[GEORGE I
(1845-1913, from 1863 King of the Hellenes, assassinated at Salonika), his wife Grand Duchess OLGA CONSTANTINOVNA(of Russia, 1851-1926, daughter of Grand Duke Constantine and wife of King George I) and EDWARD VII (1841-1910, King of Great Britain)]
Fine unsigned cabinet photograph by P. Moraites of Athens
showing the Prince of Wales with the King and Queen of Greece, she is seated and they are standing behind her, 6¼" x 4¼", no place but Athens, no date, but dated on the photographer's mount
Item Date:
1873
Stock No:
40809
£375
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GEORGE II
(1683-1760, King of Great Britain)
Commission Document signed at the head,
appointing "Henry Watson gent ... to be Lieutenant ... in Our Fiftieth Regiment commanded by Our Trusty and Welbeloved Colonel Studholm Hodgson ...", I side oblong folio on vellum lacking papered seal but with the revenue stamp, Court at Kensington, 25th September
signatures faded, slightly spotted
Item Date:
1757
Stock No:
37176
£325
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INITIAL LETTER PORTRAIT OF GEORGE II
GEORGE II
(1683-1760, King of Great Britain)
Engraved Portrait Bust at the head of an Indenture
between Richard TREVOR, (1707-1771, from 1752 Bishop of Durham), with his signature 'R. Duresme', and Thomas Leighton, Clerk (Clergyman), for one half of a dwelling and its appurtenances in Little Thorpe, Easington parish, the lease specifically reserves to the Bishop all woodland and mining rights, with wayleave for his wagons to exploit them, the Bishop making good at a reasonable rate any resulting damage to the property or land, 20½" x 24¼", folding to 6" x 8¼", no place, 4th March
in crisp condition
Item Date:
1757
Stock No:
55088
£225
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GEORGE II
(1683-1760, King of Great Britain)
Engraved Portrait from a Deed,
with Royal Arms below including Hanover, vellum, approx. 5¼" x 5", date in pencil on verso 17th December
Item Date:
1756
Stock No:
19767
£75
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INITIAL LETTER PORTRAIT OF GEORGE II
GEORGE II
(1683-1760, King of Great Britain)
Exemplification of the Common Recovery, with Double Voucher,
by Richard Weale and Thomas Wroughton from Jonathan Evendon, Gent., of "3 messuages, 7 gardens, 70 acres of land, fifty acres of meadow, 50 acres of pasture and 10 acres of wood" in Bromley Chart next Sutton Valence, Boughton Monchelsea, Langley and Erith, Kent, heard before Sir John WILLES, 1685-1761, from 1737 Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and implemented by Thomas Hodsdon Esq., Sheriff of Kent, Evendon vouches [calls upon] to warrant him in possession the original owners in tail Charles and his wife Sarah Raymond, John and Thomas Webster, who are thereupon sued by Weale and Wroughton, so the original owners in tail call upon Samuel Ward as common vouchee, fine large portrait of George II in elaborate initial 'G', 8¾" x 7½", the heading continues along the top with a wide border of female figures including Britannia, and the Royal Arms, all engraved, vellum tab, Seal of the Court of Common Pleas in green-brown wax, 4½ inch diameter, the obverse bears George II enthroned, with figures emblematic of power and justice, the reverse bears the Royal Arms supported by a dragon and greyhound, below are the remains of the legend 'PRO BREVIBUS CORAM IUSTICIARIIS', the document vellum 28¼" x 33", Westminster, 7th May, 17th year of George II,
seal defective at top near tab and on sinister side of the king's figure, lacking about one third in all, worn and legends faint, rust offset of former metal seal case affects several words near end (all can be supplied) and has caused three small holes in the decorative heading
Item Date:
1744
Stock No:
16507
£325
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