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A personal memoir recounts the brief life of a young Florentine woman, tracing her childhood, family impoverishment, devotion to learning and caring for siblings, close friendship with the narrator and her sister, and the gentle, saintlike qualities that inspired repeated portraits. Through intimate anecdotes, portrait sketches, and reflections on faith and moral order, the narrator records the subject's habits, appearance, aspirations, and the sorrow that preceded her early death, framing the account as an honest memorial by a friend who both drew and loved her. The volume blends biographical detail with artistic impressions to preserve her memory for those who knew her.

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Title: The story of Ida: epitaph on an Etrurian tomb

Author: Francesca Alexander

Editor: John Ruskin

Release date: September 25, 2022 [eBook #69044]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Thomas B. Mosher, 1899

Credits: The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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