Every day Sophie Dupre presents two items from her large stock of signed photographs, autograph letters, autographs for sale, royal memoralbilia and antiquarian manuscripts.
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May 24
ON THIS DAY
On this day in 1819 Queen Victoria was born. She inherited the throne at the age of 18, after her father's three elder brothers had all died, leaving no surviving legitimate children. Princess Charlotte of Wales, the only child of George IV and Caroline of Brunswick died following childbirth at the age of 21. Queen Victoria was on the throne for 64 years. In 1953 Pope Pius XII published his encyclical Doctor Mellifluus. While the Vatican was officially neutral during the second World War, Pius XII maintained links to the German Resistance, used diplomacy to aid the victims of the war and lobby for peace and spoke out against race-based murders and other atrocities. INSCRIBED BY THE QUEEN SHORTLY AFTER ALBERT’S DEATH VICTORIA (1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain), her children VICTORIA (1840-1901, Empress of Germany), ALBERT EDWARD (1841-1910, Edward VII) and ALICE (1843-1878, Grand Duchess of Hesse) Touching Original Photographic Portrait Study showing the Queen seated by a bust of Prince Albert, which has a wreath of flowers at the top of its pedestal, she is looking at his photograph on her lap, standing behind are Prince Albert Edward and Princess Victoria, who is looking at the camera, with Princess Alice kneeling next to her mother, all are wearing deep mourning, written below in the Queen’s hand is “Day turned into Night”, with the place and date, 7¼” x 6¼” in margins 8¾” x 11½”, Windsor Castle, March 1862 55168 KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF PIUS PIUS XII (1876-1958, Eugenio Pacelli, from 1939 Pope) Finely penned Apostolic Brief, signed ‘E. Card. Pacelli’ as Secretary of State, to Pietro dei Conti ALUFFI PENTINI, issued by his predecessor PIUS XI (1857-1939, Achille Ratti, from 1922 Pope), in Latin with translation, saying that “The Commander of the Pontifical Cohort of Nobles, Guardians of Our Person, prays that We distinguish you, who are enrolled in that Cohort, with a special title of honour”, accordingly “We, by these Letters, make, constitute and declare you Knight of the Order of Pius”, 12th Year of Our Pontificate”, 4th September 1933 stamp of St. Peter fishing a little weak, otherwise in excellent condition 55688
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