BIB_ID
285371
Accession number
MA 7362.143
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
undated, [after 1888 Apr. 15].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 15.4 x 10.1 cm
Notes
This stationery was used by Alexander in letters dated 1885-1890.
Signed "Ever your grateful and affectionate Sorella."
Lily Severn's collection of monograms is first mentioned in a letter (MA 7362.37) dated 15 April 1888, in which Alexander mentions that she will "try to find some pretty monograms for Lily, now that [Alexander knows] she collects them."
Part of a large collection of letters primarily from Francesca Alexander to Joan Severn. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Signed "Ever your grateful and affectionate Sorella."
Lily Severn's collection of monograms is first mentioned in a letter (MA 7362.37) dated 15 April 1888, in which Alexander mentions that she will "try to find some pretty monograms for Lily, now that [Alexander knows] she collects them."
Part of a large collection of letters primarily from Francesca Alexander to Joan Severn. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Summary
Discussing the possibility Severn's travelling abroad with Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin. Mentioning that Alexander encloses monograms for Lily's (Severn's daughter) collection.
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