CHARLOTTE
(1860-1919, eldest daughter of Emperor Friedrich III, from 1878 wife of Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, the Kaiser's sister) & Gertrude Emma WAKELIN (b. 5th May 1860 at Hanbury, Staffordshire, daughter of Mrs Mary Ann Wakelin, Nanny from about 1860 to the family of Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia including Wilhelm II)
Album leaf signed and affectionately inscribed in English to Gertrude,
with sentiments on the 2 sides about Time (in German, 'The future draws slowly towards us, the present flies past like an arrow, the past stands still for ever'), and, in English, about Trust, Rashness and Youth, with 2 further leaves from Gertrude's album, including 1 side in German inscribed by Anna Popper, quoting Goethe and Rückert, and 1 side with the verses '... Trust in God, and do the right', signed A.M. Byng, also some delightful verses about the pupils soon to leave the 'Stiftung' (boarding school), founded by the Empress Augusta at Charlottenburg in 1872, and apparently in the hand of one of them, Monica Owen, headed "The old english Colony ... In this old Stift how happy we ... And now all go and leave but me / In Brandenburg's sandy heather", recalling "the park, the Schlosses towers / The Flora, the dirty Spree" and "the stove so large and white / where many a pleasant english chat / our sorrows put to flight !", ending "our dear old 'Colony' ", Gertrude has added in pencil the names of 10 pupils including herself, then describes the verses as "Spontaneous combustion of Miss M. Owen, aided by devoted friends", with a pictorial notice showing the school, the path down to the river, the chapel and the Empress' simple room, in an elaborate border, together 7 sides 8vo., Neues Palais, Potsdam and Charlottenburg, no date. and 8th - 13th June
the view of the school laid down and a little torn, but with minimal loss
Item Date:
1876
Stock No:
51394
£175
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CHARLOTTE
(1803-1880, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, daughter of Friedrich Christian I)
Autograph address panel in German to Crown Princess Victoria
of Prussia, Mainz, note of year
trimmed, small blank corner defect
Item Date:
1871
Stock No:
17820
£20
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CHARLOTTE
(1860-1919, eldest daughter of Emperor Friedrich III, from 1878 wife of Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, sister of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Queen Victoria's Grandchild)
Christmas card signed and inscribed,
"For dear old Nanny from her affectionate friend", with an autograph message on the front wishing her "a merry Xmas & a happy New year" with a design of flowers and a cherub around it, 4" x 3", Berlin
Item Date:
1876
Stock No:
21460
£125
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CHARLOTTE
(1860-1919, eldest daughter of Emperor Friedrich III, from 1878 wife of Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, sister of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Queen Victoria's Grandchild)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed "Charlotte & Bernhard" to "My dear Nana",
shortly after her wedding, "Bernhard & I send you these few lines for tomorrow, wishing you manymany happy returns ... hoping you will see many a year to come yet ... I have got a little trifling thing for you, I shall bring home with me & then give you ..."
Item Date:
1878
Stock No:
21461
£150
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[CHARLOTTE
(1860-1919, eldest daughter of Emperor Friedrich III, from 1878 wife of Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, sister of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Queen Victoria's Grandchild)
Fine unsigned carte de visite photo by Bangor,
showing the infant princess leant against a table with some sort of toy in her hand, 4½" x 2½", no place, no date,
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0
Stock No:
25463
£175
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