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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
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
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