BIB_ID
285396
Accession number
MA 7362.147
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
undated, [1887-1888?]
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 10.1 x 15.4 cm
Notes
Signed "Your affectionate Sorella."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt. This stationery was used by Alexander in letters dated 1885-1890.
Alexander's Christ's Folk in the Apennine was first published in installments during 1887-1889.
Letter is undated, but "1887? 88?" is pencilled in Viljoen's hand on the upper right corner of the recto.
For more on Pietro Mazzini, see Lucia Gray Swett Alexander's John Ruskin's Letters to Francesca and Memoirs of the Alexanders, and John Ruskin's Venetian letters, edited by Van Akin Burd.
Part of a large collection of letters primarily from Francesca Alexander to Joan Severn. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt. This stationery was used by Alexander in letters dated 1885-1890.
Alexander's Christ's Folk in the Apennine was first published in installments during 1887-1889.
Letter is undated, but "1887? 88?" is pencilled in Viljoen's hand on the upper right corner of the recto.
For more on Pietro Mazzini, see Lucia Gray Swett Alexander's John Ruskin's Letters to Francesca and Memoirs of the Alexanders, and John Ruskin's Venetian letters, edited by Van Akin Burd.
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 money matters, concerning a cheque sent (by Ruskin?) to Signor Carloforti, Signor Alessandri, and Piero Mazzini. Also concerning the mental health of Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin, and asking Severn to not "be troubled at anything [Alexander's] Fratello says about [Alexander]," reasuring her that he is "teasing," as Ruskin's letters to Alexander continue to be "most affectionate." With a postscript thanking Severn for the latest installment of Christ's Folk.
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