THE QUEEN ATTEMPTS TO RESTRICT PRINCE LEOPOLD'S MOVEMENTS
VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Fine Autograph Letter in the Third Person to Arnold ROYLE
(Prince Leopold's physician) saying that the Queen has heard from Leopold that he is "very anxious 'if' he 'is able' to attend Mr Royle's marriage - a desire she entirely enters into, feeling that her son wd. wish to assure Mr Royle all possible respect on such an occasion in return for his care of him. But the Queen feels sure from Mr. Royle's own acct. of Leopd's legs - that he is unfit for the exertions just before the journey to Osborne & she trusts Mr Royle will himself ask the Prince not to do so - & even insist on his not doing it - in his present weak & lame state. Getting in & out of Carriages & standing wd, the Queen feels sure, be a gr. Risk, and he surely ought to go straight from Claremont to Osborne. Perhaps Dr. Legg or Dr. Poore shd. be with him on the 20th & go as far as Portsmouth with him, where Dr Marshall shd. be sent to meet him ...", 4 sides 8vo., on her black edged monogrammed mourning paper, Windsor Castle, 15th December
Item Date:
1880
Stock No:
40505
£775
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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)
Manuscript Docket in her hand signed 'The Queen' to the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Henry GOULBURN(1784-1856), during his second term of office, with Goulburn's signature at the other end, returning the papers [not present], 7" x 3", no place, no date but 1841 -
rather crumpled, original pin hole but perfectly legible
Item Date:
1846
Stock No:
56754
£95
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VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Envelope addressed in her hand 'For Charlie',
crowned VRI on flap, 2¾" x 4¾" black-edged, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1880
Stock No:
56755
£75
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[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain) and her daughter LOUISE (1848-1939, Duchess of Argyll)]
Fine Carte-de-visite Photograph showing them seated facing each other beneath Prince Albert's marble bust,
both in full mourning, their gloved hands touching a wreath between them, 3¾" x 2½", no place, no date, circa March
Item Date:
1863
Stock No:
56763
£125
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