TENNIEL
(Sir John, 1820-1914, Caricaturist & Illustrator of 'Alice in Wonderland')
Original Political Cartoon, in pencil, signed with his monogram 'JT',
of the Angel of Peace confronting Napoleon III in civilian dress, who attempts to disarm her by raising his hat to her, she points to the numbers of soldiers listed on a sheet in her hand, 'L'Armée Françoise 800,000' and 'Garde Nationale 400,000', in the background French troops are marching past with fixed bayonets, 8" x 6¼" in margins 10½" x 7½" on stiff paper, lightly held in a folding window mount 14½" x 12¼", no place, no date, but
Item Date:
1868
Stock No:
54242
£1275
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TERRY
(Dame Ellen, 1848-1928, Actress)
Note signed with Initials and inscribed
"With pleasure" and dated, on a piece of folded oilskin paper, 1 side oblong 8vo., no place, 8th November
Item Date:
1888
Stock No:
40893
£25
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TOSCANINI CONDUCTING
TOSCANINI
(Arturo, 1867-1957, Italian Conductor)
Fine photo signed in red ink
showing him head and shoulders, with his conductor's baton to his lips, 7½" x 5", no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
38123
£975
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BERLIN MUSICIANS, 1930
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(Ralph, 1872-1958, British Composer)
Autograph Musical Quotation Signed,
from his 'Pastoral Symphony', three bars 4/4 in G major, beginning with the rising fifth in the bass clef, written at the top right of an attractive collection of musical quotations, nearly all signed by the composers, who are evidently associated with the famous Berliner Liedertafel (male voice choir, founded in 1884 by Adolf Zander), with, in the top left corner, a fine pencil sketch, head and neck, of Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832, founder of the original Berliner Liedertafel in 1809), signed 'M. Wutzer', followed by Max Wiedemann, Director, 'Fest und klar, treu und wahr' ('Steadfast and clear, loyal and true'), the choir's motto in four parts A Major, Klaus Pringsheim, (1883-1972, from 1931 promoter in Japan of western music), 'Weh, weh, weh und weh ob Elend, Sklaverei und Not', ('Oh, oh, oh, oh, the misery, slavery and stress'), his 'Arbeitslied' ('Song of the workplace'), and by nine others, 1 side 8¾" x 7¼", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1930
Stock No:
55690
£1250
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WEDDING PHOTO OF VICTORIA MELITA
VICTORIA MELITA
(1876-1936, wife of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and secondly Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovitch of Russia, granddaughter of Queen Victoria) & Grand Duke ERNST LUDWIG (of Hesse,
Superb photo by E. Uhlenhuth of Coburg, signed by Victoria who has also put in her new husband's name and the date,
showing the young couple standing together in their wedding clothes, 9" x 6" in mount 12½" x 8½", Schloss Ehrenburg in Coburg, 9th April
slight damage to the corners of the mount
Item Date:
1894
Stock No:
30110
£1275
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