Every day Sophie Dupre presents two items from her large stock of signed photographs, autograph letters, autographs for sale, royal memoralbilia and antiquarian manuscripts.
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January 30
On this day in1889 Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, was found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling. In 1882 Franklin Roosevelt, the 32nd US President was born
RUDOLF (Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, 1858-1889, committed suicide at Mayerling)
Fine Autograph letter signed ‘Rudolf’ in German with translation, to Franz August von PAUSINGER, (1839-1915, the Austrian painter of hunting scenes, who accompanied Rudolf in his eastern travels), asking him to send “reports about the bears, the wind and weather conditions” as he wishes to bring a party hunting “after the 15th November ... some strong bears, well stalked and hunted, especially in snow, would give me great pleasure ... in Görgény or Fancsal” in Eastern Transylvania, with two contrasting cabinet photographs each 6½” x 4½”, of Rudolf, both in uniform wearing the Golden Fleece of Austria, one by Otto von Medvey, three-quarter face, with moustache and light beard, dated 1884 in pencil on the verso, the second by Victor Angerer, in profile, wearing also the Star of St. Stephen of Hungary, his beard shaved, taken shortly before he died, 2 sides 8vo., with conjugate blank, Vienna, (Sunday) 28th October 1888, slight splitting at fold
ROOSEVELT (Franklin Delano, 1882-1945, 32nd President of the United States)
Fine TLS as President to S. R. Bertron in Wall Street, thanking him for his “nice note. I was disappointed in Nassau County of course, but, as you say, we are up against a difficult problem of organizationand funds ...” and agreeing to see “Senator Harrison when he comes to to New York next week...”, 1 side 4to., State of New York, Executive Chamber, Albany headed paper with gilt emblem at the head, 5th November 1931
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