BIB_ID
285227
Accession number
MA 7362.29
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1887 Aug. 8.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 15.9 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 "Ever your affectionate Sorella."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "Ever your affectionate Sorella."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Concerning the improving health of Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin and the festival mentioned in Alexander's letters of 3 August. Also mentioning that an unnamed boy model who sits for Alexander "for all [her illustrations of] angels" took a "prominent part" in a fight that broke out at the end of the festival.
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