BIB_ID
285618
Accession number
MA 7362.123
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1897 July 27.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 21.5 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 Sorella Francesca."
Signed "your Sorella Francesca."
Summary
Concerning the health of Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin, trusting "that he may still have much to enjoy in his life," and expressing great happiness over a letter from Severn "containing [her] Fratello's affectionate message." Also expressing gladness that Severn has "save[d] the beautiful country about [her] from being spoilt by division into house-lots," and concluding the letter abruptly because Alexander's "eyes are so misty."
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