BIB_ID
285288
Accession number
MA 7362.43
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1889 Feb. 4.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 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 Sorella."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "Your affectionate Sorella."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Concerning the improving health of Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin, and thanking Severn for sending the Alexanders quilt pieces and cloth samples, including "a bit of [her] Fratello's blue neck-tie." Mentioning the illness, in Severn's household, of Miss Leadbitter. Also discussing the receipt of some anemones, and asking Severn to tell Alexander "whenever she would like any roots or seeds" to be sent from Italy.
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