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[NAZI OCCULT]: DARRE RICHARD WALTHER: (1895-1953) SS-Obergruppenfuhrer of World War II. Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture 1933-42. T.L.S., R Walther Darre, one page, 4to, Berlin, 15th August 1938, to Colonel [Wiligut], in German. Darre writes, in full, 'You have once again given me a really special pleasure with your good wishes on my birthday, and with the two beautiful candlesticks, for which I should like to thank you warmly. Owing to my having been on leave, which has done me a great deal of good, I have unfortunately only today been able to thank you for everything'. VG Karl Maria Wiligut (1866-1946) Austrian occultist and SS-Brigadefuhrer. Wiligut, who also used the alias Weisthor, was employed within the personal staff and offices of Heinrich Himmler and Karl Wolff, and claimed to be in the tradition of a long line of German mystic teachers, reaching back into prehistoric times. He also claimed to have spiritual powers that allowed him direct access to genetic memories of his ancestors thousands of years in the past. Wiligut contributed significantly to the development of Wewelsburg as the order-castle and ceremonial centre of SS pseudo-religious practice and also designed the Totenkopfring, which Himmler personally awarded to prestigious SS officers.
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![WILHELM II: (1859-1941) German Emperor & King of Prussia 1888-1918. D.S., Wilhelm R[ex], a large and bold good example of](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce7d8d81-6c8c-4c2c-99d1-ae5800fe9415/9bdb9f97-28f8-42ac-a9d1-ae5b00da3aa5/468x382.jpg)
WILHELM II: (1859-1941) German Emperor & King of Prussia 1888-1918. D.S., Wilhelm R[ex], a large and bold good example of his signature, one page, folio, 3rd October 1899, in German. The attractive partially printed document, bearing to the heading a crowned large eagle above the printed text “Wilhelm, King of Prussia”, is an appointment awarded to Wilhelm Holtze. Signed by the Kaiser in dark fountain pen ink at the conclusion alongside a large blind embossed attractive seal. Countersigned at the base. With blank integral leaf. Very small minor creasing to the upper edge, otherwise VG
GEORGE I OF GREECE: (1845-1913) King of Greece 1863-1913. Assassinated. Rare L.S., `George R´, one page, oblong 15.5 x 11.5, Athens, 22nd July 1906, to Tomas Estrada Palma, president of the Republic of Cuba, in Spanish. The King congratulates his correspondent for his recent appointment, stating in part `C´est avec une satisfaction sincere que Nous avons reçu la lettre par laquelle Votre Excellence a bien voulu Nous announcer qu´Elle a été élue Président de la République de Cuba pendant la période 1906-1910´ (“It is with sincere satisfaction that We received the letter by which Your Excellency has kindly announced Us that he was elected President of the Republic of Cuba during the period 1906-1910”) With countersignature. Small overall age wear with bottom left corner crease. Repaired to the verso to the fold. G
CONSTANTINE I: (1868-1923) King of Greece 1913-17 & 1920-22, he succeeded to the throne following his father´s assassination. Constantine went twice into exile. He led the Greek forces during the Balkan Wars in which Greece expanded doubling in area and population. A good L.S., `Constantin R´, two pages, mourning paper, 7.5 x 12,5, Athens, 20th April 1913, to Jose Miguel Gomez, President of the Republic of Cuba, in French. The recently appointed King of Greece informs his correspondent about his father´s assassination, stating `C´est avec la plus profonde douleur que je vous confirme la triste nouvelle de la mort de mon tres cher et vénéré Pere, Sa Majesté Georges 1er Roi des Hellenes décédé le 5/18 Mars dernier a Salonique, victime d´un odieux attentat, apres un regne prospere et Glorieux de cinquante ans´ (“It is with the deepest pain that I confirm to you the sad news of the death of my very dear and revered Father, His Majesty Georges 1st King of the Hellenes who died on March 5/18 in Salonika, victim of a heinous assassination, after a prosperous and glorious reign of fifty years”), further referring to future and saying `Appelé par l´ordre de succession au Trone de Grece, Je viens de prendre les renes du Gouvernement..´ (“Called by the order of succession to the Throne of Greece, I have just taken the reins of the Government..”) With countersignature. Very small stains, and one ink stain to the heading, otherwise VG
CAROL II OF ROMANIA: (1893-1953) King of Romania 1930-40 until his abdication. Signed oblong 8 x 5 card `Carol R.´, partially over a Romanian post stamp bearing the King´s portrait. Also dated in bold black ink, 1944, in his hand. Small overall age wear, with stain around the stamp as a result of the affixing, otherwise G
Queen Elizabeth I’s Privy Council authorise a payment for the cost of sending troops to Ireland during the Nine Years’ War ELIZABETHAN PRIVY COUNCIL: A good L.S. by six members of Queen Elizabeth I's Privy Council comprising Thomas Egerton (1540-1617) 1st Viscount Brackley, English nobleman and statesman, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 1596-1617, Lord High Chancellor of England 1596-1617 and Lord High Treasurer 1613-14, signed Tho: Egertone C[ustos] S[igilli]; Charles Howard (1536-1624) 1st Earl of Nottingham, English statesman and Lord High Admiral under Queen Elizabeth I and King James I, commander of the English forces during the battles against the Spanish Armada, signed Notingham; George Carey (1547-1603) 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician who served as Lord Chamberlain 1597-1603, patron of the professional theatre company in London known as known as the Lord Chamberlain's Men (William Shakespeare being one of the writers and performers for the company), signed G Hunsdon; Roger North (1530-1600) 2nd Baron North, English peer and politician, Treasurer of the Household 1596-1600, signed R: North; William Knollys (1544-1632) 1st Earl of Banbury, English nobleman, Comptroller of the Household 1596-1600 and Treasurer of the Household 1601-16, signed W. Knollys; and Robert Cecil (1563-1612) 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman who served as Secretary of State of England 1596-1612, Lord Privy Seal 1598-1608 and Lord High Treasurer 1608-12, the