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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December 06
ON THIS DAY
On this day in 1608 George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle was born. He was an English soldier, politician and a key figure in effecting the Restoration of the Monarchy to King Charles II in 1660.
In 1864 William S. Hart was born. He was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is remembered as a foremost western star of the silent era.
QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA’S JOINTURE
ALBEMARLE (Sir George Monk, 1608-1670, Restorer of Charles II, 1st Duke) and Anthony ASHLEY COOPER (1st Baron Ashley & Earl Shaftesbury, 1621-1683, Lord Chancellor & President of the Council)
Order to the Treasury signed ‘Albemarle’ and ‘Ashley’, as Lords of the Treasury, with transcription, to pay “by vertue of his Maiesties Lettres Patents under the Greate Seale of England dated the xxvth day of December 1660”, out of the “Duty of Firehearths unto Sir Henry Wood”, (1597-1671, 1st Baronet), from 1644 “Treasurer and Receiver Generall to his Maiesties Dearest Mother the Queene”, HENRIETTA MARIA (1609-1669, wife of Charles I), “Three hundred Fifty Nine Pounds upon the summe of Two thousand pounds by the yeere Graunted ... in Lieu and recompence of Custodies, Wardshipps, and Mariages ... within her Maiesties Joynture ...” ended 25th March 1668, 2 sides large folio, 17th July 1668,
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HART (William Surrey, 1864-1946, ‘Two-Gun Bill’, American Actor and Hero of Silent Western Films, the First Western Movie Star)
Fine & Striking Portrait Photograph, clearly signed and inscribed ‘to George Lavender from his friend’ on the right side of the image, showing him three quarter length, nearly three quarter face, in hat, jersey, jacket and jeans, aiming a pistol in his right hand, another pistol has just emerged from his pocket on the left, he is standing beside his half life-size bronze portrait sculpted in the same pose in full cowboy dress, no place, no date, circa 1930
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