BIB_ID
285596
Accession number
MA 7362.115
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1891 May 28.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 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 "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "Your affectionate Sorella Francesca."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Mentioning that Alexander is recovered from a cold, but that she "like[s] being idle so much that [she] doesn't contradict those who want to keep [her] so," and noting the improved health of Alexander's "Mammina," Lucia Gray Swett Alexander. Entreating Severn, who is visiting Herne Hill, to "stay there as long as possible [for] rest, and amusement, and complete change of thought."
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