Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Christmas Day.

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Autograph letter signed : [Florence], to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1890 Christmas Day.

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Giving a brief account of a sudden, severe illness suffered by Alexander's "Mammina," Lucia Gray Swett Alexander, and describing the surgery that ensued to remove a "large watery tumor" that otherwise "would certainly kill her in five or six months." Noting that she was treated by Dr. Coldstream and Dr. Lawson Tait, who "said there were three chances to one that she would not survive the operation," but that she is now "safe" and "under the influence of morphine." Apologizing for not writing her usual Christmas letter to her "Fratello," John Ruskin.

1 item (3 p.) ; 18.1 cm. + envelope.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Swett, Lucia Gray

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Mother of Francesca Alexander. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Mia amata Figlia" [Joan Severn], 1889 Nov. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426959568 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Mia Altra amata" [Joan Severn], 1893 Feb. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 427408075 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Florence, to "Mia altra Amata" [Joan Severn], 1893 Mar. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record...

Severn, Joan, 1846-1924

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Cousin and ward of John Ruskin. From the description of Autograph letters signed (15) and (1) dictated signed : to Prof. Knight, 1902 Mar. 13-1902 June 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664191 English artist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Matlock and Coniston, to Mr. and Mrs. Cowper-Temple, 1871? July 17-1890 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664325 Cousin and ward of Ruskin. From the description of Diary ...

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]...

Tait, Lawson, 1845-1899

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British surgeon and gynecologist. From the description of Papers, 1887-1895. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35519834 ...

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

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Wife of Ruskin's physician, Dr. John Simon. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. John Simon, [18--] (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 31272017 British writer, artist, and critic. From the description of John Ruskin papers, ca. 1837-1904. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80934993 John Ruskin was born on 8 February 1819 in London. Ruskin was educated by his mother and by various tutors before attending Oxford University. H...

Viljoen, Helen Gill

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