Postcards signed S ara, Charleston, to Ernst, February 25, 1926

Mentions visiting the studios of artists Elizabeth O'Neill Verner and Alice R.H. Smith in Charleston, S.C. Postcard images of Magnolia Gardens and Villa Margherita in Charleston, S.C. Transcription: Charleston Feb. 25, '26 Dearest Ernst: I am terribly "sold" on this town. If I couldn't live in New York City, I think I'd choose this. I had another pleasant day — although the weather has been wildly windy and rainy until the late morning. During the night — in fact all day yesterday, the wind was frightful. After it stopped raining I went to the studio of a fine etcher, Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, whose work I had seen and admired at the art museum. She turned out to be thoroughly delightful and I stayed for over an hour leaning all about the technique of her art. She has exhibited all over. I thought she might know somebody here who would do a portrait drawing of me, as you asked me to bear this in mind — so I had to tell her I was S.T., and she was awfully nice about it and seemed really thrilled. She said there was nobody here who did anything of the sort and said the photographers were wretched. Her etchings are very fine. I got a $20.00 which she let me have for $10.00, and insist

Date

1926

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

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image

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2,000 × 1,275 pixels

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