BIB_ID
285924
Accession number
MA 7363.40
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1889 Dec. 6.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 10 x 15.5 cm
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) addressed to "Mia "other" amata" and dated 1 July 1889, on which p. 1 recto "(To S. Anderson?)" is penciled in Viljoen's hand.
Signed "sua devotissima Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Recipient is not identified, but is presumably the same as the recipient of a letter (MA 7363.30) addressed to "Mia "other" amata" and dated 1 July 1889, on which p. 1 recto "(To S. Anderson?)" is penciled in Viljoen's hand.
Signed "sua devotissima Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Lucia" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Describing Edwige's (Francesca's maid) bad cold, the death of Leitzia's mother, and the ill health of an English acquaintance. Inquiring after the mental health of John Ruskin, and noting that Mackay, his nurse, is invaluable. Describing Francesca's garden, and mentioning Polissena.
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