BIB_ID
285617
Accession number
MA 7362.122
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1893 Aug. 2.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
For more on "poor Ida," see Alexander's The Story of Ida, first published in 1883.
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."
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."
Summary
Concerning the health of Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin, expressing thankfulness that he remembers Alexander, and describing "what a comfort it was to [Alexander] to receive a kind message from [her] Fratello after so long a silence." Hoping that she "may hear sometime that [Ruskin] is happy and at peace, and not disturbed by any of the tormenting thoughts." Enclosing a photograph of a drawing that Alexander made of her "poor Ida," and noting that the original belongs to Marina. Expressing concern over the illness of Miss Holt.
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