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Autograph letter signed : [Italy], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], undated [1890s] .

BIB_ID
285664
Accession number
MA 7362.150
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
undated [1890s] .
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.9 cm
Notes
Letter is undated, but pencilled in the upper left corner of the recto is "[1890s]" in Viljoen's hand.
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
Acknowledging that, since Severn thinks "that it worries [Alexander's] Fratello (John Ruskin) to have [her] write to him, [she] will cease doing so." Asking Severn to tell Alexander "if he ever expresses a wish to hear from [her] again."