BIB_ID
285585
Accession number
MA 7362.109
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1891 Mar. 24.
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
Thanking Severn for plants just received from Severn, noting that if Severn "had sent [Alexander] a box of diamonds, [she] should not have cared nearly so much for them." Sending Easter blessings, and referencing the health of Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin, hoping that Easter "might ... be a real resurrection day to him."
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