| Admin/Biog History | In 1956 Nicolson and Vertova were married. Vertova continued to make regular trips to Italy to see her parents and to carry out work for Berenson. The letters in this file were largely written during these visits. |
| Description | Includes letters of a personal nature concerning domestic issues (such as finding a nanny); news about their daughter, Vanessa; socialising in Italy, Vertova's research, work with Berenson and plans to publish with Phaidon.
Of particular note:
-letter, dated 6 November 1956, concerning George Wildenstein's monopoly of the art market
-letter, dated 30 October 1957, concerning Vertova's work securing Italian subscribers to the Burlington
-letter, dated 20 June 1958, concerning a visit to I Tatti, Bernard Berenson and Vertova's work on a 'new edition of the drawings'
-letter, dated 21 June 1958, concerning a letter received from Isaiah Berlin
-letter, dated 30 May 1959, concerning a visit to I Tatti and the Duncan Grant exhibition at Tate
-letter dated 21 May 1960, concerning lectures at the German Institute in Florence
-letter, dated 30 April 1969, concerning Vertova's first visit to I Tatti following Bernard Berenson's death
-letter, dated 4 October 1975, concerning a visit to Germany for research purposes
Also includes:
- a letter to Vertova from the Department of Refuse and Salvage, Kensington Borough Council, dated 16 September 1957, concerning two unidentified objects, possibly 'works of modern sculpture' found in Thurloe Square, and arrangements for their return to the Nicolson household
-a letter, dated 19 March 1979, from Antony Alexander sent to Luisa Vertova expressing his sympathies and reminiscing about Nicolson on the anniversary of his death
-three letters, dated 24 January 1984 to 26 November 1988, exchanged between Luisa Vertova and David Fraser, concerning the deposit of Nicolson's Wright of Derby research papers at the City of Derby Museums & Art Gallery. Also includes two lists of Nicolson's Wright of Derby papers
-two letters, dated 21 April and 4 May 1995, from Luisa Vertova to Sally Toynbee, concerning the whereabouts of letters exchanged between Philip Toynbee and Nicolson and a proposed biogrphy by Anne Chisholme |