BIB_ID
285895
Accession number
MA 7363.31
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1889 July 12.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 10.1 x 15.8 cm + envelope
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.
Recipient is not identified, but is presumably the same as the recipient of a letter (MA 7363.30) dated 1 July 1889, on which p. 1 recto "(To S. Anderson?)" is penciled in Viljoen's hand.
Signed "Ever La Tua Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Ciao" elaborately embossed in gilt. Envelope with postmarks (marked Venezia) addressed to Mrs. Arthur Severn, Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire, Inghilterra; back flap has "Ciao" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Recipient is not identified, but is presumably the same as the recipient of a letter (MA 7363.30) dated 1 July 1889, on which p. 1 recto "(To S. Anderson?)" is penciled in Viljoen's hand.
Signed "Ever La Tua Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Ciao" elaborately embossed in gilt. Envelope with postmarks (marked Venezia) addressed to Mrs. Arthur Severn, Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire, Inghilterra; back flap has "Ciao" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Hoping that the recipient is benefiting from her rest, discussing the weather and the Alexander's plans to travel to Primivero, near Bassano. Inquiring whether the recipient remembers dining with a Miss Leigh Smith in Florence, mentioning that Francesca had a "severe chill" after her last bath, and asking for information about Mrs. T., as Swett is unsure whether "if at present she is a widow or bride."
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