principal discoverer of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, signed Ro: Cecyll, one page, folio, Court at Greenwich, 22nd July 1598, to William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer of England. The Privy Councillors write to authorise a payment of £390 to the chamberlain of Bristol for the cost of sending 700 troops to Ireland, in part, 'After our right harty commendations to your good lordship, whereas there were 700 men that were leavied in sondry countyes of this realme and directed to the porte of Bristoll to be there imbarqued and transported for the realme of Ireland - wherein order was given to the maior of Bristoll to provide shipping and victualles for their transportation and to see them dyeted duringe their abroad there which he hathe performed accordingly and sent us a note of the particuler charges of the transportation, victualles and dyett of the foresaid souldiers amounting to the somme of 390 li - these shalbe to praye your good lordship according to a privie seale graunted for the defrayinge of those charges to paye or cause to be paide unto Thomas Pitt, chamberlain of the said citty of Bristoll authorised by the maior to receive the same……wherein these togeather with her majesty's privie seale givinge warrant and dyrection to your lordship to paye suche sommes of monye for this service…..' Countersigned at the foot by William Wade, Clerk of the Privy Council. With integral address leaf, further bearing a docket signed ('W. Burghley') by William Cecil (1520-1598) 1st Baron Burghley, English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign who served as Secretary of State 1550-53, 1558-72 and Lord High Treasurer 1572-98, the text ordering that the payment be made (signed by Burghley just under two weeks before he died). Some extensive overall foxing and staining and a few small areas of paper loss and neat splitting to folds (strengthened and repaired to the verso). GA minute authorising the present letter was entered in the Acts of the Privy Council under 21st July 1598 (see Acts of the privy Council of England 28, 1597-1598, pp. 599-600)The Privy Councillor's letter was signed during the Nine Years' War (also known as Tyrone's Rebellion) 1593-1603 and immediately preceded the defeat of the English Army at the battle of the Yellow Ford in County Armagh on 14th August 1598.
Less than a month after a decisive defeat at the Battle of Naseby, King Charles I sends instructions to Prince Rupert CHARLES I: (1600-1649) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1625-49. A fine L.S., Charles R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Ragland, (Raglan, Monmouthshire), 9th July 1645, to Prince Rupert of the Rhine ('Right deare and entirely beloved nephew'). The King forwards an enclosure (no longer present) from the Governor of Cardiff, explaining 'you will understand the reason why the foote under the command of Sir Bernard Asteley have not beene transported over to Bridgewater according to our former orders and withall the governor's advice and opinion what is now fit to bee done, which we cannot but approve of, yett that all difficulties may bee removed, and that the manner of transporting the men and likewise our own passage may bee fully stated and secured, wee pray you speedily to consider thereof and if you shall bee of this opinion, and that you shall find the course propounded may be safely taken, then wee desire you to give instant order for the sending all the boates you can from Bristoll unto Goldcliffe, there to receive and transport them over to Porshutt Poynt [Portishead] where you may give order for their landing and disposeing as you shall find best' and further stating 'And in order to this we have sent Our Commands to the governor of Chepstow to have in all readynesse all the boates about that place to bee sent likewise to Goldcliffe for this purpose. But wee shall not give any farther directions herein until we shall receive your answere and (if you shall approve hereof) the manner how you have disposed each perticular that so our resolutions may bee put in speedy and active execution'. In a holograph postscript signed ('CR') with his initials the King urges Prince Rupert 'I desire you to hasten the answer to this letter'. Countersigned at the foot by George Digby (1612-1677) 2nd Earl of Bristol, English politician who served as Secretary of State 1643-45. Docketed to the verso. Some light overall age wear and minor staining, the body of text a little light and rubbed in places, although remaining legible. A couple of minor, small neat splits and holes, most neatly repaired to the verso. G Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-1682) German-English army officer, admiral, scientist and colonial governor who rose to prominence as a Royalist cavalry commander during the English Civil War. In April 1645 King Charles I conferred on his nephew, Prince Rupert, the honorific title of Master of the Horse, and at last (after a six-month delay) gave him command of the guards, increasing already marked tensions between him and a number of the King's councillors, including George Digby. Indeed, an agent at Oxford reported 'All is governed by P. Rupert, who grows a great courtier…..Certainly the Lord Digby loves him not'. Bernard Astley (d.1645), son of the career soldier Jacob Astley (1579-1652) 1st Baron Astley of Reading, who had given military instruction to the young Prince Rupert while at his parents' court in The Hague in 1621 and made Governor of Oxford by King Charles I in 1642. Bernard Astley was killed in the defence of Bristol in September 1645. The King's letter is written less than a month after Sir Thomas Fairfax scored a Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Naseby, on 14th June 1645, destroying the main Royalist army under King Charles I and Prince Rupert, a defeat which realistically ended any genuine hope of Royalist victory. Prince Rupert and his men subsequently fled to Bristol and the King and his court to Raglan Castle in Monmouthshire. Fairfax occupied Yeovil on 7th July and engaged George Goring's Royalist army, which fell back on Bridgwater, which capitulated on 23rd July giving Fairfax control of Somerset and Dorset. Prince Rupert surrendered Bristol on 10th September and was instantly dismissed by King Charles and ordered to leave England.
CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland (1649-51) and Ireland 1660-85. An unusual D.S., Carolus R, at the foot, as King, in exile, one page, oblong folio, Brussels, 4th July 1657, in Latin. The manuscript document, to which the King has added one word in his own hand, is addressed to 'The most serene, powerful, elevated, and illustrious, emperors, kings, princes, marquises, counts, orders, barons, dynasties and all their inheritances….from military camps, divisions, provinces, walled cities, rivers' ships, ports, roads and bridges' administrators and all the relative….' and regards Lord Jacob, Count of Castlehaven (whose name, Jacobus, King Charles inserts in his own hand), requiring that he and his servants, horses and weapons are able to move safely and freely on their journey, and concluding 'And above all these friends, the benevolence, the favour, and protection of the duties surround them and turn out; and according to their facts for this, it will be very pleasant for us, when the opportunity will come, to return the same grace to them'. Countersigned at the foot by Sir Edward Nicholas (1593-1669) English politician who served as Secretary of State to both King Charles I and King Charles II. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. With blank integral leaf. Some light staining and age wear and with a few small holes and areas of paper loss at some folds, none of which affect the King's signature. About VG James Tuchet (c.1617-1684) 3rd Earl of Castlehaven. Irish soldier who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. Bold ink signature ('George R', a 'mad' example) on a piece, most likely clipped from the head of a document, annotated in a small unidentified hand with the date 24th February 1809. One small hole to the upper right corner, not affecting the signature. Lightly mounted and matted in cream and burgundy beneath a colour reproduction image of the King to an overall size of 11.5 x 15.75. VG
GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. Bold ink signature ('George R', a 'mad' example) on a good piece neatly removed from the head of a document providing 'The Word for April 1809'. Together with a second ink signature by George III ('George R') on a small piece neatly clipped from a document. Also including a small selection of signed Free Front envelope panels etc., by various children etc. of the King, comprising Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland (1745-1790, Brother of King George III; A.L.S.), Prince William, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776-1834, Nephew of King George III, 'Silly Billy'; A.L.S.), Princess Augusta Sophia (1768-1840, Daughter of King George III, A.L.S.), Ernest Augustus I (1771-1851, King of Hanover, Son of King George III) and Prince Augustus Frederick (1773-1843, Duke of Sussex, Son of King George III). Some light overall age wear, G to about VG, 7
ELIZABETH II: (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom since 1952. Vintage signed Christmas greetings card, the stiff cream small 4to folding card featuring an image to the inside of the Queen accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, and their two young children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, walking outdoors together with the East Terrace Garden of Windsor Castle in the background. Signed ('Elizabeth R') by the Queen in fountain pen ink to the lower border beneath the image and dated 1959 in her hand. With a printed Christmas and New Year greeting opposite and two gold embossed crests to the front. Accompanied by the original Registered envelope addressed to Madame [Georgina] Reinhold in Loiret, France, and postmarked at Buckingham Palace, December 1959. About EX Georgina Reinhold had been Princess Margaret's French tutor.
EDWARD VII: (1841-1910) King of the United Kingdom 1901-10. A fine, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Edward R & I'), as King, on an 8vo page removed from an album, dated Athens, 24th April 1906 in his hand. Together with Alexandra (1844-1925) Queen of the United Kingdom 1901-10, consort of King Edward VII. A bold, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Alexandra, Reine de la Grande Bretagne et d'Ireland') on an 8vo page removed from an album, dated Athens, 3rd May 1905, in her hand, also signed by Princess Victoria (1868-1935) daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, in dark fountain pen ink ('Victoria of Great Britain & Ireland'). Also including Maud of Wales (1869-1938) Queen of Norway 1905-38, daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and King Haakon VII (1872-1957) King of Norway 1905-57; a fine pair of dark fountain pen ink signatures by Princess Maud ('Maud, Prsse. Charles de Denmark') and her husband ('Charles de Denmark') on an 8vo page removed from an album, dated May 1905 in Maud's hand. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG, 3 Provenance: The present pages were removed from the personal album of Baron Robert Stuker (1863-1940) Swiss historian, interpreter, diplomat and educator, a language specialist who was appointed tutor at the Greek Royal Court under King George I. Stuker was later appointed as Royal Chamberlain, Court Librarian and Personal Secretary to the King. Stuker accompanied members of the Greek Royal family on trips, took on sensitive diplomatic missions and became the King's advisor. Following his service with the Greek Royal family, Pope Pius XI appointed the Reformed Protestant Stuker as master of ceremonies and interpreter at the Vatican in 1924, posts he was to hold until 1935. In later years the album was added to whilst in the custody of Jurg Stuker (1914-1988) Swiss antiquarian bookseller and founder of the Stuker auction house in Bern, stepson of Robert Stuker.
WILHELM II: (1859-1941) German Emperor & King of Prussia 1888-1918. A bold, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Wilhelm F R') at the head of an 8vo page removed from an album, dated Achilleion, 23rd April 1912 in his hand. Also signed by Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (1887-1957) Prussian Princess, daughter of Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and wife of Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia from 1908-20; Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892-1980) Prussian Princess, the only daughter of Wilhelm II, Duchess Consort of Brunswick 1913-18; and Prince August Wilhelm (1887-1949) Prussian Prince, son of Wilhelm II and a vocal supporter of Nazism and Adolf Hitler. All have signed in dark fountain pen inks, adding their titles beneath their signatures. Further signed to the verso by Valdemar of Denmark (1858-1939) Danish Prince, youngest child of King Christian IX of Denmark; Prince Joachim (1890-1920) Prussian Prince, son of Wilhelm II, who committed suicide at the age of 29; Prince Aage (1887-1940) Danish Prince and Count of Rosenborg, eldest child of Prince Valdemar of Denmark; Boris III of Bulgaria (1894-1943) Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria 1918-43; Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888-1934) King of Yugoslavia 1921-34, signed as Crown Prince of Serbia; Roland Bonaparte (1858-1924) French Prince, grandson of Lucien Bonaparte, Emperor Napoleon I's brother; Prince Henry of Prussia (1862-1929) Prussian Prince, younger brother of Wilhelm II and a grandson of Queen Victoria; and one other. All have signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink, most adding their titles and three adding the date, 1913. An unusual and interesting grouping of European royal signatures. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Achilleion Palace is situated on the Island of Corfu and was built for Empress Elisabeth of Austria ('Sisi') in 1890. Kaiser Wilhelm II purchased the property in 1907 and used it as a summer residence. During his visits the palace became a hub of European diplomacy where substantial diplomatic activity occurred. Provenance: The present page was removed from the personal album of Baron Robert Stuker (1863-1940) Swiss historian, interpreter, diplomat and educator, a language specialist who was appointed tutor at the Greek Royal Court under King George I. Stuker was later appointed as Royal Chamberlain, Court Librarian and Personal Secretary to the King. Stuker accompanied members of the Greek Royal family on trips, took on sensitive diplomatic missions and became the King's advisor. Following his service with the Greek Royal family, Pope Pius XI appointed the Reformed Protestant Stuker as master of ceremonies and interpreter at the Vatican in 1924, posts he was to hold until 1935. In later years the album was added to whilst in the custody of Jurg Stuker (1914-1988) Swiss antiquarian bookseller and founder of the Stuker auction house in Bern, stepson of Robert Stuker.
