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Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript, Part 2
13 April - 27 April 2021 • London
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1. Prince Albert | Autograph letter signed, to Colonel Wylde, 22 February 1846

2. Queen Alexandra | Album of photographs presented to her by Press Photographers, 1916

3. E.H. Allenby | Autograph letter signed and a typescript preface to his Life signed by Lloyd George

4. Anne of Austria | Document signed, 29 October 1646

5. Artists' letters | A collection including items signed by Pissarro, Warhol, Isabey and Roberts

6. Ballets Russes | A collection, including a signed photo by Anna Pavlova and a signed prospectus by Picasso

7. Bonaparte family | A group of seven letters and documents

8. British History | a collection of 113 letters and documents bound in three volumes, 16th-18th century

9. British Army | A collection of eight documents, 1815-54

10. British Empire | A collection of eleven documents, 1892-1950

11. British Politician | A collection of letters and documents, 17th-20th century

12. British Royal family | Collection of five documents signed, 1789-1871

13. BRITISH SOVEREIGNS | 3 documents signed, summons to coronations, 1838-1911

14. Catherine de' Medici | Letter signed, to Raimond, Seigneur de Fourquevaux, 8 November 1566

15. Catherine de' Medici | Letter signed, to Monsieur de Fourquevaux, about the Dutch rebellion, 13 November 1568

16. Catherine II | Letter signed, to Peter Zapodovsky, about building St Isaac's Cathedral, 11 November 1790
![Catherine II, Empress of Russia | letter signed, to Vasili Stepanovich [Popov], 8 December 1791](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b201542/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1631x2000+0+0/resize/150x184!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F96%2Fc9%2F87dd0d454c2789a60c3f84313ef1%2Fl21412-bhclt-1.jpg)
17. Catherine II, Empress of Russia | letter signed, to Vasili Stepanovich [Popov], 8 December 1791

18. Catherine II | Document signed, granting the Order of Saint George during the war against the Ottomans, 1792

19. Charge of the Light Brigade--James, Earl of Cardigan | Autograph memorandum describing the Charge, 27 October 1854

20. Charge of the Light Brigade--Lord Lucan | Military papers, mostly from the Crimean War, chiefly 1820s-80s

21. Charles I | Document signed, as Prince of Wales, granting Brampton Wood to John Craig, 10 December 1624

22. Christina, Queen of Sweden | Letter signed, to Count Arvid Wittenbrg, 7 May 1653

23. Winston Churchill | autograph letter signed, to T.E. Lawrence, praising Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 16 May 1927

24. Sir Winston Churchill | autograph letter signed, to Pamela, Lady Lytton, 1942

25. Communism | Documents signed by Khrushchev and Ceausescu

26. John Cowell | Letters to his mother describing a tour of the Holy Land as Governor to Prince Alfred, with sketches, 1859

27. Benjamin Disraeli | A collection of two autograph letters signed and other material, 1849-1881

28. Alfred Dreyfus | A joint autograph letter signed by both Alfred and his wife ("L Dreyfus" and A.Dreyfus"), 23 December 1899

29. Queen Elizabeth, consort of George VI | Society photograph album including photographs of her, 1922-24

30. Elizabeth I--Privy Council | Warrant signed by six councillors, to Lord Burghley as Lord Treasurer, 29 June 1598

31. Elizabeth II--Marcus Adams | 8 photographic portraits of Princess Elizabeth & Margaret, 1929-1934

32. Elizabeth II | Seven Christmas photos signed, also signed by the Duke of Edinburgh, 1953-60

33. Elizabeth II | six autograph letters signed, to Henriette Abel Smith, 1957-73

34. Elizabeth II | Signed photograph, also signed by Prince Philip, 1958

35. English Civil War-Warrant signed by five Members of Parliament, 8 April 1647

36. European Royalty | A collection of documents, 19th-20th century

37. Exploration and Sport | A collection of items signed, Sir Edmund Hillary, Mary, Duchess of Bedford, CD Bernard

39. Presidents of France | Two documents signed, and a group of photographs

40. Frederick II, King of Prussia | Document signed, about the Jewish diamond-cutter Saul Monik, 1765

41. George I | Privy Council, document signed, 1722

42. George III | Letter signed, to Napoleon, introducing Lord Whitworth as his Ambassador to France, 10 September 1802

43. George III | Autograph letter signed, approving a despatch to the Ambassador to France, 9 February 1803
![George III | Document signed, appointing Wellington and other generals to the Baltic expedition, [1807]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/06fba46/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1379x2000+0+0/resize/150x218!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fd2%2F9c%2F6c34a87b4f3a98b0aa6161c9ec76%2Fl21412-bs5n3-1.jpg)
44. George III | Document signed, appointing Wellington and other generals to the Baltic expedition, [1807]

45. George III | document signed, appointing Sir Arthur Paget Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, 1807

46. George III | Document signed, permitting six named ships to pass through a blockade, 22 April 1808

47. George IV | Two documents signed, as Prince Regent, relating to Russia, 1812-13

48. George IV, as Prince Regent | Document signed, authorising Wellington to negotiate at the Congress of Vienna, 1815

49. John Godolphin and William Clerk, Admiralty Judges | letter signed on the quality of sugar, 12 June 1654