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Autograph letter signed : Bassano, to "my dear Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1885 Oct. 16.

BIB_ID
285081
Accession number
MA 7362.2
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1885 Oct. 16.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 9.6 x 15.6 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters primarily from Francesca Alexander to Joan Severn. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Signed "Much love from your ever affectionate cousin, Sorella."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Discussing a practical joke suffered by Joan Severn; the heath of her "Fratello," John Ruskin; the American reception of her drawings; and apologizing for having "no even tolerable" photograph of herself or her "Mammina," Lucia Gray Swett Alexander, to send along.