SIR JOSHUA'S SHOE BUCKLES AND SOME OF HIS LACE
REYNOLDS
(Sir Joshua, 1723-1792, Portrait Painter)
A pair of George III silver and paste shoe buckles
together with of an Autograph Letter Signed from S. Palmer to Houstance sending him a pair of lace cuffs which had belonged to Sir Joshua "I will explain the appearance of the lace as you value the buckles of Sir Joshua you might care to possess the lace, which came to me as a pair of ruffles. Being rather useless in that form, I had them put in one lenghth, wh. can either be used as a tie, or twisted into a hat. I have done both ... It is 'old Rose Point' ... little memento of our celebrated ancestor" and continuing at length mainly about the family, also sending a manuscript "sketch of the Miltary services of General Guard" and a copy of the family tree showing his relationship to the artist, 7 sides 4to., 14 Kemps Close, 11th April
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
40528
£750
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[RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
(Nikolai Alexandrovich, 1852-1907, Rear Admiral of the Russian Imperial Fleet, Archangel Governor in 1901-1904, Director of the Nikolaev Maritime Academy)]
Fine unsigned Japanese Cabinet Photo
showing him head and shoulders in military uniform with medals and fringed epaulettes, 6½" x 4¼", no place,
Item Date:
1889
Stock No:
40527
£775
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[RUSSIAN LADY]
Unsigned Russian Cabinet Photo with an autograph note on the verso
the image shows a young woman wearing a dress with a decorated corsage and a long train of flowers, the message on the verso quotes a song by Tchaikovsky and two other songs by Caesar Qui and Evgeny Alenev. All three songs are based on the poem by a famous Russian poet Alexey Apukhtin, 6½" x 4¼", Moscow, no date, circa
Item Date:
1890
Stock No:
40524
£50
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