QUEENBOROUGH
(Edith Starr, 1887-1933, daughter of William Starr Miller of New York, 2nd wife, 1921, of Almeric Hugh Paget, 1861-1949, Treasurer of the League of Nations, from 1918 1st Baron Queenborough)
Fine and striking Portrait Photo by Histed of 42 Baker Street, London,
signed 'Edith S. Miller', inscribed to Sir Gilbert Parker (1862-1932, Canadian-born Novelist, M.P. for Gravesend 1900-1918, from 1915 1st Bart.) and Lady Parker and dated on the mount, showing her three quarter length, almost full face, in a dark silk gown lined in white with heavily embroidered shoulders and cuffs, over a white dress with a rose corsage, head tilted a little to the left, 11¼" x 8¼" on mount 18" x 13¾", no place, July
corners of mount very slightly bumped
Item Date:
1907
Stock No:
54087
£475
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QUINCÉ
(Joachim, Count of Quincé, also of the Holy Roman Empire, Governor of Guize and Domfront in SW Normandy)
Certificate of honourable service, in French with translation,
saying that "Henri Gilbert, Squire, Sieur de la Guzardière, and Jean Baptiste Gilbert, Squire, Sieur de la Jaminière, his son, have always served His Majesty well on all occasions ... particularly in this last [year] when there have been several troubles and seditions in this and other neighbouring viscounties, in which they have ... freely exposed their lives for ... the State under our leadership, in executing the orders which we have received from His said Majesty", (Louis XIII, d. 14th May 1643), fair copy, stamped at Rouen with royal arms for revenue of 2 deniers, with the original draft signed by the Count , the latter with contemporary annotation in French "Certificate of services rendered to the King by the father and by the son", together 2 sides folio in a cardboard folder, titled and stitched, of c.1800, no place, 1st March
Item Date:
1643
Stock No:
25661
£225
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QUINTRELL
(Mary, 1793-1868)
Elaborate Memorial Card
in black and white with raised trees surrounding a memorial with a church in the background and a woman kneeling at the graveside, 6" x 4½" in mount 8" x 6½", no place,
Item Date:
1868
Stock No:
39978
£45
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