BIB_ID
285274
Accession number
MA 7362.37
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1888 Apr. 15.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 15.6 x 9.9 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 "Yours most affectionately Sorella."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "Yours most affectionately Sorella."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Concerning the health of Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin, and lamenting the troubles and burdens his poor health causes Severn. Mentioning a "very strange letter" written by Ruskin to Severn, noting that "it is a sign that is is not so far recovered as [Alexander] had hoped." Also mentioning that the gift of a monogram is enclosed to Severn's daughter Lily from Alexander's "Mammina," Lucia Gray Swett Alexander.
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