BIB_ID
285331
Accession number
MA 7362.59
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1889 Nov. 21.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 15.5 x 10 cm + envelope
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 Francesca."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt. Envelope with postmarks (including Firenze, 22 Nov. 1889), addressed to Mrs. Arthur Severn, Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire, England, Inghilterra; back flap also has "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "Your affectionate Sorella Francesca."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt. Envelope with postmarks (including Firenze, 22 Nov. 1889), addressed to Mrs. Arthur Severn, Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire, England, Inghilterra; back flap also has "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Concerning the mental health of Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin, hoping that his "state of prolonged mental sleep ... may end, some day, in a blessed awakening." Also discussing the exchange of seeds between Severn and Alexander. Thanking Severn for a copy of the poem "I'm only a little sparrow."
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