A FRAGMENT OF THE CANOPY FROM NELSON'S FUNERAL BARGE
[NELSON
(Horatio, Viscount, 1758-1805, Admiral)]
Small piece of red silk with contemporary note of provenance
"A piece of the canopy of the state barge (loaned by Geo the third) which conveyed the body of Nelson from Greenwich to Somerset House, This barge was since presented by Queen Victoria to the Victory", together with a contemporary mourning envelope with a similar note, the cloth 3" x 2", framed and glazed in a black frame with a purple velvet mount,
Item Date:
1805
Stock No:
38818
£4750
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NEWTON
(Thomas Wodehouse Legh, M.P., 1857-1942, 2nd Baron, Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Controller, Prisoners of War Department, 1916-1919)
Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1842-1929, Lord Chancellor
(1916-1919) saying that they "have tried quite unsuccessfully hitherto to get the Turks to exchange prisoners; but the Cabinet decided to-day to send me to confer with them in Switzerland ... This officer's case would of course be considered", 1 side 8vo., 6 Belgrave Square, S.W.1., 10th August
Item Date:
1917
Stock No:
18631
£40
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[NICHOLAS
(1856-1929, Grand Duke, Commander in chief of the Russian Army)]
Unsigned postcard photo by Beagles,
showing him head and shoulders in uniform, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, c.
Item Date:
1914
Stock No:
23764
£95
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NICHOLSON
(Sir Douglas Romilly Lothian, 1867-1946, Admiral, he served in Egypt & was Commodore of H.M.'s Yachts and commanded the Reserve Fleet)
Signature from end of a letter,
with pencil note of him as Rear Admiral, H.M.S. Emperor of India, Grand Fleet,
Item Date:
1918
Stock No:
18633
£20
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NICOLAS
(Sir Nicholas Harris, 1799-1848, Writer, Antiquary and Naval Historian)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Fuller',
saying "I have glanced over the article in Blackwood and quite agree in what you say", Nicolas knows "who wrote it, and I know too, that he is not up to the subject. Antiquarian details, of which the sagacious critic has so much horror, are the very essence of the early History of the Navy. It is like explaining the invention, construction, & progressive improvements of the steam engine, instead of merely saying it did this, and that", asking after Fuller's health, adding "I have not heard a syllable from the 'the Times' people since!", and regards "from us all to you and my love to the 'Faire Ladye'", with a footnote referring to 'invention' (see above), "Did you notice Punch's say about the Sword, last week?", with photocopies of the article in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 62, July 1847, pp. 82-95, and of the list of its author's contributions from The Story of William and Lucy Smith (ed. Merriam, Boston, 1889, pp.106-109), the letter 3 sides 8vo., Torrington Square, London, 11th July
a little light spotting
Item Date:
1847
Stock No:
56297
£175
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