Record ID:
285618
Accession number:
MA 7362.123
Credit:
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description:
1 item (2 p.) ; 21.5 cm
Notes:
Signed "your 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.
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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