THE QUEEN EXPRESSES HER ANXIETY ABOUT HER HAEMOPHILIAC SON AFTER AN ACCIDENT
VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Third person Autograph letter to Arnold Royle
saying that "The Queen is thankful to hear the night was better - at least free from pain. How, exactly, did the accident happen? Are Leopd's rooms comfortable? Has he one or 2? And have you got cradle & crutches & carrying chair?", if not, "they shd. be sent for. If only he can just walk with crutches or sticks - the journey wd. be nothing...", she suggests that he should "arrive at Windsor, (London might be awkward on acct. [of] the arrival) on the 18th or 20th. Both wd. suit The Queen..." she ends by instructing Royle, "Pray always write at once to Sir. Wm. when anything occurs: bad knees, fit or bleeding - He has saved the Pce.'s life so often & is so devoted to him - that he ought to know at once...", 3 sides 8vo., on black edged mourning paper, Osborne headed and monogrammed paper, 2nd February
Item Date:
1882
Stock No:
36265
£775
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[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain), MARY (of Teck, 1867-1953, Queen of George V) and her children EDWARD VIII (1894-1972, King of Great Britain, Later the Duke of Windsor), GEORGE VI (1895-1952, King of Great Britain) & MARY (1897-1965, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood),
Triple frame of unsigned original cabinets photo
the first showing the Duchess of York half length in a lacy dress, the next showing Queen Victoria with her great grandson at her knee and the last showing the three young York children, the Princes in sailor suits and the Princess in white, reading a book, each 6½" x 4", the frame in blue morocco, no place, 1897 &
Item Date:
1899
Stock No:
28944
£750
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QUEEN VICTORIA WITH HER CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN
[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain) with her son ARTHUR (Duke of Connaught, 1850-1942, Governor General of Canada) and his wife LOUISE MARGARET (Alexandra Victoria, 1860-1917, Daughter of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia), with their children MARGARET (1882-1920, wife of Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden) and ARTHUR (1883-1938, ADC to four Kings) & PATRICIA (1886-1974) and Prince & Princess HENRY of BATTENBURG (Princess BEATRICE Mary Victoria Feodore, 1857-1944, Daughter & Companion of Queen Victoria) & her husband Prince HENRY Maurice, (1858-1896, Colonel)
Unsigned cabinet photo by W. Watson in Ballater
showing the Queen with her favourite son and daughter, with their spouses and Arthur's family, Beatrice is expecting her first child, Alexander, 6½" x 4¼", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1885
Stock No:
30617
£475
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[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)]
Unsigned Carte-de-visite Portrait Photograph,
showing her seated, three quarter length on a garden seat, full face, in a black dress edged at the sleeves and collar in white, with a white cap and ribbons, 3" x 2¼" oval on card 4" x 2½", titled on the verso in French, German and English, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1865
Stock No:
54834
£75
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[VICTORIA
(1840-1901, Empress Frederick of Germany, wife of Friedrich III, eldest child of Queen Victoria & mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II)] and her daughter SOPHIE (Dorothea Ulrike Alice, 1870-1932, Princess of Prussia, wife of King Constantine I of Greece)]
Unsigned Carte-de-visite Portrait Photograph, by Hills & Saunders,
showing the Crown Princess three quarter length, three quarter face, in a dress with a richly embroidered hem, leaning over with a smile forming towards the right of the image to hold Princess Sophie, who is perched full length, nearly full face, on a stool on a studio table, in a white dress and a hair ribbon, her left arm round her mother's neck, between them they are holding a book on Sophie's lap, 4¼" x 2½", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1872
Stock No:
54897
£95
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