QUEEN VICTORIA'S DIAMOND JUBILEE
[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)]
Exceptional Silk Programme of the State Performance at the Royal Opera House,
to "Commemorate the Sixtieth Anniversary of Her Majesty's Accession to the throne", the programme starts with 'God Save the Queen' and then has excerpts from 'Tannhauser', 'Romeo et Juliette' and 'Les Huguenots' performed by various of the eminent artists of the day including Emma EAMES(1865-1952, American Soprano), Édouard de RESZKE ( 1853-1917, Polish Bass), Dame Nellie MELBA (1861-1931, Australian Soprano) and Luigi MANCINELLI (1848-1921, Italian Conductor), decorated at the head with sepia vignettes in ovals, at the head on either side are Queen Victoria on her accession and at the Jubilee, underneath are similar smaller portraits of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and George V and Queen Mary and between them is the young Edward VIII, there is a border design of flowers and scrolls and the whole is fringed, 14" x 10½", Covent Garden, 23rd June
a few small signs of wear
Item Date:
1897
Stock No:
39025
£475
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VICTORIA
(1819-1901, from 1837 Queen of Great Britain)
Document signed, to the President of Peru,
(Ramón Castilla, 1797-1867, President 1845-1851 & 1855-1862), saying that she has "received from the hands of Don Francisco de Rivero" the President's letter of 26th December bringing to an end his post as "Minister Resident of ... Peru at Our Court", assuring him that the minister's "language and conduct" have always "been such as to merit Our Approbation and Esteem" in maintaining "that Friendship which We trust will ever subsist between Us and the Republick", and recommending the President "to the Protection of the Almighty", signed also by Foreign Secretary Malmesbury, (1807-1889, 3rd Earl), 2 sides folio and conjugate blank, Buckingham Palace, 4th March
small defect near foot of conjugate blank and other marks on blank fourth side
Item Date:
1859
Stock No:
52492
£500
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[VICTORIA
(1840-1901, Empress Frederick of Germany, wife of Frederick III)]
Exceptional hand coloured unsigned Carte-de-visite photograph by L.Hasse & Co.,
full length and full face, in a bonnet and crinolined dress, 4" x 2½" no date,
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
25244
£225
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[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Extraordinary pair of handcoloured unsigned carte de visite photos by Mayall,
both showing the Queen leaning against a pillar with a book in her hand in two stages, wearing shawl, purple dress and veil, 4¼" x 2½", no place, taken March 1st,
Item Date:
1861
Stock No:
25245
£325
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VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Extraordinary pair of Queen Victoria's black & ivory silk monogrammed stockings
with crest, initials "V.R." and numbers at the top, with embroidered clocks at the ankles, the legs are black and the feet and tops are ivory,
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
29717
£2500
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