THE QUEEN MOTHER HOUSE HUNTING
ELIZABETH
(The Queen Mother, 1900-2002, Queen of George VI)
Unusual Autograph Letter Signed, with transcription, to Lady Weigall
(Grace Emily, 1876-1950, née Maple, wife of Sir Archibald Weigall, 1874-1952, Governor of South Australia), thanking her "so very much for your note. No, we have not seen 12 Grosvenor Square - doesn't it belong to the Pierpont Morgans ... do tell me what you think of it", the position of "Alington House ... almost bars it ... Lady Pirrie ... might not want that house now, & it does look very nice. The Duchess of Rutland is asking a huge sum, & Lord Cholmondeley's house is falling down I believe !! It really is too kind of you to take so much trouble ...", 3 sides 8vo. black edged, Curzon House, London, no date, circa
Item Date:
1925
Stock No:
55167
£775
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[ELIZABETH
(The Queen Mother, 1900-2002, Queen of George VI) & her daughters ELIZABETH II (1926-2022, Longest Serving Monarch of Great Britain) and MARGARET (Rose, 1930-2002, Princess, Countess of Snowdon)]
Superb unpublished photo by Marcus Adams
showing the Queen watching her daughters playing the piano, the girls are wearing matching lacy dresses and pearl necklaces and the Queen is wearing a coat and has her fur stole loosely draped around it, one of her corgis is seated proudly at Margaret’s feet, 7½” x 5½”, Buckingham Palace, March
Item Date:
1939
Stock No:
29327
£850
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[ELIZABETH
(The Queen Mother, 1900-2002, Queen of George VI)
Superb unsigned portrait photo by Dorothy Wilding
signed by the photographer in capitals, showing her half length standing sideways and turning to the camera, wearing a jewelled dress and tiara and a fur wrap around her shoulders, 9½" x 7¼", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1955
Stock No:
37298
£500
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[ELIZABETH I
(1533-1603, Queen of England)]
Engraving by John Sartain
showing her three quarters lenght in her usual dress, 10" x 7", no place, no date, c.
Item Date:
1875
Stock No:
31034
£45
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A FORCED LOAN TO THE CROWN
[ELIZABETH I
(1533-1603, from 1558 Queen of England)]
Portion of a letter in her name, with transcription, signed by Thomas Kery,
Clerk of the Privy Seal, saying she doubts not "but yt is well knowen what great [cause we have for the defence of our Realm]e to be furnished w[i]th money: And therefore [we require you as other good subiectes did this] laste yeare lende us sundrye so[m]mes of money", and asking the addressee to "lende us in like manner ... to suche parson" as her Privy Council shall appoint as Collector "in that shire, w[hi]ch we promise to [cause to be duely repaid ... at the end]e of one yeare in o[u]r receipt upon the [shewinge of this privy Seale subscribed by] the said Collecto[u]r. Geven vnder o[u]r [privie seal]", 1 side 4" x 4", no place, 17th or 27th November "in the xxxiijth [three and thirtieth] yeare of o[u]r raigne",
lacking a few words at the beginning of lines, but the sense can be well made out and supplied from a similar letter in the British Library
Item Date:
1590
Stock No:
51616
£750
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