[BEATRICE
(Mary Victoria Feodore, 1857-1944, Princess, Daughter & Companion of Queen Victoria, Princess Henry of Battenberg)]
Original photo, unsigned, of her and all her children on board H.M. Yacht Alberta,
with identifications in the margin of the whole group, including her daughter Victoria Eugenia (1887-1969, Queen of Spain) and sons 'Drino' (Alexander, 1886-1960, Marquis of Carisbrooke), Leo (1889-1922, the haemophiliac) and Maurice (1891-1914, killed during the retreat from Mons), Princess Beatrice's sister Helena (1846-1923, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein), and her daughter Princess Victoria (1870-1948), the Duchess of San Carlos, the Duke of Santo Mauro, Captain Broad and four others, the men dressed for sailing, 4½" x 5½" on card 8¼" x 7¼", [Isle of Wight], no date, c.
laid down on card (blank margin defective in one corner)
Item Date:
1910
Stock No:
51551
£475
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[BEATRICE
(Mary Victoria Feodore, 1857-1944, Princess, Daughter & Companion of Queen Victoria, Princess Henry of Battenberg)]
Original unsigned photo showing her in a group on deck,
seated alongside a gun barrel, under a tarpaulin, in the centre is her niece Princess Victoria (1870-1948, daughter of Princess Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein), on the left is her son Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891-1914, killed during the retreat from Mons), 5" x 8½", [Isle of Wight], no date, c.
laid down on card
Item Date:
1912
Stock No:
51554
£425
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[BEATRICE
(Mary Victoria Feodore, 1857-1944, Princess, Daughter & Companion of Queen Victoria)]
Printed 'Lines on the Confirmation of H.R.H. the Princess Beatrice',
by L[oui]se Norèle, in French with an English Version, each 4 verses of 4 lines, recalling the Princess at the foot of the Altar, dressed in white "as a lily", and the sincerity of her expression, ending with a prayer that her life may reflect this day, "Que sa vie sous la loi / Rassemble à ce beau jour!", 1 side 7½" x 9½", no place, for 8th January
Item Date:
1874
Stock No:
55619
£125
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[BEATRICE
(Mary Victoria Feodore, 1857-1944, Princess, Daughter & Companion of Queen Victoria) and her husband Prince HENRY of Battenberg, (1858-1896)]
Programme of 5 Tableau-Vivants arranged by the Princess,
in which she plays the Queen of Sheba (attended by Queen Victoria's Munshis, Sheikh Mohamed Bukhs and Hafiz Abdul Karim), and Queen Elizabeth with, as Sir Walter Raleigh, Prince Henry, who is also the Toreador in Carmen, members of the household taking other parts, accompanied by the Band of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, 3 sides 8" x 5", no place but Osborne, Twelfth Night (5th January)
a trifle dust soiled, light creases in corners
Item Date:
1888
Stock No:
53910
£500
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BEATRICE
(Mary Victoria Feodore, 1857-1944, Princess, Daughter & Companion of Queen Victoria, Princess Henry of Battenberg)
Remarkable Album of PHOTOGRAPHS and AUTOGRAPH JOURNAL
of her visit to Egypt and the Sudan with her children VICTORIA EUGENIA ('Ena', 1887-1969, Queen of Alfonso XIII, 1909) and LEOPOLD (1889-1922, Captain in WWI in spite of haemophilia), her niece BEATRICE (of Saxe Coburg, 'Bee', 1884-1966, Duchess of Galliera), her Comptroller Lord William CECIL (1854-1943, son of the Marquess of Exeter) and Lady William CECIL (1857-1919, Baroness Amherst in her own right, 1909), Amy PARRATT (d. 1917, daughter of Windsor organist Sir Walter) and Mr Stenhouse, joined in Egypt by her son ALEXANDER ('Drino', 1886-1960, Marquess of Carisbrooke, 1917). The Journal, (sides 42-64, in her clear hand), is rich in observations of people, natural history, architecture, archaeology, recent events and the incidents of travel, informed by the eye of a talented artist. Her Photographs (about 150, sides 1-41) tell in particular the story of the expedition across the desert from Luxor to the Red Sea at Kosêr and back, followed by snapshots in Cairo and of the voyage home, supplemented by 17 full-page studies of scenes she mentions in the journal, by J.P. Sebah and P. Dittrich of Cairo. Attractive cloth binding of repeated rose sprays, label of Theodor Zech of Coburg, 64 sides 13¼" x 10¾", from Osborne Cottage via London, Marseille, Port Said, Cairo, Luxor and Aswân to Khartoum, returning to Marseille and Château Fabron in Nice (belonging to Bee's mother Marie, Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Coburg & Edinburgh), 11th December 1903 - 23rd April
spine somewhat worn in places but covers in good condition, short edge tears in the leaves from time to time without loss
Item Date:
1904
Stock No:
55149
£29500
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