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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May 07
On This Day
On this day in 1908 Emperor Franz-Joseph celebrated his golden jubilee with festivities throughout the Austro-Hungarian empire. He was the longest reigning Emperor of Austria. On 28 June 1914, the assassination of the heir-presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, his nephew Archduke Franz Ferdinand, at the hands of Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist, resulted in Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against the Kingdom of Serbia, which was Russia's ally. This activated a system of alliances which resulted in World War I.
In 1919 Eva Perón [Evita] was born. She was the was the second wife of Argentine President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952.
[FRANZ JOSEF I (1830-1916, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, his attack on Serbia in 1914 started World War I) & his wife ELISABETH (1838-1898, Empress of Austria, assassinated in 1898 by an Italian Maniac)]
Fine pair of unsigned cabinet photos by Rabending & Angerer, showing him head and shoulders, with a luxurious moustache and sideburns, wearing uniform, and her half length in a splendid gown, 6½” x 4¼”, Vienna, no date, c. 1873
23316
PERON (Juan Domingo, 1895-1975, President of Argentina) and his wife Eva PERON (1919-1952)
Superb pair of portraits, signed and inscribed to the Governor of Formosa, Colonel D. Arturo Iglesias Paiz, both images have messages underneath and the date, the President has presented a formal three quarters length portrait photo in black and white, and his wife has given a coloured portait of her smiling face, each 15” x 10” in matching frames 22” x 17”, Buenos Aires, 17th June 1950
24702
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