BIB_ID
285272
Accession number
MA 7362.36
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1888 Apr. 1.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 15.4 x 10.1 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 "Your affectionate and most grateful Sorella."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "Your affectionate and most grateful Sorella."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Concerning the health of Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin: Alexander is "terrified " at the "very idea of the legal steps [Severn] speaks of," and concerned that the present "attack" is "something quite different from the delerium of illness." Reassuring Severn that Ruskin is "apt to turn against [Severn]" only when he is "not himself," and that the "more he is himself, the more he clings to [her]." Also lamenting that a new law has forbidden the sending of plants out of the country, keeping Alexander from directing anemone roots to Severn as requested.
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