BIB_ID
285249
Accession number
MA 7362.35
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1888 Mar. 24.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 15.4 x 10.2 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 "from your hopeful and thankful (though not yet very light-hearted) Sorella."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "from your hopeful and thankful (though not yet very light-hearted) Sorella."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Concerning the health of Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin, hoping that there will be "no more days so dark as have been," and discussing Ruskin's previous recoveries from "all his other attacks." Reassuring Severn that any perceived "turning against" her by Ruskin "could only be a sign that he was not yet perfectly recovered." Also mentioning the Queen's arrival in Florence and Palm Sunday.
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