ELIZABETH
(The Queen Mother, 1900-2002, Queen of George VI)
Superb portrait photo by Dorothy Wilding signed & dated also signed by the photographer in capitals in the image,
showing her half length, wearing a jewelled dress and tiara and with a fur wrap draped over her shoulders, 14½" x 11", in mount 24" x 18", no place,
Item Date:
1947
Stock No:
39643
£775
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ELIZABETH II
(b. 1926, Queen of Great Britain)
Exceptional portrait photo by Dorothy Wilding, signed and dated, also signed by the photographer in capitals in white ink
showing her half length, seated, holding a fan, wearing her tiara and Garter sash, 17½" x 13¾" in mount 20" x 15½", no place,
signature slightly faded
Item Date:
1955
Stock No:
39642
£1500
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FARADAY EXAMINES A RAILWAY TELEGRAPH AT BLISWORTH
FARADAY
(Michael, 1791-1867, Chemist & Physicist)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
saying that "after remaining in town for a week endeavouring to arrange so that we might see the telegraph at Blisworth, Mr Barley & I went down on Tuesday last ... and remained there two hours examining the apparatus. We did not find it in such a state as would allow us to witness & judge of the practical results and have agreed to a future examination. This I shall be obliged to defer for at least three weeks ...", 1 side 8vo., Royal Institution, 6th August
Item Date:
1846
Stock No:
39176
£975
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FRANKLIN WRITES ABOUT THE WAR IN GREECE AND KOLOKOTRONIS'S TRIAL FOR TREASON
FRANKLIN
(Sir John, 1786-1847, Arctic Explorer & Navigator, Lost in search of North West Passage)
Long Autograph Letter Signed to G. W. GROWE
the English consul at Patras from 1815-17, telling him that he has "received very gratifying letters from my wife ... she was preparing to avail herself of the first convenient conveyance to Greece intending to come as soon as possible to Patras and be in readiness for the first Packet for England in which she hopes to be accompanied by your sister. My wife may therefore be at this time an inmate of your house or at any rate when this letter reaches you. It seems most probable she will have performed her Quarantine at Syra, vile as the accommodation of the Lazaretto is - and I sincerely pray her health & spirits may be preserved through it and the subsequent journey to England. My wife has heard of a packet being established between Marseilles and Nauplia and if it be true she thinks the going in it would be the shorter & quicker way to reach England which it may be and if I knew that fact and that the Lyons Sister did embark in it I would endeavour if possible to be at Marsellles in time to meet them. I say if possible for my movements must entirely depend upon my dear brothers living - he yet lingers and for the last week there has been but little change in him though he is reduced to be the shadow of a shade as he himself expresses his state to be - he remains most beautifully resigned - waiting the Lord's will in spirit & feeling he is a true Christian and his death bed will prove a most valuable example & comfort to his afflicted family that his life has been
through he was a man of an intellectual ... & poetic mind - it would be most trying & painful to my feelings to separate myself on any account from him while it pleases God to spare his life and the very idea, I fear, would be a death blow to him especially now that his dear wife has herself been obliged to seek rest in bed from the fatigues & anxieties of a month's care and watchfulness nearly night and day ... under present circumstances I could hardly promise to meet my wife & your sister at Marseilles nor, I am sure would the former desire me to do so. I should therefore be greatly relieved if I could now know for certainty that they had determined on coming home by the Packet. I would rather meet them at Falmouth or take care that some relative of my wife's did and I have already written to Falmouth to beg the kind attention of the Superintending Captain to their baggage on arrival if I should not be there. I have written fully to my wife in the letter committed to your kind care which I shall be obliged by your keeping for her if she be not with you or sending to her if she be in Greece, and I will write if possible another shorter one which I will thank you to send to the care of Mr. Wilkinson [British Consul] at Syra in case she should be still at that Island. I am sure I need not again solicit either the kind assistance and friendship of yourself, Mrs Crowe & family in her behalf, nor of Johnson, indeed I confidently rely on your kind attentions and that if she comes by Packet she will be as comfortably embarked as possible. I have now but little time or inclination to enter into the busy & changeable field of our Home Politicks, as far as I can gather the present Cabinet will be allowed to carry the half measures which they have proposed for the security of Ireland. Their continuance in office does not appear to be grounded on any very firm basis, and it is generally admitted they have lost a good head by the retirement of Lord Grey. The result of the trial of Colocotroni & Calliopoli is disgraceful to any mind conversant with British justice. Allowing the evidence to have been defective and the Judges to have been divided in opinion could any conscience reconcile the judgement of death upon them. The King has done wisely in commuting their punishment and I trust that one of the first acts of his assuming the Government will be the granting them pardon. As for de Wrede if he can be proved guilty & sent to the Galleys he will have richly deserved it. I am glad the other conspirators have been set free and especially Gavellas for whom I still entertain an opinion as a man ... to respect. The account of the differences in the Regency has been given in most of our papers - and it is not difficult as I fancy to conjure from what quarter the exciting cause of this quarrel has proceeded. My mind at least is made up on the point and though I can pretend to no skill that would enable me to penetrate the wily schemes of Diplomacy I yet fancy I thought before ... such scenes were likely to come to pass. I trust the Bavarian troops have been taught circumspection & the danger of treating an enemy too lightly by the transactions in Maina. I have yet to write to Capt Lyons and other friends - My books I hear arrived safe but cannot as yet be presented while the King remains at Argos ..." he ends with kind remembrances to his family, 3 sides 4to., with integral autograph address leaf signed and sealed, 21 Bedford Place, Russell Square, 31st July
Item Date:
1834
Stock No:
39679
£3750
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FRANKLIN
(Lady Jane, 1792-1875, only Woman to be awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Gold Medal for Arctic Exploration)
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Shiel
saying that she is sorry that "you are not able to come to us & also that I am really under the necessity of leaving home thie morning to keep appointments which I cannot put aside - please excuse me and believe in my disappointment ...", 1 side 8vo., on mourning paper, no place, Wednesday, annotated in another hand as February
Item Date:
1863
Stock No:
39677
£175
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