Royalty
MARY ADELAIDE
(Duchess of Teck, 1833-1897, Queen Mary's Mother)
Folding Christmas card signed and inscribed to 'Dearest Mrs Bevan',
(Maria, née Trotter, d. 1903, third wife (1875) of Francis Augustus Bevan, 1840-1919, the first chairman of Barclays Bank), of violets printed in colour, with 'Christmas' visible through an opening in the upper side, and an appropriate verse inside, 3¾ x 2¾, no place, no date, circa
Item Date: 1890
Background
Mrs Bevan was a London President of the Needlework Guild, whose clothes and parcels half filled White Lodge each autumn.
Stock No. 53074