BIB_ID
285722
Accession number
MA 7362.170
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1889 May 1.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.6 cm + enclosure
Notes
Enclosed is a single sheet with a poem (beginning "Oh Rosellino! Fior di Rosellino") in Italian with an English translation and note in Ruskin's hand stating that this rispetto was found "among the Sorella's gleanings this last Eastertide, which might as well be sung by Beatrice in heaven." Enclosure is not dated, but "[May 1st?, 1889?]" is pencilled in the upper right corner of the recto in Viljoen's hand. Also included is a typed transcription, with notes by Viljoen indicating that the contents of the enclosure were published in Lucia Gray Swett's John Ruskin's Letters to Francesca and Memoirs of the Alexanders.
Signed "Fratello."
Written on stationery with "Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire" embossed in red.
Signed "Fratello."
Written on stationery with "Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire" embossed in red.
Summary
Thanking Alexander for the "beautiful last rispetto," and noting that Ruskin has "passed through nearly all the visionary parts of this 'illness' (if it is to be called so) and [is out] again among the anemones," though the "wretched gardeners neglect all the places [Ruskin] cares for." Sending May day wishes to Alexander's "Mammina," Lucia Gray Swett Alexander.
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