ALFONSO XIII: (1886-1941) King of Spain 1886-1931. A good dark fountain pen ink signature ('Alfonso R') on an 8vo page removed from an album, dated Rome, 13th January 1935 in his hand. Together with Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887-1969) Queen consort of Spain 1906-31. Blue ink signature ('Victoria Eugenia') on an 8vo page removed from an album, dated 14th May 1964 in her hand. Also including Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884-1966) British Princess, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, wife of Prince Alfonso de Orleans y Borbon, Infante of Spain, a first cousin of Alfonso XIII. Bold, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Beatrice, Infante de Espagne') on an 8vo page removed from an album, dated Lucerne, 9th July 1917 in her hand. Immediately beneath her signature, the Princess has also signed and dated the page on behalf of her husband, Alfonso de Orleans y Borbon (1886-1975) Spanish Prince and military aviator. Further including Sofia of Greece and Denmark (1938- ) Queen consort of Spain 1975-2014. Blue ink signature ('Sofie R') on an 8vo page removed from an album, dated 1st July 1983 in her hand. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG, 4 Provenance: The present pages were removed from the personal album of Baron Robert Stuker (1863-1940) Swiss historian, interpreter, diplomat and educator, a language specialist who was appointed tutor at the Greek Royal Court under King George I. Stuker was later appointed as Royal Chamberlain, Court Librarian and Personal Secretary to the King. Stuker accompanied members of the Greek Royal family on trips, took on sensitive diplomatic missions and became the King's advisor. Following his service with the Greek Royal family, Pope Pius XI appointed the Reformed Protestant Stuker as master of ceremonies and interpreter at the Vatican in 1924, posts he was to hold until 1935. In later years the album was added to whilst in the custody of Jurg Stuker (1914-1988) Swiss antiquarian bookseller and founder of the Stuker auction house in Bern, stepson of Robert Stuker.
GUSTAV V: (1858-1950) King of Sweden 1907-50. A bold, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Gustav R, Konig von Schweden') to the centre of an 8vo page removed from an album, dated Rome, 3rd April 1928 in his hand. Also signed by Victoria of Baden (1862-1930) Queen consort of Sweden 1907-30, wife of King Gustav V, in bold black fountain pen ink at the head of the page, adding her title and the date, Rome, 6th December 1926 in her hand. Further signed by Gustav VI Adolf (1882-1973) King of Sweden 1950-73, in black fountain pen ink, as Crown Prince, and also dated Rome, 3rd April 1928 in his hand. The page is also signed to the verso by fiveother members of European Royal families including Prince Knud of Denmark (1900-1976) Hereditary Prince of Denmark, son of King Christian X; Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg (1890-1950) Danish Prince, son of Valdemar of Denmark; Princess Martha of Sweden (1901-1954) Crown Princess of Norway, wife of the future King Olav V; Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893-1976) Prince Regent of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the minority of King Peter II, signed as Prince of Serbia; Prince Amedeo (1898-1942) Duke of Aosta, the Italian Viceroy of Italian East Africa during World War II who surrendered to the British with honours of war in May 1941 and was subsequently interned in a prisoner of war camp in Kenya where he died at the age of 43. Together with Gustav VI Adolf (1882-1973) King of Sweden 1950-73. Fountain pen ink signature ('Gustav Adolf, Prince Royal de Suede') on an 8vo page removed from an album, dated Stockholm, 17th May 1916 in his hand. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a slight tape stain to the edges of one page, VG, 2 Provenance: The present pages were removed from the personal album of Baron Robert Stuker (1863-1940) Swiss historian, interpreter, diplomat and educator, a language specialist who was appointed tutor at the Greek Royal Court under King George I. Stuker was later appointed as Royal Chamberlain, Court Librarian and Personal Secretary to the King. Stuker accompanied members of the Greek Royal family on trips, took on sensitive diplomatic missions and became the King's advisor. Following his service with the Greek Royal family, Pope Pius XI appointed the Reformed Protestant Stuker as master of ceremonies and interpreter at the Vatican in 1924, posts he was to hold until 1935. In later years the album was added to whilst in the custody of Jurg Stuker (1914-1988) Swiss antiquarian bookseller and founder of the Stuker auction house in Bern, stepson of Robert Stuker.
