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 15
ON THIS DAY
On this day in 1832 Gustave Eiffel was born. He was a French civil engineer and architect. He is best known for the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, and his contribution to building the Statue of Liberty in New York.
In 1962 Charles Laughton died at the age of 63. He was a stage and film character actor, director, producer and screenwriter. Laughton was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. In 1927, he was cast in a play with his future wife Elsa Lanchester, with whom he lived and worked until his death.
EIFFEL (Gustaf, 1832-1923, engineer, designer of the Eiffel Tower)
Fine woodburytype photo by Walery, showing him, three quarter length, sitting crossed legged in a chair, with facsimile signature, accompanied by a printed biography, 16½” x 12”, no place, no date, library stamp in top left hand corner
25688
LAUGHTON (Charles, 1899-1962, Actor)
Fine vintage postcard photo by Camera portrait signed partly in the dark portion, showing him head and shoulders, full face, 5½” x 3½”, no place, no date
30564
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