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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April 29
On This Day
On this day in 1803 James Brooke, the British adventurer, was born in Bandel, near Calcutta in British India. His exploits in the Malay Archipelago made him the first White Rajah of Sarawak.
In 1901 Hirohito, Emperor of Japan was born. At the start of his reign, Japan was already one of the great powers — the ninth-largest economy in the world, the third-largest naval power, and one of the four permanent members of the council of the League of Nations. He was the head of state under the limitation of the Constitution of the Empire of Japan during Japan's imperial expansion, militarization, and involvement in World War II.
BROOKE (Sir James, 1803-1868, Raja of Sarawak)
Autograph letter signed to Herman Merivale, (1806-1874, Under-Secretary for India), headed ‘Private’, saying that “a young relation of mine is going to try his fortune in Southern Australia and in a few days sails for Port Phil[l]ip” the gateway to Melbourne, he would like an introduction “to the governor of the settlement and would very much prefer any official appointment under the local government to either gold washing or farming. Can you assist?”, he continues, “Sir John Pakington”, (1799-1880, Secretary for War and the Colonies), “wanted me at the C[olonial] O[ffice] on the 21st but unfortunately I did not get the note till yesterday” as he was “doing my devoir towards Mr [Henry] Drummond”, (1786-1860, member for West Surrey), “at his election”, but recommending “an article in the Edinburgh [Review] which is the best account of our political relations”, he is anxious to confer with members of the government on Borneo, “My own mind is made up for one or other course - efficiency on the one hand or independence on the other ... I shall be sorry to see such a field lost, but anything is better than measures insufficient to insure success”, last line and subscription cross written but perfectly legible, 4 sides 7¼” x 4½”, Reigate, 23rd July 1852
53547
PRESENTATION PHOTOS FROM A LIVING GOD
HIROHITO (1901-1989, Emperor of Japan) & his wife Empress NAGAKO
Superb pair of Presentation Portrait Photographs signed in Japanese, which were given to the Canadian Ambassador, (Thomas Clayton DAVIS Ambassador to Japan from June 1954 until March 1957. He also held posts in Australia and Germany), the Emperor and Empress and three quarter length she is wearing traditional Japanese dress and he is wearing a suit, each in sterling silver frames with the Imperial Crest in gold at the head, 9” x 6” in frames 15” x 12”, with their original wooden boxes, no place, c. 1938
26100
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