BIB_ID
80605
Accession number
MA 7362.163
Creator
Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917.
Display Date
1889 June 27.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
For more on Pietro Mazzini, see Lucia Gray Swett Alexander's John Ruskin's Letters to Francesca and Memoirs of the Alexanders, and John Ruskin's Venetian letters, edited by Van Akin Burd.
Part of a large collection of letters primarily from Francesca Alexander to Joan Severn. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Signed "Your affectionate Sorella."
Part of a large collection of letters primarily from Francesca Alexander to Joan Severn. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Signed "Your affectionate Sorella."
Summary
Giving a detailed account of Alexander's daily life in Venice, and relating anecdotes about the local people, including Pietro Mazzini. Noting that religious "devotion is contabious, like most good and bad things."
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