BIB_ID
285534
Accession number
MA 7362.93
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1890 Nov. 22.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 10 x 15.7 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 Francesca."
The pictures referenced in this letter are probably some of Alexander's drawings. In a letter (MA 7392.94) dated 30 November, Alexander notes that "Mammina has been made very happy by the arrival of the first package of photographs from [her] drawings."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "Your affectionate Sorella Francesca."
The pictures referenced in this letter are probably some of Alexander's drawings. In a letter (MA 7392.94) dated 30 November, Alexander notes that "Mammina has been made very happy by the arrival of the first package of photographs from [her] drawings."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Expressing (for Alexander's "Mammina," Lucia Gray Swett Alexander) pleasure that "the pictures which [Mammina] cares so much about are to be safe, [and] that she is to have copies of them all." Anticipating Severn's first letter from Brantwood, and briefly mentioning Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin, hoping that he will be better "as soon as he sees [Severn] again."
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