Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917
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American author, artist, folklorist, and philanthropist in Italy.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Mar. [12-] 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426166781
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426923784
From the description of Autograph address on an envelope : Venezia, to Mrs. Arthur Severn [Joan Severn] 1889 June 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426920983
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Airolo, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 June 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426927926
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Apr. [17-]18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921143
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Jan. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426925009
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bassano Vento, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Sep. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921076
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Mar. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426924245
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Airolo, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Aug. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921117
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Mar. [11-] 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917741
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Airolo, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Aug. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921105
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lugano, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], [1900 or 1901] Aug. [17-] 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426909111
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Italy], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], undated [1890s]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426910293
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1903 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426906520
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1888 Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426911273
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lugano, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], [1906] July 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426902736
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dearest Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1886 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426910340
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1903 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426906327
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Italy], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1893 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426894785
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Venice, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], [1906] June 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426904414
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "My dear Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1885 Nov. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426911349
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dearest Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1886 Aug. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426911215
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1887 July 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426910325
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dearest Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1886 Aug. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426910331
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Mar. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426177038
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bassano, to "my dear Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1885 Oct. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426914957
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1887 July 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921559
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Mar. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426924033
From the description of Autograph postcard signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921151
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Feb. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921046
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Mar. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917734
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Apr. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921004
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Mar. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426924375
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Apr. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426920987
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426170523
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], [1900] Feb. [20-] 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426170530
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Jan. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426177330
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], [1900] Jan. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426166810
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Jan. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426166793
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1900 Feb. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426170535
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Apr. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426166751
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Feb. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426177181
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426170514
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to [Joan Severn], 1885 Aug. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426174246
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Mi cara Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1886 July 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426170485
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426170474
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 [Mar. 30-] Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426176736
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 May 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426166799
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1886 July 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426175358
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891Feb. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426166783
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1887 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917691
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Nov. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917813
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Nov. [29-] 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426929576
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Feb. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917750
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Airolo, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917891
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1888 Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917470
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bassano Vento, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426920968
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Sept. [24-] 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921188
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426926194
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Apr. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426920991
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917724
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917798
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Airolo, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Aug. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426926664
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Sept. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917982
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Nov. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426925868
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Jan. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426915851
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Airolo, Switzerland, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], undated, [1890 June 17-27]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921125
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Venezia, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 June 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426922013
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bassano Vento, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1887 Sept. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917604
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Airolo, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426926393
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1887 Aug. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426920712
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1886 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426915198
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Airolo, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Aug. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917868
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Oct. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426929776
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Nov. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426925415
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Dec. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426928874
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Airolo, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Aug. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426926985
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Venezia, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 June 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917903
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Nov. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917968
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dearest Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1886 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426927560
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Apr. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426923912
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917934
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1887 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426920817
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1888 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917190
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Mar. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426923452
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], undated, [1890 Mar. 29-Apr. 17]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921149
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Aug. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917703
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Jan. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917791
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921055
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Airolo, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Aug. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917846
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Airolo, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426927450
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1887 July 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426914360
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1887 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917673
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Feb. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426924662
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [All' Abetone], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], ca. 1886 July 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426926087
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Italy], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Apr. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921140
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Christmas Day. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921153
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Airolo, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Aug. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917871
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Feb. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921017
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Airolo, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Aug. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917860
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1903 Mar. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426907702
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 May 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426901816
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1887 July 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426910311
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1888 May [11-] 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426910372
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1888 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426910390
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], undated [1890s]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426913615
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Italy], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], undated [1890s]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426910275
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426901309
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1888 Dec. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426911245
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Mia cara Cugina," [Joan Severn], 1885 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426910366
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1903 Dec. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426905997
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Sept. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426896659
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1901 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426907413
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1888 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426910395
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lugano, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426899210
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Carissima Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1886 July 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426897326
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Mi cara Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1886 July 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426903828
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Mi cara Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1886 July 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426907902
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence and] Lugano, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 June [24-] 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426899636
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1892 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426895709
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Italy], to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], undated [1903]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426906456
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1887 Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426911343
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1904 Dec. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426904948
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1906 May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426904782
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lugano, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1897 July 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426894042
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1903 Dec. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426906095
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dearest Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1886 July 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426910300
From the description of Autograph letter signed : All' Abetone, to "Dearest Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1886 Sept. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426911205
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lugano, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Aug. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426897390
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Dec. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921165
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Feb. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921038
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917738
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1900 Jan. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426166814
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426166768
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Mar. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426170488
American author, artist, and dispenser of charity in Italy.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Mia cara Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1886 Jan. [4-] 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426922943
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Mia cara Cugina" [Joan Severn], 1886 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426921065
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [All' Abetone], to "Mia cara Cugina" [Joan Severn], ca. 1886 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426917763
Daughter of artist Francis Alexander.
From the description of History of fifty francesconi given to the poor, ca. 1857. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 71257884
Alexander was an American artist and author.
From the description of Scrapbooks, ca. 1860-1864. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612370446
American artist and author.
From the description of Francesca Alexander ALS, to John Ruskin. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935464
American author and artist in Italy.
From the description of Autograph letters signed "Sorella" (160) : Italy, to Joan Severn, 1885-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132373
Francesca Alexander was born in Boston to Francis Alexander, a successful Boston portrait painter, and Lucia Grey Sweet, a deeply religious woman from a wealthy family. Her only art teacher was her father. In 1852 the family moved to Florence, Italy, and Alexander began to collect songs and poems from peasants in the area. She lived there until her death.
From the description of Index [to Roadside songs of Tuscany] / [Francesca Alexander] [1882?] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 677983646
American painter.
From the description of Autograph letters signed (28) : Venice ; San Marcello per l'Abbetone, Pistoia ; Bassano Veneto ; and Florence, Italy ; and Lugano, Switzerland ; to [E. Constance Oldham], 1885 June 18-1894 Aug. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870203
From the description of Autograph letter signed : to [E. Constance Oldham], [between 1885 June 18-1894 Aug. 8]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270992719
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