THE AGE OF REFORM
AUGUSTUS FREDERICK
(Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843, 6th Son of George III, President of the Society of Arts, Bibliophile)
LS to the Mayor, Aldermen, & Councillors of Denbigh,
thanking them for their congratulations on his restoration to sight, and for taking this earliest opportunity of his visit to Lord Dinorben to reiterate their loyalty to the King and the House of Brunswick, leading him to say that he, being "equally aware of the ... Compact which united us and the People with the Constitution", has "hailed the recent changes, and reforms, which have taken place in yours, and other ancient Boroughs, as a Regeneration of public Rights, which had been inadvertently, long lost sight of ... I shall ever make it my study, as I consider it my duty, to support & forward all such Measures & Improvements, as are suggested by the daily advancing Intellect, & increasing Prosperity of the Country", subject to "an equal distribution of Justice", 2 sides folio, addressee and note of occasion on conjugate leaf, Kinmel Park, 22nd September
three defects in blank portions of conjugate address leaf
Item Date:
1836
Stock No:
52697
£150
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AUGUSTUS FREDERICK
(Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843, 6th Son of George III, President of the Society of Arts, Bibliophile)
Signature 'Sussex' on Autograph envelope front
to Sir John Hayford Thorold, (1773-1831, from 1815 10th Bart., Bibliophile) at Syston House, Grantham, 3" x 5", London, 26th January
a few original smears from pressing the pen (as usual with the Duke) but his signature is clear
Item Date:
1830
Stock No:
54971
£20
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BALMORAL CASTLE
(Queen Victoria's residence on Deeside, Scotland)
Attractive letterhead view
showing the castle in the distance over the trees, in the foreground is a farm with extensive buildings, fields and corn riggs, with a horse and heavily laden cart, 2" x 5¼", lithographed by G. Robb, Aberdeen, no date, circa
one or two flourishes at foot from former letter
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
52889
£45
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BARRINGTON
(Jane Elizabeth, 1804-1883, Lady of the Bedchamber to the Dowager Queen Adelaide, wife of the 6th Viscount)
Signature and subscription from the end of a letter,
1 side 1¼" x 4½", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1850
Stock No:
53818
£15
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COLLECTION ANNOTATED BY ENA OF SPAIN OF HER FATHER'S ASHANTI EXPEDITION
[BATTENBERG
(Prince Henry Maurice, 1858-1896, Colonel, Husband of Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, father of Ena, Queen of Spain)]
Exceptional collection of 4 large format unsigned photos and 9 cabinet format photos, a pen and ink drawing of the Prince on his Ashanti Expedition and a photo of the Expedition,
the large photos are the last formal pictures of the Prince taken before he left for his ill-fated Ashanti expedition, against the wishes of Queen Victoria and show him three quarters length in various poses, 11" x 7½", and the cabinets are from the same sittings, 6" x 4", the sketch is annotated by Ena underneath "On the road to Kumassi, January 1896 (Ashanti Expedition)" and shows the party resting in the Jungle, 8" x 6", the photo which has the same annotation underneath shows members of the Expedtion, 6½" x 4½", Windsor, Osborne & Ashanti, 1895 and January
Item Date:
1896
Stock No:
29048
£750
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