BIB_ID
285870
Accession number
MA 7363.23
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1889 May 27.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 10.1 x 15.5 cm
Notes
Letter is marked "Private."
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.
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.
Summary
Discussing Ruskin's mental health, noting that "the good Lord who created [Ruskin's] wonderful brain can restore it to perfect health -- if He only would," and that "the presence of K[ate]G[reenaway] may be useful." Dreading the resurfacing of old scandals, noting that "there are plenty of envious and evil tongues who cannot forgive superiority." Mentioning that Francesca takes Ruskin's illness very hard, and that they will go to San Martino.
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