VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Commission Document with her bold signature at the top,
beginning with the Queen's titles, appointing James Charles Cavendish, (1838-1918, grandson of the 7th Duke of Devonshire), Lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, as from 1st August 1855, signed also by Major-General Jonathan Peel(1799-1879, M.P., brother of the Prime Minister, Secretary for War, 1858 and 1866 under Lord Derby) and by J.W. Stocks, revenue stamp and papered seal of Queen Victoria, engraved with manuscript details, manuscript title on verso, 1 side 9½" x 14" on stout linen paper, Court at Windsor, 21st August
two folds neatly strengthened on verso
Item Date:
1855
Stock No:
55435
£275
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[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)]
Contemporary Copy of her heartfelt and affectionate letter
to Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland, 1806-1868, for many years her Mistress of the Robes, saying she is "deeply touched by the gift of a Bible from 'Many Widows' and by the ... address which ... you read to me. - Pray express to all these kind Sister Widows the deep and heartfelt gratitude of their Widowed Queen ... But what she values far more, is their appreciation of her adored and perfect Husband, to whom she, and the country, owe everything", referring to "the constant sense of his unseen presence", also to the accompanying "Reading Desk", which will "ever be kept by the Queen and her children", 4 sides 8vo. and envelope, "Windsor Castle", 19th December
Item Date:
1862
Stock No:
29764
£75
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VICTORIA
(1819-1901, from 1837 Queen of Great Britain)
Document signed, to the President of Peru,
(Miguel de San Román, d. 1863, President from 1862), acknowledging his letter of the 29th October "in which You announce to Us that You had been called to the Presidency ... by the free suffrages of Your fellow citizens", congratulating him "upon this signal mark of the Esteem and Confidence of Your Countrymen" and assuring him that "it is Our earnest desire to strengthen ... the Relations of Friendship happily subsisting between Great Britain and the Republic", and recommending him "to the Protection of the Almighty", signed also "Russell" (Lord John, 1792-1878, from 1861 1st Earl) as Foreign Secretary, 2 sides folio black edged and conjugate blank, Windsor Castle, 20th December
Item Date:
1862
Stock No:
52494
£675
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QUEEN VICTORIA & HER FAMILY
[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)]
Court Royal Photograph album containing 23 unsigned & one signed cabinet photos including
EDWARD VII (1841-1910, King of Great Britain), ALFRED Duke of EDINBURGH, (1844-1900), Princess LOUISE, Duchess of ARGYLL (1848-1939) (2), the second being a gift from Prince LEOPOLD inscribed on the verso, Duke of ARGYLL (1845-1914), MARY ADELAIDE (1833-1897, Duchess of Teck) (2), Princess BEATRICE (1857-1944), (2) and another with her husband Prince HENRY of BATTENBERG (1858-1896) dated 1885, taken on their engagement, Arthur Duke of CONNAUGHT (1850-1942), Louise Margaret, Duchess of CONNAUGHT (1860-1917), ALICE, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-1878, mother of the Tsarina), ALBERT VICTOR (Duke of Clarence, 1864-1892), the DAUGHTERS of the Prince of WALES, (Louise, Victoria & Maud), the four Generations of the British Royal family, Queen VICTORIA with her son EDWARD VII, grandson GEORGE V and great grandson EDWARD VIII on her lap, June 1894, EDWARD VII & ALEXANDRA (of Denmark, 1844-1925, his Queen), at the State Opening of Parliament, 1902, the album ends with a postcard photo of Princess VICTORIA (of Wales, 1868-1935) with her "darling dog", Mac. There are also 16 unsigned carte de visite showing VICTORIA and ALBERT, the death of the PRINCE CONSORT, 3 Russian Imperial Ladies, and the Queen of the BELGIANS, 4 early images of the Prince of Wales, and his brothers and sisters, on the inside front endpaper is a christmas card from Princess BEATRICE, signed and inscribed to Mary Hardinge, 1894
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
22097
£2000
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[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain) with her great-grandson EDWARD VIII (1894-1972, King of Great Britain, Later the Duke of Windsor)]
Delightful hand coloured unsigned cabinet photo by Hughes & Mullins
showing Queen Victoria with her great grandson at her knee taken during her Jubilee year, 6½" x 4", no place,
Item Date:
1897
Stock No:
29915
£325
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