[GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain) with his wife MARY (of Teck, 1867-1953, his Queen) and his mother Queen ALEXANDRA (of Denmark, 1844-1925)]
Fine original unsigned photo
showing the Royal Family walking up carpeted stairs leading a procession up steps opposite Buckingham Palace, annotated in pencil on the verso as the Victory Parade in 1919, 6½" x 4¾", London, no date but circa
Item Date:
1919
Stock No:
38682
£125
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[GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain) & MARY (of Teck, 1867-1953, his Queen) with their son GEORGE VI (1895-1952, King of Great Britain) & his wife ELIZABETH (b. 1900, The Queen Mother)]
Unsigned press photo showing the Royal family seated together in the front row of some performance
showing the King and Queen sitting next to the Duke and Duchess of York, the King and his son in uniform with other uniformed officials next to them, 10" x 8", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1930
Stock No:
38864
£150
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THE CORONATION OF GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY
GEORGE V
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)]
Exceptional Silk Programme of the State Performance at the Royal Opera House,
"In Honour of the Coronatio of King George the Fifth and Queen Mary" the programme starts with 'God Save the King' and then has excerpts from 'Aida', 'Romeo et Juliette', 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia' and 'Le Pavillon d'Armide' performed by various of the eminent artists of the day including Kirby LUNN (1873-1930 Contrlo), Dame Nellie MELBA (1861-1931, Australian Soprano), Mme TETRAZZINI (Luisa, 1871-1940, Italian Soprano), John McCORMACK(1884-1945, Irish Tenor) and many others, the border is decorated in gold, red and blue with images of the King and Quen in profile at the head with the Royal crest at the head and their intwined initials at the bottom and the whole is fringed, 16½" x 10½", Covent Garden, 26th June
the centre fold is worn but generally the condition is good
Item Date:
1911
Stock No:
39026
£575
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THE NEW KING ANNOUNCES THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER EDWARD VII
GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain) and Edward GREY (1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, 1862-1933, Liberal Statesman, Longest Serving Foreign Secretary 1905-1916, Ornithologist)
Finely clerk written document signed at the foot, countersigned by Edward GREYaddressed to the President of the Republic of Cuba, José Miguel GÓMEZ
(1858-1921, Cuban Politician and Revolutionary, leader of the Rebel Forces in the Cuban War of Independence, President from 1909 to 1913) sending greetings to "Our Good Friend! It is with the deepest affliction that We announce to You the decease of Our Most Honoured and Beloved Father, His Majesty King Edward VII of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, of Blessed Memory, whom it pleased God to call from this world on the evening of the sixth ultimo, at a quarter to twelve o'clock, in the Tenth Year of His Reign. We communicate to You this mournful event, feeling convinced that you will participate in Our grief and in that of all Our subjects, for the loss of a Sovereign so justly esteemed and revered. In acquainting you at the same time with Our Accession to the Throne. We assure You that it will ever be Our most earnest desire to cultivate and to maintain the relations of Friendship and good understanding which so happily subsist between the two Countries, and that it will always affords Us the greatest pleasure to have fresh opportunity of proving the interest which We take in the welfare and prosperity of the Republic of Cuba. And so We commend you to the protection of the Almighty ...", 3 sides folio on black edged paper, Court at Saint James's, 20th June
lacking the black edging on the top side, the signatures somewhat faded
Item Date:
1910
Stock No:
41606
£1750
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SIGNED BY THE MONARCH AND HIS PRIME MINISTER
GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain) & David LLOYD GEORGE(Earl, 1863-1945, Prime Minister)
Fine formal letter from the Prime Minister to the Monarch, with the King's autograph "appd G.R.I." at the head, and at the foot "D. Lloyd George",
marked at the head 'Dictated', Lloyd George "Respectfully submits the name of the Reverend Herbert Alfred Raynes, M.A., formerly Home Superintendent of the British and Foreign Bible Society for the Living of St. Mary Woolnoth with St. Mary Woolchurch, vacant by the preferment of the Reverend Ernest Newton SHARPE ...", (1866-1949, Eminent Anglican Priest), 1 side 4to., 10 Downing St headed paper with 'Lord of the Treasury' stamp, November
Item Date:
1919
Stock No:
40710
£475
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