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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April 21
On This Day
On this day in 1785 Catherine II of Russia confers on the nobility the "Charter to the Nobility", increasing further the power of the landed oligarchs. Catherine the Great was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of 67.
In 1920 John Galsworthy's "Skin Game" premiered in London. It was adapted and directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1931. Galsworthy is best known for The Forsyte Saga and its sequels. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.
CATHERINE II (the Great, 1729-1796, Empress of Russia from 1762)
Fine decree document, in Russian with translation signed ‘Ekaterina’ to “the Office for Constructing Our Houses and Gardens”, appointing Major-General Ivan Libgard to a post there, 1 side folio, no place, 22nd January 1792 (Translation)
We Most Graciously Command Engineer the Major-General Ivan Libgard to assist at this office.
[Signed] Catherine. 22nd January 1792
38278
GALSWORTHY (John, 1867-1933, Author of ‘The Forsyte Saga’, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature)
Fine Portrait Photograph by E.O. Hoppé of South Kensington, signed by Galsworthy with initials and dated in pencil on the verso of the mount ‘J.G. 1910’, showing him head and shoulders in profile to the viewer’s left, head just tilted forward in thought, a most sensitive portrait, 10” x 7¾” on card mount 18½” x 12¾”, no place, 1910
66255
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April 21
THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY!!!
THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY
Happy 90th Birthday to Her Majesty
FROM THE STUDIO OF MARCUS ADAMS
[ELIZABETH II (b. 1926, Queen of Great Britain)
Delightful unpublished photo by Marcus Adams signed and dated by the photographer in pencil showing the infant princess in a lacey white dress with pearls looking at the camera, 11” x 9¼” in mount 13½” x 11”, no place, 1927 [37900]
[ELIZABETH II (b. 1926, Queen of Great Britain)]
Charming photo by Marcus Adams signed and dated by the photographer in pencil and dated showing the young Princess seated in an armchair wearing a lacy dress and a pearl necklace, 10¼” x 7½”, no place, 1939 slight damage to the bottom of the picture and to the top of the mount [37914]
ELIZABETH II (b. 1926, Queen of Great Britain) & PHILIP (Duke of Edinburgh, b. 1921, her Consort)
Fine formal photo, genuinely signed by both on the mount and dated by the Queen, showing the queen seated with Philip standing behind her, in Buckingham Palace, in full formal dress, the Prince has one hand on his sword hilt and the other on the back of the Queen’s chair, 21” x 16” in mount 30” x 22”, Buckingham Palace, 1980 [38366]
This presentation photo was signed to commemorate a visit to a hospital that has since closed down.
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