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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March 08
Queen Anne and Princess Anne
On this day in 1702 Queen Anne ascended the English throne on the death of her Dutch brother in law and cousin, King William III who had reigned as sole monarch since the death of Anne's older sister, his wife, Mary II. In 1977 Princess Anne announced that she was expecting her 1st child (Peter)
ANNE (1665-1714, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland)
Fine Document signed at the head, addressed to George Burton “Sheriff of Leicester. License of Absence”, granting “That during your Shefiffalty of Our County of Leicester, you may have Our Licece to remain or live out of Our said County in regard to several pressing affairs whcih require your presence elsewhere ...”, but requiring him to be present in the County when needed, countersigned by Lord SUNDERLAND (Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl, 1674-1722, Statesman and Bibliophile), 2 sides folio with integral autograph address leaf with papered seal, Court at St James’s, 24th December 1709
ANNE (b. 1950, Princess Royal, Daughter of Elizabeth II) & Capt Mark PHILLIPS (b. 1948, her ex-husband)
Fine presentation photo by Lord SNOWDON signed by both and dated by the Princess on the mount, showing the couple three quarters length, she is wearing a a white dress and decorations with a tiara and he is wearing uniform, 6” x 5” in mount, 7” x 5½”, in original blue morocco presentation frame with domed top and gilt monogram “MA” at the head, 10” x 8”, no place, 1979, some waterstaining to the bottom of the mount slightly affecting the signatures and date
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March 08
On this day in 1702 Queen Anne ascended the English throne on the death of her Dutch brother in law and cousin, King William III who had reigned as sole monarch since the death of Anne's older sister, his wife, Mary II. In 1977 Princess Anne announced that she was expecting her 1st child (Peter)
ANNE (1665-1714, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland)
Fine Document signed at the head, addressed to George Burton “Sheriff of Leicester. License of Absence”, granting “That during your Shefiffalty of Our County of Leicester, you may have Our Licece to remain or live out of Our said County in regard to several pressing affairs whcih require your presence elsewhere ...”, but requiring him to be present in the County when needed, countersigned by Lord SUNDERLAND (Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl, 1674-1722, Statesman and Bibliophile), 2 sides folio with integral autograph address leaf with papered seal, Court at St James’s, 24th December 1709
ANNE (b. 1950, Princess Royal, Daughter of Elizabeth II) & Capt Mark PHILLIPS (b. 1948, her ex-husband)
Fine presentation photo by Lord SNOWDON signed by both and dated by the Princess on the mount, showing the couple three quarters length, she is wearing a a white dress and decorations with a tiara and he is wearing uniform, 6” x 5” in mount, 7” x 5½”, in original blue morocco presentation frame with domed top and gilt monogram “MA” at the head, 10” x 8”, no place, 1979, some waterstaining to the bottom of the mount slightly affecting the signatures and date
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