THE TROOPS HAVE FOUGHT SPLENDIDLY BUT THE LOSSES HAVE BEEN VERY SAD
VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Autograph Letter in the Third Person to Viscount CROMER,
(Sir Evelyn BARING, 1841-l917, 'the maker of modern Egypt', 1st Earl, 1901), from 1883 to 1907 British Agent, Consul-General and Minister Plenipotentiary in Egypt), with transcription, thanking him "very much for his last letter of the 11th Nov." and again expressing "her great satisfaction at Sir R. Wyngate's [Wingate's] great success". (against the Mahdist state in the Sudan, ending on 25th November 1899 with the defeat and death of the Mahdi Khalifa), "It was an unlooked for event & the best ending to the Mahdi Kalifa's power; little as that was after Omdurman", she is sure that "Lord Cromer is following the serious war in Africa with interest. It is an anxious time. The Troops have fought splendidly but the losses have been very sad, especially in Officers", and ending "Lord Cromer must feel more & more the loss of his dear wife who shared everything so truly & helpfully with him", with the original autograph envelope to him in Cairo as "H.I. Consul-General". the letter 3 sides 8vo black-edged, Windsor Castle, 6th December
a few short tears in envelope on opening
Item Date:
1899
Stock No:
56709
£1750
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[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)]
"A Souvenir of Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee June 22nd 1897 and In Commemoration of Her Majesty's Eightieth Birthday, May 24th 1899"
the title in gold underneath the Royal Crest, bound in red cloth, illustrated with eight fine reproductions of tableau photos of the two events, each 12" x 10", published by The Kronthal Company, London, at the end is an advertising feature for Krontal, the spring and the area in Germany, no date, circa
binding slightly worn and loose
Item Date:
1900
Stock No:
33040
£175
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ALBUM OF THE FAMILY OF QUEEN VICTORIA
[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain) & her consort ALBERT (Prince, 1819-1861)]
Album of 46 unsigned carte-de-visite photographs by various eminent photographers of the day including Disderi, Mayall, Downey and Silvy showing the Royal family
including Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, Princess Alice of Hesse, Prince Alfred Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Mary Adelaide, Princess Helena, Princess Victoria the Princess Royal, family groups surrounding the Queen at the time of Edward and Alexandra's wedding, Princess Beatrice, the Princess of Leiningen, Princess Louise of Argyll, the Princess of Wales with her daughter Louise on her back, the Duke of Teck, Prince Arthur of Connaught, Prince George of Wales (later George V), bound in an attractive red morocco album with embossed decoration of gold leaf flowers, each carte 4" x 2½" in album 6½" x 4", no date, circa
loose in covers
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
32994
£575
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VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Amusing Christmas Card Signed on verso to "dear little Sophie",
(Dorothea Ulrike Alice, 1870-1932, Princess of Prussia, daughter of Emperor Friedrich III, wife, 1889, of King Constantine I of Greece), "f[ro]m her very aff[ectiona]te Grandmama VR", in full colours, showing a merry group of frogs on the edge of a pond playing Blind Man's Bluff, 2¾" x 4", no place, Christmas
Item Date:
1876
Stock No:
55613
£475
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[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)]
Attractive and unusual unsigned photograph
of her portrait by Henry Edward Dawe, (1790-1848), showing her in the royal closet at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, half length, full face, wearing a large round straw bonnet dressed with lace and feathers and tied by a full ribbon, her face framed with a chaplet of twelve roses, her crossed arms rest on the elaborately carved ledge, a prayer book in her left hand, manuscript note on present card mount 'Her Majesty in 1839', the photograph 2¾" x 1¾" oval in margins 3½" x 2¼", c.
laid down
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
20152
£125
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