BIB_ID
285379
Accession number
MA 7362.144
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
undated, [1887?].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; cm
Notes
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Letter is undated, but pencilled in the upper left corner of the recto is "[1887?]" in Viljoen's hand.
Part of a large collection of letters primarily from Francesca Alexander to Joan Severn. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Letter is undated, but pencilled in the upper left corner of the recto is "[1887?]" in Viljoen's hand.
Part of a large collection of letters primarily from Francesca Alexander to Joan Severn. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Summary
Mentioning Alexander's painful eyes and concerning the health of Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin, who has recently travelled to an undisclosed location (possibly an institution or place of rest?). Believing that "it is well that no one should know where he is" and "wishing that he could leave all thought of work behind him."
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