Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Mia amata Figlia" [Joan Severn], 1887 May 11.

BIB_ID
285851
Accession number
MA 7363.17
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1887 May 11.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 10 x 15.5 cm
Notes
Last page(s) of the letter are missing.
Part of a large collection of letters from Lucia Gray Swett Alexander to Joan Severn. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Expressing happiness that "all is so well" in the Severn's household. Discussing Ruskin's intention to collect Francesca's translations of rispetti, expressing great interest in this, and noting that "many of them exist now only in F[rancesca]'s memory."