ADULYADEJ BHUMIBOL: (1927-2016) Rama IX, King Bhumibol the Great of Thailand 1946-2016. Blue ink signature ('Bhumibol R') at the head of an 8vo page removed from an album, also signed by Sirikit Kitiyakara (1932- ) Queen Mother of Thailand, Queen consort of Thailand 1950-2016 as the spouse of King Bhumibol, in blue ink with her name alone ('Sirikit'). The page is further signed by Infante Juan (1913-1993) Count of Barcelona, claimant to the Spanish throne, and his wife Princess Maria de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910-2000) Countess of Barcelona, mother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain, Prince Rainer Christoph Friedrich of Hesse (1939- ) and one other. Also bearing nine blue ink signatures to the verso including Margaretha of Sweden (1899-1977) Swedish Princess, wife of Prince Axel of Denmark, Count Flemming Valdemar of Rosenborg (1922-2002) Danish Prince, son of Margaretha of Sweden, his wife Ruth of Rosenborg (1924-2010), Count Christian of Rosenborg (1942-2013) Prince Christian of Denmark, Count Ingolf of Rosenborg (1940- ) Prince Ingolf of Denmark, Prince Viggo, Count of Rosenborg (1893-1970) Danish Prince, Elisabeth of Denmark (1935-2018) Danish Princess, Harald V (1937- ) King of Norway since 1991 etc. Together with three further 8vo pages removed from an album bearing over twenty other signatures, to the recto and verso, of various other members of royal and noble households, some relating to Thailand, including Queen Rambai Barni (1904-1984) Queen Consort of King Prajadhipok of Siam, Princess Chumbhot of Naga Svarga, Prince Sanidh Prayurasakdi Rangsit (1917-1995) and his wife Princess Christine Rangsit, Princess Visakha Yugala (1941-1984), Smoebhak Sonakul, Prince Karawik Chakrabandhu (1917-2002), Vibhavadi Rangsit (1920-1977) Thai Princess and writer, Adulakit Kitiyarka (1930-2004), elder brother of Queen Sirikit, and his wife Princess Bandhusawali Yugala, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1937- ) Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria 1943-46, Prime Minister of Bulgaria 2001-05, Robert Hugo (1909-1974) Duke of Parma, head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and the pretender to the defunct throne of the Duchy of Parma 1959-74, Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II, later serving as the last Viceroy of India of British India (1947) and as the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India (1947-48) etc. Generally VG, 4Provenance: The present pages were removed from the personal album of Baron Robert Stuker (1863-1940) Swiss historian, interpreter, diplomat and educator, a language specialist who was appointed tutor at the Greek Royal Court under King George I. Stuker was later appointed as Royal Chamberlain, Court Librarian and Personal Secretary to the King. Stuker accompanied members of the Greek Royal family on trips, took on sensitive diplomatic missions and became the King's advisor. Following his service with the Greek Royal family, Pope Pius XI appointed the Reformed Protestant Stuker as master of ceremonies and interpreter at the Vatican in 1924, posts he was to hold until 1935. In later years the album was added to whilst in the custody of Jurg Stuker (1914-1988) Swiss antiquarian bookseller and founder of the Stuker auction house in Bern, stepson of Robert Stuker.
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[JAISALMER STATE]: SINGH JAWAHIR (1882-1949) Maharawal of Jaisalmer State 1914-49. T.L.S., Jawahir Singh, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, Mandir Palace, Jaisalmer, 1st February 1941, to Brigadier R. C. Duncan. Singh thanks his correspondent for their letter and was glad to know that they had enjoyed their visit to the capital, remarking 'I need hardly say that it will always be a source of pleasure to me to welcome you here as my guest. I hope we will meet again'. VG
ROSSELLINI ROBERTO (1906-1977) Italian film Director. A prominent neorealist. A.L.S., R Rossellini, two pages, to a 6.5 x 4 card, n.p., n.d., to Anto, in Italian. On his personal printed stationery card, Rossellini states in part `Ecco le copie delle lettere della Eurofilm riguardati Stromboli…´ (“Here are the copies of the letters from Eurofilm referring to Stromboli…Eurofilm got the copy in Paris and they want a letter of mine authorizing them..´ With two binding holes to the left border. VG Stromboli (1950) is a film directed by Roberto Rossellini, and is well remembered for the extramarital affair between Rossellini and Bergman that began during the production of the film, as well as their child born out of wedlock a few weeks before the film's American release. The affair caused such a scandal in the United States that church groups, women's clubs, and legislators in more than a dozen states around the country called for the film to be banned, and Bergman was denounced as "a powerful influence for evil" on the floor of the US Senate, and Bergman's Hollywood career was halted for a number of years.
VALENTINO RUDOLPH: (1895-1926) Italian actor, a sex symbol of the 1920s. D.S., R. Valentino, in the form of an endorsement to the verso of a cheque, n.p. (Los Angeles, California), n.d. (December 1921). The partially printed cheque is drawn on the pay roll account of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation at The Merchants National Bank of Los Angeles and is made payable to Valentino for the sum of $950. Signed at the base by two auditors of the account. A perforated bank cancellation only very slightly affects Valentino's signature. Some heavy creasing and one small tear to the upper edge, G
FERNANDEL: (1903-1971) French comedy Actor. A good signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photograph `très cordialement Fernandel´, the R. Tomatis image showing the popular French comedian seated, in a head and shoulders profile pose, wearing a hat. Signed in bold blue ink to a clear area at the head of the image, also dated 1950 in his hand. One small tear to the upper edge, and few pinholes to corners and edges. G
CLAUDIO FIORENTINO: ENAMEL AND DIAMOND DRESS RINGThe wide openwork band of undulating design set with rows of brilliant-cut diamonds and decorated with black enamel, diamonds approx. 1.25cts total, signed Claudio Fiorentino, ring size approx. R (leading edge)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
COLLECTION OF SILVER SCANDINAVIAN JEWELS1st: The silver bracelet of polished pyramidal linking, Georg Jensen, 1968, 2nd: The silver bracelet composed of abstract openwork hemispherical links, 3rd: The silver pendant of radiating textured design, 4th: The bi-coloured silver ring of openwork abstract design, 5th: The silver ring of abstract textured design, 1st: signed Georg Jensen, maker's mark, London import mark, 2nd: maker's mark CMP, 5th: maker's mark RCPLd, lengths: 1st 17.0cm, 2nd: 18.0cm, 3rd: 6.5cm, 4th: ring size approx. R½, 5th: Q1st: maker's box (5)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LEONCAVALLO RUGGERO: (1857-1919) Italian Composer. A very fine A.M.Q.S., `R. Leoncavallo´, a large good signature, one page, to an oblong 8vo page removed from an autograph album, Milan, 14th April 1901. In bold black fountain pen ink Leoncavallo has penned a three bars musical quotation, adding beneath the vocal line `Zazà, piccola zingara´ (“Zazà little gipsy”), corresponding to the fourth act of his opera Zazà (1900). About VG Zazá was premiered in November 1900 at the Teatro Lirico in Milan, starring Rosina Storchio as Zazá, and conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
