BIB_ID
285748
Accession number
MA 7363.2
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1887 Mar. 31.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 9.9 x 15.5 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Lucia Gray Swett Alexander to Joan Severn. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Signed "your devoted Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "your devoted Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Discussing Francesca, who "is not very much like any one but her own Father." Noting that La Rasponi has returned from Ravenna and mentioning Mrs. Rooks and Miss Lloyd. Describing "the last invalid on hand" who is being treated with vermouth and scotch whiskey, and noting that "most of the ailments of the poor are cured rapidly by meat and wine." Thanking her "dear kind Figlio," John Ruskin, for a sketch, and intending to write him about Francesca's ancestry, which can be traced back "clearly to the Good Queen Elinor." Also mentioning Christ's Folk in the Apennine.
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