[LOUIS IV
(Grand Duke of Hesse, 1837-1892, Son-in-Law of Queen Victoria, father of Tsarina ALEXANDRA of Russia)]
Fine unsigned Albumen carte de visite photo by John Jabez MAYALL
(1813-1901, Photographers) showing him full length in informal dress with a hat and cane, standing with a balustrade behind him and a plinth and drapery beside him, 4¼” x 2½”, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1861
Stock No:
41998
£175
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THE COMTE DE PARIS WRITES TO AN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR GENERAL
LOUIS PHILIPPE
(Louis-Philippe Albert of Orléans, Comte de Paris, 1838-1894, grandson of Louis Philippe I, King of the French)
Autograph Letter Signed to “My dear General”
saying that he had gone “to present my respects to Mrs Smith and to see you yesterday just at the time you went to Richmond. I regretted it very much and being very anxious to see you before you leave England I write this note to you to ask you to come with Mrs Smith to dine with us tomorrow... Being in deep mourning we are quite alone, therefore it is a country dinner quite ‘sans cérémoniè’. You may easily come down by rail and return in the evening as York house is within five hundred yards of Twickenham Station... I understand that you leave London Thursday...”, 3 sides 8vo., York House, Twickenham, 8th May
Item Date:
1866
Stock No:
43474
£175
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LOUIS PHILIPPE I
(D'Orleans, 1773-1850, King of the French from 1830-1848, the July Monarchy)
2 Fine Autograph Letters in the third person, in English, as Duke of Orleans,
in his attractive hand, to Lord Fortescue (Hugh, 1753-1841, from 1789 1st Earl, F.S.A.), in the first the Duke "is very sorry" he cannot "avail himself of his invitation for tomorrow, but the Duke of Kent having suddenly set off for Windsor, the Duke of Orleans has given up the idea of going to town", .hoping "he will be more fortunate on the next night of Lord Fortescue's direction", in the second the Duke "would be extremely obliged ... if he could grant him an order of admission for tomorrow at the Concert of Ancient Music", the two letters neatly joined to make 1 side 16" x 7¾", respectively Twickenham, 11th February 1806 and Kensington Palace, 'Tuesday morning' no date, circa
Item Date:
1806
Stock No:
53978
£225
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LOUIS PHILIPPE I
(D'Orleans, 1773-1850, King of the French from 1830-1848, the July Monarchy) and his wife MARIA AMALIA (of Naples and Sicily, 1872-1866)
Unsigned carte de visite photo by Ashford brothers
showing them in the centre of a montage of oval images, surrounded by the rest of the Ex-Royal Family of France, 4¼" x 2½", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
40499
£75
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AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN THE CAREER OF DUPIN THE ELDER AS HE IS APPOINTED TO THE COUNCIL
LOUIS PHILIPPE I
(D'Orleans, 1773-1850, King of the French from 1830-1848, the July Monarchy)
Fine Letter Signed, in French with translation, as Duke of Orleans, addressed to "Mr DUPIN the elder, lawyer at the Royal Court of Paris"
André Marie Jean Jacques DUPIN (1783-1865, commonly called 'Dupin the Elder', French Advocate, President of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Legislative Assembly) informing him "that I have just appointed you as a member of my Council. It is a mark of esteem and satisfaction that since a long time I wanted to grant to you. Yesterday, I warned the current members of my Council of this choice, and I am sure that it pleases them as much as it pleases me ...", 1 side 4to., Palais Royal, 11th November
Item Date:
1820
Stock No:
40909
£375
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