[EDWARD VII
(1841-1910, King of Great Britain)]
Fine group of 4 photographs of his Funeral Procession,
taken from the roof of 45 Edgware Road or nearby, as it made its way from Westminster to Paddington for Windsor, every 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
very light creases barely visible across nos. 1 & 4, tiny chip in top right corner, outside the image, of no. 2, no. 4 lacks top left corner in sky, blank except for part of a telephone wire
Item Date:
1910
Stock No:
53808
£75
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CONVEYANCE OF KENNINGTON GREEN
[EDWARD VII
(1841-1910, King of Great Britain) & EDWARD VIII (1894-1972, King of Great Britain, Later the Duke of Windsor)]
Pair of copy Draft Conveyance documents, not signed, for the sale of Kennington Green by Edward VII as Prince of Wales
to the Right Honourable Lord Teynham & others (the Trustees), and then in the second document the Trustees sell it back to Edward VIII as Prince of Wales. In the first document the property is described and the sale agreed for the sum of £5, the second draft sells the property back to the Duchy of Cornwall & refers back to the "indenture dated the twenty seventh day of June 1898 and made between his late Majesty King Edward the Seventh ... on the one part and the Trustees of the other part the hereditaments and premises hereinafter described and intended to be conveyed and which then formed part of the possessions of the Duchy of Cornwall were granted and conveyed unto the Trustees ... to permit the Public to have free access and to use the same as a Public park ... the Trustees have agreed with His Royal Highness to Convey the said hereditaments ... to His Royal Highness in consideration of the sum of Five pounds ... subject to all rights of the Public of use & enjoyment thereof ...", 3 sides folio & 6 sides 4to., with a coloured plan at the front of each, 27th June 1898 and 14th February
first document slightly soiled
Item Date:
1914
Stock No:
21859
£275
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ROYAL LINEN
[EDWARD VII
(1841-1910, King of Great Britain)]
Part damask tablecloth made for the Prince of Wales
woven with Royal Cypher 'AE' and garter stars, 33" x 46", no place, no date,
This cloth must have been economically reduced as the pattern is no longer symmetrical, worn with some repairs
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
23017
£275
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[EDWARD VII
(1841-1910, King of Great Britain)]
Pass to Windsor Castle,
issued by the Earl of Pembroke & Montgomery as Lord Steward, made out to the Hon. Lady Monson, on the verso is a notice that it entitles the bearer to a return ticket from Paddington, and is to be retained until arrival at Windsor Castle, gold embossed crown, 2 sides card 3" x 4½", blind embossed stamp of the Board of Green Cloth, 14th June
some light browning on verso
Item Date:
1905
Stock No:
53230
£125
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[EDWARD VII
(1841-1910, King of Great Britain) & ALEXANDRA (of Denmark, 1844-1925, his Queen)]
Printed booklet of the Coronation Service,
beginning with "I was glad ..." and continuing with the Litany, the beginning of the Communion, the Anointing and Homage, the Anointing of the Queen, and the rest of the Communion Service, with every solemn detail of the ceremony, printed for the Earl Marshal at the Cambridge University Press, 48 sides in stiff red covers 6¼" x 3¾", Westminster Abbey, 26th June
tiny amount of offset from the red cover on the blank edge of the title, otherwise in crisp condition
Item Date:
1902
Stock No:
53768
£25
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