BIB_ID
285679
Accession number
MA 7362.154
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
undated [1890s].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.4 cm
Notes
Signed "Ever your most affectionate and grateful Sorella."
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.
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.
Summary
Concerning the health of Alexander's "Fratello," John Ruskin, and noting that his letters to Alexander "have been lately ... a little forgetful," but that "things were worse last year." Reminding Severn to "not take too much to heart anything that he says or does when not himself," and noting that "the cloud has been lifted even when all looked darkest, and [hoping] that it may be so now."
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