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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BATTENBERG
(Maurice, 1891-1914, youngest son of Princess Beatrice & Prince Henry, grandson of Queen Victoria)]
Autograph Note signed on a postcard to George VILLIERS
almost certainly 6th Earl of Clarendon (1877-1955, Conservative Politician), telling him that he “went to the ‘Sins of Society’ last night. I simply revelled in it. The staging is quite marvellous & the play is thrilling. To-night there is a huge dinner party, where I shall overeat myself and get drunk. I am just off to meet Alfonso & Ena at the station...”, 2 sides headed card with original autograph envelope, 4½” x 3½”, Kensington Palace headed card, 23rd November
Item Date:
1907
Stock No:
42345
£225
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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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