BIB_ID
285817
Accession number
MA 7363.14
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1887 Sept. 8.
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.
Rezzonico may be a villa in Bassano, where the Alexanders frequently visited.
Signed "your grateful, affectionate Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Rezzonico may be a villa in Bassano, where the Alexanders frequently visited.
Signed "your grateful, affectionate Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Expressing happiness that Swett's "Figlio," John Ruskin, is "enjoying himself," noting that "travelling always did suit him ... and probably he has not had as much of it of late years as might be desired." Regretting the loss of Mr. Severn's trunks, and hoping that "he will find every thing all safe, except the razors ... for [Swett] think[s] a beard universally becoming." Noting that Francesca has "brightened up," and mentioning Marina and the Countess Loredano Tiepolo.
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