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Important Photographs from the Peter Fetterman Collection

Important Photographs from the Peter Fetterman Collection Bert Hardy 1913 - 1995 Royal Wedding, King George VI with the Bride, Princess Elizabeth, 1947 Silver print, printed later. Signed in black ink in the lower margin, and with the artist's copyright stamp on the verso. Matted. (unframed) image: 33.7 by 25.2cm.; 13¼ by 10in. sheet: 40.3 by 30.7 cm.; 15⅞ by 12⅛in.

View 1 of Lot 129: Royal Wedding, King George VI with the Bride, Princess Elizabeth, 1947

royal wedding, king george vi with the bride, princess elizabeth, 1947

Illuminated Marriage Contract of Malik Jahan Khanum, grand-daughter of Fath Ali Shah Qajar, to Mirza Muhammad Hassan, Persia, dated A.H.1249/A.D.1833-4

Illuminated Marriage Contract of Malik Jahan Khanum, grand-daughter of Fath Ali Shah Qajar, to Mirza Muhammad Hassan, Persia, dated A.H.1249/A.D.1833-4 illuminated document with three lines of naskhi script in red ink at top, main body of text consisting of 34 lines of shikasteh script in black ink, finely illuminated headpiece and border decoration in colours and gold, 3 seal impressions, framed 121 by 37.4 cm. This is an important and interesting Qajar marriage document. The bride is Malik Jahan Khanum, daughter of Ali Naqi Mirza Rukn al-Dawla, the 8th son of Fath Ali Shah Qajar. The bride is therefore a grand-daughter of Fath Ali Shah. The groom is Mirza Muhammad Hassan, son of Mirza Masih Hakim-Bashi (Chief Physician). This is probably the Hakim-Bashi Mirza Rahim, who was physician to the harem of Fath Ali Shah and one of the emperor's confidants. It is very unusual for a marriage certificate to mention the name of the bride first, as is the case here. This was almost certainly due to the bride being a princess of the royal line. The dowry is listed as one thousand toman, a huge sum for the day.

illuminated marriage contract of malik jahan khanum, grand-daughter of fath ali shah qajar, to mirza muhammad hassan, persia, dated a.h.1249/a.d.1833-4

Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern

Rev. Edward Lake. Autograph manuscript diary as chaplain and tutor to princesses Mary and Anne, covering the period of Mary’s marriage to William of Orange, Anne’s bout of smallpox, and William Sancroft’s appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury, closely written on 23 pages in an otherwise unused volume of about 600 pages, narrow ledger-size (c.205 x 80mm), contemporary vellum boards, 21 October 1677 to 23 April 1678, tear to front free endpaper, light spotting AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE RESTORATION COURT AT THE TIME OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE FUTURE MONARCHS WILLIAM AND MARY. Edward Lake (1641-1704) was a Church of England clergyman from a respectable family (his father was canon of Exeter Cathedral) who had been appointed as chaplain and tutor to the Princesses Mary and Anne in around 1670. It was a somewhat delicate role as their father, James, Duke of York, was Roman Catholic but was obliged to bring up his children within the established church – a matter of substantial national importance given their proximity to the crown. Lake and the Duke appear to have had a largely cordial relationship although occasional tensions are apparent in the diary such as when he was excluded from the sickbed of Princess Anne (“…Her highnesse the Lady Ann […] appeared to have the smallpox; whereupon I was commanded not to go into her chamber and read prayers, because of my attendance on the princesse and the other children, which very much troubled me, and the more because her nurse was a very busy, zealous Roman Catholick, and would probably discompose her if shee had an opportunity…”) The great event of the period covered by this diary was the marriage of Princess Mary to William of Orange. Lake’s intimacy with the royal family gives his diary a remarkable immediacy: he records that when Mary was told of the forthcoming marriage on 21 October 1677 she “wept all that after-noon and the following day”. Lake also records the jokes told by the bride’s uncle when the wedding was solemnised just two weeks later: “…The King, who gave her away, was very pleasant all the while; for he desired that the Bishop of London make haste, lest his sister should bee delivered of a son, and so the marriage be disappointed; and when the prince endowed her with all his worldly goods, hee willed to put all up in her pockett, for 'twas clear gains. At eleven o'clock they went to bed, and his majesty came and drew the curtains, and said to the prince, "Now, nephew, to your worke! Hey! St. George for England…" Mary was anxious and unhappy in the days before her departure for the Netherlands (especially as her sister Anne was sick with smallpox), and Lake records whispers around the court that William “took no notice of his princesse at the playe and balle”. He remained anxious about her welfare (and especially her steadfastness to the Church of England) following her departure from England. Lake also gives over much space in his diary to the surprise appointment of William Sancroft as Archbishop of Canterbury, which he understood to result from Sancroft’s personal loyalty to the King. He recounts, for example, that Mr Masters “did always believe [Sancroft] to bee either a very pious or a very cunning man ; but hee was very sorry to hear what was reported of him by his own servant, that hee was more than suspected to have been more than decently intimate with one Mrs. Bembo, in Maiden Lane.” Elsewhere, he includes references to William Lloyd's book against Papists, quotes a text of Abraham Cowley's poem 'Sors Virgiliana' and recounts the circumstances in which it was written for Charles I. His concern about dissenters gives him further opportunities to indulge his taste for malicious gossip: the death of a friend’s wife in childbirth is blamed on the midwife, a Quaker, whilst a highwayman is “a notorious Presbyterian”. The diary may be confirmed as being entirely in Lake's own hand by comparison with two autograph letters by him in the British Library (Add. MS. 36988, ff.142, 214). LITERATURE: Diary of Dr. Edward Lake’, ed. G.P. Elliott, in The Camden Miscellany: Volume I, London, 1846-1847 PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s, 20 July 1989, lot 262

View 1 of Lot 108: Rev. Edward Lake | Autograph manuscript diary, recounting the marriage of Mary to the Prince of Orange, 1677-1678

rev. edward lake | autograph manuscript diary, recounting the marriage of mary to the prince of orange, 1677-1678

Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume III : À travers l’Hôtel Lambert

[Livre de Fêtes] Description des festes données par la ville de Paris, à l'occasion du mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France, & de Dom Philippe, Infant & Grand Amiral d'Espagne.

