VICTORIA EUGENIA
(1887-1969, Granddaughter of Queen Victoria, daughter of Princess Beatrice of Battenberg & Prince Henry, Wife of Alfonso XIII of Spain)
Fine vintage photo signed "Ena" and dated,
showing her head and shoulders in profile, 6" x 4", no place, 1905,
traces of mounting on the verso
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
35925
£275
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[VICTORIA MARY
(Duchess of Kent, 1786-1861, Queen Victoria's Mother)]
Charming Hand-Coloured Engraved Portrait,
a 'Royalty' plate from John Bell's monthly magazine for Ladies, La Belle Assemblée, showing her seated half-length, three-quarter face with a sweet smile, in a pale orange Regency dress, long white gloves, a diadem of jewelled flowers over her brown hair with two fetching curls on her brow immediately above a pearl circlet, and a necklace with Maltese cross pendant, 7½" x 5¼" in window mount 12¼" x 10", [London], no date but
Item Date:
1818
Stock No:
56773
£75
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VICTORIA MARY
(Duchess of Kent, 1786-1861, Queen Victoria's Mother)
Fine Pictorial Letterhead of her residence Frogmore Lodge, Windsor,
by Day & Haghe, Lithographers to the Queen, after W.A. Delamotte, showing the garden front with its colonnade reflected in the lake, on the verso is a portion of an Autograph Letter by the Duchess, in German with transcription, talking of the Queen's guests at Windsor Castle, "The Archduke Friedrich of Austria and Prince Esterhazy have been here since the day before yesterday. The Archduke is very well set up, he has brought 5 gentlemen with him. Yesterday Queen Adelaide also came, she is looking unexplainably well! There likewise came today George and his cousin the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg[-Strelitz]", she hears that "Baroness Lehzen is departing for Germany", and asks her correspondent to give "Marie a thousand affectionate [regards]", 2 sides 4¼" (max.) x 7¼" (max.), no place, no date but Frogmore Lodge, Friday 23rd September
the letterhead neatly cut round in outline, with loss of several letters on verso (most of them easily supplied, the sense is always clear)
(Transcription)
1 ]...[
2 ] Der Erzherzog
3 Frie[drich v. Oesterreich und der Prinz Este]rhazy sind seit
4 V]orgestern. Der Erzherzog geställt [...]
5 r]echt gut der hat 5 Herren mit. Gester[n
6 kam auch Q. Adelheid die unbegreistlich
7 w]ohl aussiehet!- Heute kommt glei[ch-
8 ] auch George und [...] & sein Vetter der
9 Erbgroßherzog von Mecklenburg.
10 Ich höre die Baroness Lehzen
11 n]ach Deutschland abreiße [sic]
12 Sage der Marie Tausend Schönen
(Translation)
1 ]...[
2 The Archduke
3 Friedrich of Austria and Prince Esterhazy have been here since
4 the day before yesterday. The Archduke is very well set up,
5 he has brought 5 gentlemen with him. Yesterday
6 Queen Adelaide also came, she is looking unexplainably
7 well! There likewise came today
8 George and his cousin the
9 Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg[-Strelitz].
10 I hear Baroness Lehzen is departing
11 for Germany.
12 Given Marie a thousand affectionate [regards].
Item Date:
1842
Stock No:
56681
£275
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VICTORIA MARY
(Duchess of Kent, 1786-1861, Queen Victoria's Mother)
Signature 'Victoire' on small piece,
no place, no date, circa
defect at the foot from former laying down, separating the last two letters, but still a useful reference example
Item Date:
1830
Stock No:
56254
£15
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VICTORIA MARY
(Duchess of Kent, 1786-1861, Queen Victoria's Mother)
Signature 'Victoria' on small piece,
no place, no date, circa
slight mark touching top left flourish of the 'V' from former laying down
Item Date:
1845
Stock No:
56256
£15
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