ALICE THANKS HER COUSIN FOR CONDOLENCES ON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND
ALICE
(née Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott, 1901-2004, Duchess of Gloucester, wife of George V’s son Henry)
Fine Autograph letter signed to Lady Mary WHITLEY
(née Cambridge, 1924-1999, only child of the 2nd Marquess of Cambridge) thanking her for her “kind letter of sympathy. I must try & look in on your parents before long as we have not seen them for some while. It must be so frustrating for your Father being able to see so little. He is so wonderfully cheerful & such fun to meet and talk with...”, 2 sides 8vo., on crested paper, with original autograph envelope signed with initial, Barnwell Manor, Peterborough headed paper, 2nd July
Item Date:
1974
Stock No:
42615
£225
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ALICE SIGNS A PHOTO OF HER TWO SONS AS CHILDREN
ALICE
(née Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott, 1901-2004, Duchess of Gloucester, wife of George V’s son Henry)
Portrait Bromide Print Photo by Dickinson-Monteith of Melbourne
showing her two sons, Prince WILLIAM of Gloucester (1941-1972, killed in an air crash) and Prince RICHARD (born 1944, Duke of Gloucester) together, William is standing by a gilt decorated chair on which his infant brother is sitting, their mother has written their names underneath, 7¼” x 5¼” in folded photographer’s card, Melbourne, Christmas
Item Date:
1945
Stock No:
42616
£225
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[ALICE
(Princess, Countess of Athlone, 1883-1981, Daughter of Leopold, Duke of Albany, Grand-daughter of Queen Victoria, wife of Prince Alexander of Teck, Queen Mary’s brother)
Unsigned original Photo from her Album
annotated in an unidentified hand on the verso “Lunching at Lugershall before Papa left for the 1914-18 war. Mary, Mummy, Selina & Miss Otey”, the image shows the party picnicking in a field next to their beautiful open topped car, 6¼” x 4¼”, no place but Ludgershall, Salisbury Plain, circa
Item Date:
1914
Stock No:
43035
£75
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[AMÉLIE
(Princess, 1865-1951, eldest daughter of Prince Philippe d'Orléans, Comte de Paris, wife, 1886, of Prince Carlos (I), King of Portugal 1889-1908)]
Unsigned Cabinet Portrait Photograph, by Numa Blanc fils of Cannes,
a charming unaffected image showing her head and shoulders, three quarter face, in a military style jacket with frogging set off by a corsage, 6½" x 4¼", no place, no date, circa
neat early identification in another's hand pasted to foot of mount
Item Date:
1882
Stock No:
54370
£175
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AMÉLIE OF ORLÉANS
(1865-1951, last Queen Consort of Portugal, eldest daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, wife of Carlos I)
Autograph Letter signed to the Matron at the London West Hospital
in Hammersmith, thanking her "for all that has, and is being done for little Antoine. He is so well taken care of and has already so much improved. The Parents are so grateful and I with all my heart convey my best thanks to you all and especially to you dear Matron ...", 2 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope, Abercorn House, Richmond Hill, 30th July
Item Date:
1912
Stock No:
39327
£125
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