BIB_ID
285909
Accession number
MA 7363.35
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1889 Nov. 18.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 10 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.
Signed "La Tua Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Ciao" elaborately embossed in gilt. Envelope with postmarks (marked Firenze) addressed to Mrs. Arthur Severn, Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire, Inghilterra; back flap has "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Signed "La Tua Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Ciao" elaborately embossed in gilt. Envelope with postmarks (marked Firenze) addressed to Mrs. Arthur Severn, Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire, Inghilterra; back flap has "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Expressing great happiness that Severn's "D.P." (John Ruskin) is so much better, attributing his recovery to milk, and assuring Severn that she will have her reward. Thanking Miss Anderson for her daily accounts, noting that "S." (Sorella, i.e., Francesca) values them particularly. Discussing Lily's (Severn's daughter) delicate health, nerves, and upcoming visit to an undisclosed family, during which she "might be told not to mention she was in the house." (i.e., the same house as Ruskin?)
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