BIB_ID
285919
Accession number
MA 7363.36
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1889 Nov. 23.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 10.1 x 15.5 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 "Ever La Tua Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" 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 "Ever La Tua Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" 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
Inquiring after the mental health of Severn's "D.P.," John Ruskin, asking whether Dr. P. or Mackay (Ruskin's nurse) "have had previous experience" with Ruskin's illness, or whether it is "peculiar to his unexampled self." Discussing Lily's health, noting that her ""ups and downs" indicate some irregularity of health." Mentioning that Swett has enjoyed reading the account of Mr. Wakeful, noting that "his funeral was a splendid tribute to a splendid man," and that his passing was "such a terrible loss" to Severn and to his "poor delicate wife."
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