BIB_ID
286014
Accession number
MA 7363.63
Creator
Severn, Joan, 1846-1924.
Display Date
[1888] Oct. 28.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (12 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Letter is undated, but references Ruskin's 1888 trip to Italy.
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 "your devoted and ever grateful Figlia."
Written on stationery with "Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire" embossed in red.
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 "your devoted and ever grateful Figlia."
Written on stationery with "Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire" embossed in red.
Summary
Responding to Mammina's request that Severn copy out letters Ruskin wrote to her during his visit to Italy. Providing 10 pages of excerpts from his letters, and contextualizing his sudden removal from the Alexander's household.
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