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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March 29
On This Day
On this day in 1883 Dora Carrington was born. She was a painter and decorative artist and member of the Bloomsbury Group. She killed herself soon after the death of Lytton Strachey. In 1871 Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen Victoria as a memorial to the Prince Consort.
ORIGINAL PRINT BY CARRINGTON
CARRINGTON (Dora de Houghton, 1893-1932, British painter, closely associated with the Bloomsbury Group, especially Lytton Strachey)
Delightful Autograph Letter not signed to “Dearest Barbara” (née Hiles, 1891-1984, artist, wife of Nicholas Bagenal, 1891-1974, Artist and associate of the Bloomsbury Group) bearing an original print on the front page, the print is based around the initials “B.B.”, she says that she sees Saxon “write so many letters to you everyday that I feel this will be superfluous. Well, Madame, What am I to say? I think your husband is a charming companion to spend a holiday with, I only hope he hasn’t found me very dull. But I’ve had a suppressed fiend all this week, and when it burst I got even duller, and more half witted. Saxon is so sympathetic however, and gives me Brandy whenever I ask ... which is more than that old Tyrantical Lytton would do ...”, 2 sides 8vo., ‘Chez Box, Friday night’, no date but circa 1918
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QUEEN VICTORIA WITH HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
VICTORIA (1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain) & Princess PATRICIA (of Connaught, 1886-1974)
Superb group photo, titled by the Queen, taken on the lawns of Osborne, showing the Queen surrounded by Princesses ALIX & IRENE of Hesse, the Edinburgh Princesses MARIE, VICTORIA MELITA, ALEXANDRA & BEATRICE, and the Duke of CONNAUGHT, Princess BEATRICE of Great Britain & the Connaught’s eldest daughter, Princess PATRICIA in the arms of his nurse, with two of the Queen’s liveried servants standing behind, the party is enjoying outdoor breakfast under a canopy, 10” x 7½”, Osborne, August 1887
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