BIB_ID
285566
Accession number
MA 7362.103
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1891 Jan. 30.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 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."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "your affectionate Sorella Francesca."
Written on stationery with "Francesca" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Concerning the poor health of Severn, and the "slow and steady improvement" in the health of Alexander's "Mammina," Lucia Gray Swett Alexander, who "is trying to get well as fast as she can, because she wants to see [Severn]" (when she visits Italy in the spring). Mentioning her Christ's Folk in the Apennine, and that, if it is ever republished, Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin "might like to put in a note" about the "the Superiora's last hours ... just to show how such a life ends." Also mentioning that the Alexanders have received from Mr. Allen "all the published photographs from [Alexander's] Roadside songs."
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