Every day Sophie Dupre presents two items from her large stock of signed photographs, autograph letters, autographs for sale, royal memoralbilia and antiquarian manuscripts.
The photographs are presented with the catalogue descriptions.
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November 05
ON THIS DAY
On this day in 1876 Henry Morton Stanley's expedition left Nyangwe. Between November 1876 and August 1877, Stanley and his men navigated the Lualaba up to and beyond the point where it turned sharply westward, away from the Nile, identifying itself as the Congo River.
In 1925 Mussolini disbanded the Italian socialist parties. He had ruled constitutionally until this time when he dropped all pretence of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship. Known as Il Duce (The Leader), Mussolini was the founder of Italian Fascism.
STANLEY (Sir Henry Morton, 1841-1904, Explorer who found Livingstone)
Fine long Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Felicie Hegemans, regretting “it has not been my good fortune to be able to pay a visit to the kindly, sympathetic & warm hearted people of Cadogan Gardens” including “yourself & the sister graces who did me the honor to escort me round Hampton”, as for “Mons. Hegemans”, he fears he will “never have the courage to pay a visit to a stranger, simply because I am on a visit to Anvers ... Even in London it is a difficult matter to get me out of my chambers”, however, “Your father is such a friend of Mons. Moscheles”, (Felix, 1833-1917), who lived in Cadogan Gardens and had recently painted Stanley’s portrait, 4 sides 8vo., Balinakill, Clachan, Argyllshire, 9th July 1885, outer sides a trifle browned
56482
MUSSOLINI (Benito, 1883-1945, ‘Il Duce’, Italian Dictator & Prime Minister, Founder of the Fascist Party)
Excellent photograph signed, inscribed in Italian “To Lord Brentford”, (William Joynson-Hicks, 1865-1932, the ultra-Conservative politician, Home Secretary, 1924-1929, from 1929 1 st Viscount), “with cordial regards” and dated, showing him head and shoulders looking down, wearing a wing collar and a jacket, 8” x 7”, in mount 13” x 8”, Rome, 11th July 1930
38660
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