Viceroy's Palace. Seton also writes about the accumulating troubles in India, the potentially explosive situation in Calcutta following Nehru's illness, and fury at the British government's stand on Kashmir.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Cynthia Moody, the sculptor's niece, 1995.
Reference: TGA 956/1/2/58/53