Every day Sophie Dupre presents two items from her large stock of signed photographs, autograph letters, autographs for sale, royal memoralbilia and antiquarian manuscripts.
The photographs are presented with the catalogue descriptions.
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January 27
On this day in 1832 Lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], Halton, Cheshire, author of Alice in Wonderland was born and in 1901 Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer, died at the age of 77
CARROLL (Lewis, Charles Dodgson, 1832-1898, Author of ‘Alice in Wonderland’)
Fine long Autograph Letter Signed to Butler, the father of his young friend Olive Butler explaining “an (apparent) liberty which I propose to take this week, in sending Olive a copy of ‘Sylvie and Bruno Concluded’. Without some explanation it might look like a sort of ‘feeler’ towards renewing negotations as to being allowed to try to establish a friendship with her. So let me assure you that I have no such idea, and that I still abide loyally by the decision to which you and Mrs Butler have come ...” he continues that it would be “a great pity, for no better reason than that you and I hold different views as to the expediency of friendships between old gentlemen and young ladies, to leave my gift incomplete ...” and he hopes that Olive will be allowed to accept Volume II, he ends with his wishes for Christmas, 3 sides 8vo., The Chestnuts, Guildford, 25th December 1893
[VERDI (Giuseppe, 1813-1901, Italian Composer)]
Fine Caricature Portrait in Colours from Vanity Fair, by ‘T’, (Théobald Chartran), powerfully drawn, showing him full face, conducting (as Percy Scholes says) with a firm grasp on his ‘Field Marshal’s baton’, with the original printed description, praising him for making “Italian music popular on all the barrel-organs of Europe ... his music is essentially the music of the present, shallow and pleasing, sympathetic and tuneful”, with other remarks on his role in politics, No. 193 in the series ‘Men of the Day’, 2 separate sides 15” x 10½”, 15th February 1879, small deposit below his right knee which has caused a slight stain, otherwise in excellent condition
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