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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May 20
ON THIS DAY
Albert Hall. Queen Victoria opened it in 1871, and, since then the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage and it has become one of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings.
In 1825 Charles X became King of France. His rule of almost six years ended in the July Revolution of 1830, which resulted in his abdication. He was the last of the French rulers from the senior branch of the House of Bourbon
VICTORIA (1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Marvellous, very large, sepia photo by Lafayette, signed and dated, showing her three quarters length, in her usual black lacy gown, with a white cap, she is turned slightly sideways and is resting her chin in her hand, 13” x 7½”, no place, 1888, some damage to the verso of the photographer’s mount from former mounting
36328
CHARLES X (1757-1836, King of France 1824-1830)
Certificate of appointment as Chevalier in the Legion of Honour, in French with translation, for Claude Joseph Denis Rayon, Deputy Head of Bureau in the Ministry of War, “for the services he has rendered us and the State”, to rank from the 23rd May 1825, signed by the King with his stamp as Sovereign Head of the Order, signed also by the Grand Chancellor Jacques Alexandre Macdonald, 1765-1840, Duke of Taranto, and by the Secretary-General Vicomte de Saimmare, finely engraved with manuscript additions, with the Royal Arms at the head and the motto ‘Honour and Country’, and a border incorporating the badge of the order (lilies of France, crowned), vellum, 14½” x 17½”, Tuileries, 1st March 1826
50481
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