KABALEVSKY DMITRY: (1904-1987) Russian Composer. T.L.S., D Kabalevsky, with three lines holograph at the base, one page, 4to, Moscow, 4th August 1968, to Rostislav Modestovich, in Cyrillic. Kabalevsky states in part `In addition to what has already been sent, I enclose the text of the Romain Rolland's letter which you were interested in. In fact, I had already restored female names Selina and Martina in the first redaction of the opera´, further saying `As for “the best book”, I could not get any of them, but I asked two authors: Lev Vasilievich Danilevich (“Works of D. B. Kabalevsky”, 1963) and Georgy Konstantinovich Abramovsky (“D. Kabalevsky”, 1963). I asked them to get copies of their books and send them to you through the foreign commission of the Union of Composers. Tomorrow I am flying to the south with my family until 1st September…´, to a post-scriptum at the base, Kabalevsky adds `I understand that both books I mentioned above are rather old, but the new ones (R. V. Glezer and G. A. Pozhydaev) would probably come out not earlier than in a year. Nonetheless, you can obtain some correct information from these two books´ At the base, the Russian Composer adds in his own hand `I also attach a short semi-biographical background information note which you may find useful´ Paper with watermark. Few very small pinholes. VG
ROPS FELICIEN: (1833-1898) Belgian Printmaker Artist. Scarce A.L.S., `F. R´, one page, 8vo, Paris, n.d., Sunday, to Nys, in French. Rops instructs his correspondent stating `Please bring tomorrow the proofs, and the book…I think that I will be able to take it back from him and make him a service. I won´t be able to be at the studio before ten, but at ten exactly I´ll be there..´ Folded. With a tear to the centre fold and an extremely small area of paper loss to the upper right corner. G
Exceptionally rare letter by the most famous (or infamous) Borgia Pope of the Renaissance ALEXANDER VI: (1431-1503) Pope of the Catholic Church 1492-1503. Born Rodrigo de Borja, into a Spanish prominent Borgia family under the Crown of Aragon. Nephew of Pope Callixtus III 1455-1458. Elected Pope on the year of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, he confirmed the rights of the Spanish crown in the New World. Exceptionally rare letter by the most famous or infamous Borgia Pope of the Renaissance. L.S., `Fiat motu p[ro]prio. R´, and below again `Fiat. R´, being a Papal Motu Proprio, signed with his initial “R” of Rodrigo, as Popes use to do, using their real initial name, one page, large 11 x 11.5, (27.5cm x 29.5cm), given in Rome, at Saint Peter, 5th November 1501, to Reverend Cardinal Alexandrinus, in Latin. By this document, Alexander VI, in his capacity as Pope, signs the present Motu Proprio `Motu proprio, Dilecto filio nostro Johannes Antonio, Sanctorum nerei et Achillei presbitero Cardinale Canonicatum et praebendam ecclesie Novaricensi..´, granting financial privileges related to the Diocese of Novara, near Milan, to Cardinal Alexandrinus, having passed away the relatives and entitled former owners. An extremely rare document signed by the last 15th century Pope. Very small age wear and toning with only bottom edge very slightly trimmed, otherwise G to VG Alexander VI is widely regarded as one of the most controversial Popes of the Renaissance. His pontificate was characterized for libertinism, acknowledging himself fathering several children by his mistresses. On the other hand, successors of Alexandre VI have described him as one of the most outstanding Popes. A Motu Proprio is a will to grant certain privileges.Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio (1439/42-1509) also known as Cardinal Alexandrinus was a Jurist and Diplomat, close to Pope Alexander.
On Sharon Tate and her attempted assassination of Gerald R. Ford – ‘If I had wanted to kill the man, he’d be dead’ FROMME LYNETTE: (1948- ) American Criminal, a member of the infamous Manson Family who was imprisoned for her attempted assassination of American President Gerald R. Ford in 1975. An extraordinary, lengthy A.L., unsigned (although 'signed' L. Squeaky F. within the text), eight pages, 4to, n.p., 13th October n.y., to Charles Manson ('Dear Charlie'). Fromme writes to her friend following her appearance in a two-part television interview and states, in part, 'It wasn't bad at all. It was good. The next one of course may be. But this one I just talked about little life things and said well life & death merge in the universe when he asked about death - and after it was over they called me a scary little girl. And she seems so right & how could her values be distorted so much. I said where's Jerry Rubin after he told all the kids to kill their parents? Everyone shouted for Revolution - I made a fist (& this is what I was scared about) & said “Revolution was in the Tate house. Revolution is dead babies everywhere”. That could easily be misunderstood as we wanted that even tho if any one had eyes, I was starting to cry. The last thing I said in this part (he cut it) was: I want Manson heard. I was shot up from below. I look pale & a little fat around the cheeks & tired eyes - but not all that bad. Another thing I was wondering - I was still wearing my red hat. I do now not as often because I need a pin for it but is that alright? I don't know why I said the fist was in the Tate house & everybody ran from it. One finger was in the Tate house. I sure am relieved…..I guess you & Blue were right…..On the change of colors - I've still been red. I didn't want to give up green…..The news commentators, by the way, after interview said “Well it's surely something to make you question”. Tomorrow's will be all the bad stuff - the stuff about family show killing an old movie & us being like predators and that the Tate murder was “perfect”. That really upset the guy & rather than telling about the killing of earth I just said it needs to be explained by the whole family and I threw it back on family again because I felt it was too much at the time…..Today I was answering his questions about the past & he wanted to know how I feel now about what I've done. And I could've said all kinds of good things but I laughed & said “What have I done?” And he said about Pres[ident Ford] & I said I'll tell you this - If I had wanted to kill the man, he'd be dead. Then he asked if I regretted anything in my life & if I'd do the same if I had it to do over. I said that I'd be on the corner of Temple & Broadway. Does that tell people/kids to go there? I wasn't on top of my thoughts……And the worst part is when my mind was spinning to find some words to say much in a short time & he asked - do you ever doubt - and w/o a thought I answered “Oh I've had doubts all my life but….” & suddenly I snapped…..