ADELAIDE (of Saxe-Meiningen, 1792-1849, Queen of William IV, Adelaide, Australia is named after her)

Unsigned Autograph Address Panel, to the Countess of Sheffield (Harriet, 1802-1889, née Lascelles, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Harewood, wife, 1825, of the 2nd Earl of Sheffield, and an Extra Lady of the Bedchamber, 1836), at Sheffield Park, Uckfield, Sussex, marked by the Queen 'prepaid', on the verso in an early hand is "autograph of Queen Adelaide", the recto with 'Paid' stamp of 21st December 1840 partly overlaying Uttoxeter, 20th December

Queen Adelaide had moved north for her health. In 1840 she made her home at Sudbury Hall, the Charles II mansion near Uttoxeter, which she rented for 3 years.
For the handwriting, note, for example, Queen Adelaide's capital P, with an open curve at the top and an almost closed curve at the foot.

Item Date:  1840

Stock No:  56684      £40

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