THE NEW KING'S DINNER
[EDWARD VII
(1841-1910, King of Great Britain)]
Fine menu for dinner at Windsor Castle - "His Majesty's Dinner"
listing the courses in French - the starters include soup followed by turbot for the fish course, various meat dishes a side table of cold meats, 1 side 8vo with a vignette of Windsor at the head with the late Queen's monogram on either side and a blue and gold border around the whole thing, Windsor, 3rd February
Item Date:
1901
Stock No:
34913
£475
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[EDWARD VII
(1841-1910, King of Great Britain) & ALEXANDRA (of Denmark, 1844-1925, his Queen)]
Fine pair of unsigned postcard, decorated with fake jewellery, padded and hand painted by beagles,
showing the couple head and shoulders in profile, the King in his military uniform, titled underneath, and the Queen wearing a violet dress, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date,
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
28280
£175
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[EDWARD VII
(1841-1910, King of Great Britain) & ALEXANDRA (of Denmark, 1844-1925, his Queen)]
Unsigned photo by Downey
showing them at their last State Opening of Parliament, 8½" x 6½", no place, no date
Item Date:
1910
Stock No:
23511
£125
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[EDWARD VII
(1841-1910, King of Great Britain)]
Fine group of 4 original photographs of his Funeral Procession,
taken from the roof of 45 Edgware Road or nearby, as it made it way from Westminster to Paddington for Windsor, every possible inch of space on the pavement, the stands, the windows and the roof tops is taken, the route is lined by troops presenting arms, shoulder to shoulder as far as the eye can see, in the first the photographer has caught the gun carriage with the bier surmounted by the satin pall, the crown at the head, the orb and sceptre at the foot, immediately followed by the King's charger, led by two grooms, and the King's terrier 'Caesar', led by a gentleman in Highland Dress, 9 monarchs rode in the procession that follows, in the second the camera looks down Edgware Road to where the mounted troops are followed by troops on foot and the crowd presses in from Upper Berkeley Street, in the third the camera looks across to Stourcliffe Street, again an astonishing press of people, and in the fourth the camera looks up Edgware Road, one man is even up a telegraph pole, together the four items each 7" x 5", no date but 20th May
tiny chip in bottom right corner of no. 2, barely touching edge of roof top
Item Date:
1910
Stock No:
53807
£75
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CROWNED LESS THAN AN HOUR AGO
[EDWARD VII
(1841-1910, King of Great Britain) & ALEXANDRA (of Denmark, 1844-1925, his Queen)]
Fine Stereoscopic Double Photograph, by Underwood & Underwood,
showing 'The Crowned King ... and Queen Alexandra' in their magnificent Coronation Robes and Crowns, with a long and interesting description printed on the back, 3½" x 7", King's Entrance, Buckingham Palace,
Item Date:
1902
Stock No:
55178
£275
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