& I said oh no - & then he asked me the question again & I said “I know blab la bla”……Also I had big photos of you on my locker beside redwood trees and whales……And later he asked if I thought I was crazy & I said what kind of insane mind would create a giraffe & he didn't understand. And he asked if others here thought I was crazy and I could've said good things but I said no. And I said I don't care what they think. I was just told that Rolling Stone magazine has a hold of a manuscript I wrote about ranch and is asking my approval to publish…..I have had thoughts of both Rolling Stone & someone trying to sell portions of my book - just this week. And since I've been working on Ranch portion - especially - I may just go that way w/ stipulation I can make a book…..I got a letter from you today and I'm so happy to get this motion picture. The ones we had I don't have here. This is beautiful……I saw the second part of interview today, it wasn't bad. I forget the last thing they showed but when I said I respected respect & my family they showed film of us on the corner and with bald heads. Some not so good shots of you. But also the picture of you on locker with long hair & beard. I think the last thing I said today was people judge themselves. They mentioned the people's court today too. And showed film pictures of Blue…..I told B to get her tapes out - the ones she got 15 years for. They're good. The T.V. guy said for people to look & see if they can see what's going on in the unpredictable illogical mind of L. Squeaky F - I tried to change the name but didn't succeed…..The guy said - I can't see how all the life you're talking about has anything to do w/ murder - I don't understand…and I said - well let's find out. (I could've said - That's you if you don't - or that's how far my family could go - one way or the other). Anyway - I just got new letter from you…..Does it take me away from myself to be a spot in your thinking. I've wanted you to be free of me whoever me is - any b.s. competition etc. and I had a thought you could have a me & bee & all of us w/o the rest of the ego b.s. because you have what you want coming. The rest of us have made what we've made & have that coming but on the other side will we not know no end to the thought we once lived in? Oh - now you say that you do have us - like I thought. And you love your lonely. And I live with the fact that I let you be taken away…..You know I want you to stay and also to do as you want. I wonder how much we have to do with your feelings and if my will to stay changes anything. I don't want to play hopes - I see the ranch story can say a lot that is in each of us…..I hoped that you could have the earth at peace - and that no matter what happened to us you would have the kids & they'd have themselves. I have laughed sometimes because I know that you have so much good coming……It just doesn't keep me from knowing how rotten we've been as humans - & I think of what you said years ago - if ever there was a devil on the face of the earth, I am he/she it - something like that. I've got a lot to do now and trying to hook up with Blue. I wonder if you got gold letter and Indian letter. I'll tell him you can't write. You seen Nixon's man John Dean telling all their secrets for rolling stone magazine. He wrote & said Earl Butts said there's only 3 things black people want “tight pussy, loose shoes and a warm place to shit” Dean said Pat Boone was there too. Crazy huh - HUH I think you're angry when you say HUH to me. Always here's red & blue in the spectrum. I love and see to be the drawing in reflection. P.S. What if I call my book Charles Manson Died in Reform School. Or what about “I lived 3 years with a Dead Man”. Sounds familiar doesn't it - sure took me a long space in time to come to it. PS Can I call us all by our names…..My answer is yes.' A letter of interesting content and association. VG
FROMME LYNETTE: (1948- ) American Criminal, a member of the infamous Manson Family who was imprisoned for her attempted assassination of American President Gerald R. Ford in 1975. A.L.S., with her initial R ['Red' being her name within the Manson Family], four pages, 4to, n.p., n.d., to [Charles Manson]. Fromme writes a social letter to her friend, in part, 'Well first - let me say what I see - Everyone who thinks beyond this step is in a hurry. We work that way as humans and sometimes we can go pretty fast in tune but each has their own pace. Now about the Zee. She has good rhythm or pace, can handle a lot…..she's a lot like me. I also know that her being willing is not the only consideration - I don't like Mel much and I told him so with a smile, but for real. I said that you seem to like him and I'll go w/ your viewpoint any time but that you're the one who showed me about word as I learned it in myself……Almost everyone lies. You gotta lie to live out there…….[Mel] don't give a damn about you. If Zee hadn't got a loan from Grandma you wouldn't have Xmas boxes and you may not care about that but we do. Mel didn't care. He offered it, said he could send around Dec 15 and then waited til way after the boxes needed to be sent to send ½. I told him I wouldn't expect him to offer money unless he was willing to go without food & toothpaste to get it there. And I asked him how he'd feel if he was in prison and owed someone $ and his family didn't send it. So I'm prepared to deal with him but only on my own terms. And I would not have Zee dependent on him or anyone. In 6 mos she can have a sort of passport to get her places…..and things seem to be lining up nice for a trip to Ca…….she would only be an unwanted visitor in every place without her passport which is really her credibility in that world - a document that shows she started something & finished it…..she can get a job working with kids wherever she goes if she needs it and on her love…….Zee is straddling 2 worlds and she can handle it but like anyone she can use a face and she's been through all that school shit and made the list of top of the class and knows what she wants. I never met anyone like her…….If she's to see you she will know w/o a doubt and take each step on her own. If she questions, she'll sit down and ask herself and the truth will come……Holly (Bucky's “mom”) has given both her boys a lot of faith in themselves - doesn't push them. That's why her young fellow is still w/ her, she got a 30 yr. old guy, and they're going on what you left last time. He says I showed him contempt when I met him on corner and I can't remember him but he's got some spunk and some understanding also. I like what he says even when mad…..' In one of two postscripts Fromme also remarks 'I got mad that Mr. Raccus said he didn't mean to kill that chicken. If he didn't mean to he wouldn't have. He knows what he's doing'. Two small tears to the right edge of the second leaf, otherwise VG
BURGESS GUY: (1911-1963) British diplomat and Soviet Agent, a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring that operated from the mid-1930s to the early years of the Cold War era. Book signed, being a hardback edition of The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester, First Edition published by Michael Joseph Ltd., London, 1941, bearing the ownership signature ('G Burgess') of Burgess in bold pencil to the front free endpaper. Also bearing the bookplate of Kim Philby (1912-1988) British intelligence officer and a double agent for the Soviet Union. The slim oblong 12mo bookplate features Philby's name ('H. A. R. PHILBY') within a decorative border and is neatly affixed to the front pastedown. Bound in the publisher's sand coloured cloth and with blue title to spine. Lacking the dust jacket. An interesting association copy bearing the rare signature of Burgess. Some staining to the boards and light overall age wear, G It was Harold Adrian Russell 'Kim' Philby who, in 1935, recommended to Soviet Intelligence that they recruit Guy Burgess as an agent. Philby was also responsible for tipping off Burgess (and the spy Donald Maclean) that they was under suspicion of espionage, prompting them to defect and flee to Moscow in May 1951.
ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. An interesting autograph manuscript, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. [1745-48], in French. Rousseau writes a short text, being related to the history of women, stating in part `Le Roy Jean confirma en 1353 des lettres du Duc de Bourgogne et Comte d´Artois et de Jeanne de France sa f[emme] portant des privileges pour la ville de Bethune, par lesquelles lettres la Duchesse autorisée par le Duc son epoux..´ “(King Jean confirmed in 1353 the letters from the Duke of Burgundy and Count of Artois and Jeanne de France his wife bearing privileges for the town of Bethune, by which letters the Duchess was authorized by the Duke her husband..”) Also annotated to the upper left border by Rousseau `Ordon[nance]: des R.[ois] de Fr[ance]: - T.[ome]4 - p.[age] 146.´, referring to the work his writing relates to. Small overall minor age wear, with right and bottom edges irregularly trimmed and small creasing, otherwise G The present text corresponds to Rousseau´s work about the history of women, written between 1745 and 1751 for his benefactress Mrs Louise Marie Madeleine Dupin, and which would never be published. Rousseau´s text refers to John II (1319-1364) also called John the Good, King of France.
BARJAVEL RENÉ: (1911-1985) French science fiction Author. A bold black ink Autograph Statement signed `R. Barjavel´, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., 6th October 1984, in French. Barjavel play on words and states `Il ne suffit pas d´être en vie, il faut être vivant´ (“It's not enough to live, you have to be alive”). Barjavel adds a small sketch of a sun. VG to EX
JAMES M. R. (1862-1936) English author, remembered for his ghost stories. Ink signature ('M R James') and five additional lines of text in his hand on an oblong 12mo piece neatly removed from the conclusion of a letter. The text refers to his address and King's College, Cambridge, where he lived for many years as a don and provost. Scarce. VG
CAPEK KAREL: (1890-1938) Czech Writer & Playwright, best known for his science fiction works and the play R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots, 1920) which introduced the word 'robot'. A brief A.L.S., Karel Capek, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to an editor, in Czechoslovakian. Capek sends his correspondent a story and asks for his manuscript to be returned, if possible sooner rather than later. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, about VG
MCCUDDEN JAMES: (1895-1918) English Fighter Ace of World War I, Victoria Cross winner for his flying services over France, August 1917 - March 1918. A rare D.S., J. B. McCudden, Capt., one page, 4to, n.p. (France), 29th November 1917. The carbon typed document is a combat report relating to an aerial operation carried out by McCudden, the narrative stating, in part, 'At 1.15 saw three 2-seaters coming W over the Sensee. They turned N over Vitry and when over Fresnoy I attacked the front machine from a favourable position at 2000 feet. After a short burst got a stoppage in each gun, which I rectified. Meanwhile E[nemy] A[ircraft] had glided down to 500 feet…..I dived and got behind E.A. again at 100 feet, and after firing a short burst E.A. did a terrific zoom, and both sets of E.A's wings met above fuselage, and E.A. dropped to the ground crashed to pieces. E.A's engine rolled several yards away from the rest of the machine. I now opened my throttle but lost pressure, so put on emergency tank and engine picked up a few feet from the ground, when I was almost stalling. Being then so low I was unable to locate my whereabouts, so flew S.W. by the sun…..and eventually saw our own trenches in which there were many British troops all waving. I saw my formation a little West of me so climbed and reformed them and came home at 1.40'. Countersigned twice at the foot by R. Balcombe Brown, Commanding officer of 56 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, alongside two brief typed statements confirming McCudden's aerial victory, 'This is undoubtedly decisive. Machine crashed nr. Rouvroy, S. E. of Lens'. Autographs of McCudden are rare in any form as a result of his tragically early death in a flying accident at the age of 23. Very slightly neatly trimmed and with a few small, minor tears to one edge, not affecting the text or signature. About VG The present document relates to McCudden's 22nd confirmed aerial victory of World War I. In total the ace achieved 57 victories, placing him seventh on the list of the war's most successful aces.
ALEXANDER HAROLD R.: (1891-1969) 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis. British Field Marshal of World War II. Vintage signed 4.5 x 6.5 photograph of Alexander standing in a half-length pose wearing his military uniform. Signed ('H. R. Alexander') in black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. EX
A 19th century mahogany longcase clock, the arched hood with barley twist columns and a short trunk door, box base and bracket feet, the 33cm dial painted with a hunter and spaniels to the arch and spaniels to the spandrels, inscribed H R Lewis, Pontypridd, the eight day movement striking on a bell
.(i) on Rolling Stones headed paper 'Dear Kathleen ... eye colour - Greenish-Brown (often changes) height 5ft 8ins, hair - Black, length - long, age 22 1/2 ... I prefer all kinds of girls but they must be nice ..." (ii) Dear Kathleen ... Top American R&B singer for me is Chuck Berry but I also like Jimmy Read a lot .. Hope you like & buy our new record out yesterday & hope you watch & enjoy Juke Box Jury this Saturday as we are the panel ..." (2)
AFTER SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY, RA (1753-1839) PORTRAIT OF HENRY D'ESTERRE DARBY, CAPTAIN OF HMS BELLEROPHON Half length, wearing a Navy uniform, oil on canvas, a copy c.1910 79.5 x 62cm.; with a copy of R. Earlom's mezzotint of the same subject, 1801; a `Plan of the Battle of the Nile`, engraved by S. Hall, 1798; and `The First Bellerophon`, book by Colin Pengelly (London, 1966) (4) Provenance: By descent (by marriage) in the family of Captain Darby ++ The oil relined, retouched damage above the sitter's left shoulder, craquelure; the print worn; the others good.
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