BIB_ID
285778
Accession number
MA 7363.9
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1887 Aug. 25.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 10.1 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 "La Tua Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "La Tua Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Concerning the health of Swett's "Di Pa," John Ruskin, noting that if Severn is with him when "the restlessness and excitement come, the terrible scenes of last spring might be renewed." Discussing his recovery "out of England," and hoping that "if he conquers this time, he may be safe from violent attacks." Also discussing Severn's adolescent daughter, Lily, alluding to her late-starting period, and noting that while "she must not study much, riding on horseback and dancing are much esteemed in America for one of her age."
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