[Livre de Fêtes] Description des festes données par la ville de Paris, à l'occasion du mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France, & de Dom Philippe, Infant & Grand Amiral d'Espagne. Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1740. First edition of one of the most lavish livres de fêtes of the 18th century including an illustration of spectacular fireworks over the Seine. 2° (625 x 467 mm – 24 4/₆ x 18 3/₆ in). Contemporary French red morocco, roll-tooled border composed of palmettes and fleurs-de-lys, at centre gilt arms of Dauphin Louis of France, spine gilt in compartments with fleur-de-lys, gilt edges. Minor restorations.Rubbed spine-ends, joints and corners. One corner heavily dulled, three joints split over 4 cm. Some stains on covers. Minor foxing in the text. Some plates slightly repaired.Finely bound in contemporary red morocco with the arms of the Dauphin Louis of France (1729-1765), son of Louis XV and brother of the bride Elisabeth of France. He died prematurely and never reigned, but fathered three kings of France, Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X. From the library of Baron Alexis de Redé, former occupant of the Hôtel Lambert, who remained famous for his memorable luncheons and dinner parties on the hotel’s ground floor. First edition, illustrated with a large fleuron on the title engraved by Soubeyran after Bouchardon and a head-piece designed and engraved by Rigaud, 13 engraved plates or plans (8 of them on double page) designed by Blondel, Gabriel, Salley and Servandoni and engraved by Blondel. This sumptuous book presents the celebrations organised for the marriage by proxy, on 26 August 1739, of Elisabeth of France, the eldest daughter of Louis XV, to the second son of Philip V of Spain. The twelve-year-old princess did not see her husband for the first time until a few weeks later on Spanish soil. The actual wedding took place on 25 October. The festivities were orchestrated by the Florentine architect Servandoni and took place on an artificial island built between the Pont Royal and the Pont Neuf in front of the Louvre. Sixty illuminated boats gave the signal for the fireworks and a mock-naval battle with “sea monsters”. Provenance Baron Alexis de Redé (armorial bookplate); Léon Gruel (bookplate); Alde Paris, 13 December 2011, lot n° 44; Sylvain Lévy-Alban, 2012. Literature Cohen, 288. Cicognara, 1507. Mourey, Le Livre des fêtes françaises, 210-222. ____________________________________________ Description des festes données par la ville de Paris, à l'occasion du mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France, & de Dom Philippe, Infant & Grand Amiral d'Espagne. Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1740. Bel exemplaire aux armes du dauphin Louis de France. Provenance Baron Alexis de Redé (ex-libris armorié); Léon Gruel (ex-libris); Alde Paris, 13 décembre 2011, lot n° 44; Sylvain Lévy-Alban, 2012. Bibliographie Cohen, 288. Cicognara, 1507. Mourey, Le Livre des fêtes françaises, 210-222.

View 1 of Lot 485: Description des festes...1740. Édition originale de l'un des plus somptueux livres de fêtes du XVIIIe siècle.

description des festes...1740. édition originale de l'un des plus somptueux livres de fêtes du xviiie siècle.

Property from Royal and Noble Families

comprising:1. a photograph of Victoria Melita Princess of Great Britain (1878-1936), daughter of Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovich and Alfred Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, married firstly to Ernst Ludwig Grand Duke of Hesse and secondly to Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich, photo taken in Coburg, circa 1898, framed2. a photograph of King Christian IX of Denmark (1818-1906) with his consort, Louise Princess of Hesse-Cassel, their daughter Thyra, Duchess of Cumberland and her children f.l.t.r. Christian, Olga, Marie Luise, Alexandra, Georg Wilhelm, Copenhagen in 1886, Atelier Danilsen, Copenhagen (the youngest child, Ernst August was born in 1887)3. and 4. a photograph of Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), son of Queen Victoria, with his wife Louise, Princess of Prussia (1860-1917) and his children Arthur, Prince of Connaught (1883-1938) and the daughters Victoria Patricia, later married to Sir Alexander Ramsay and Margarethe (1882-1920) married later to Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, taken at Bagshot Park, circa 1900; together with another photograph of him with the Duchess and possibly their daughter Margaret with her eldest child, Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden, born in 1906, Atelier Hills & Saunders, Eaton5. a wedding photograph of Prince Alexander of Teck, Earl of Athlone (1874-1957) with Princess Alice of Great Britain (1883-1981), inscribed Windsor d. 10 ten Februar 1904, surrounded by bridesmaids, amongst them Princess Patricia, later Lady Ramsey, Atelier W.S. Stuart, Richmond and Sloane Street6. a photograph of Friedrich Franz IV Grand Duke of Mecklenburg (1882-1945) with his consort, Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1882-1963) and their son, the Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz, Atelier Heuschkel, Schwerin7. a photograph of the Mecklenburg Grand Ducal family, Duchess Elisabeth, Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, Duke Christian Ludwig, the Grand Duchess Alexandra, the German Crown Princess Cecilie, Princess Olga of Hanover, the Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz, the Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, Duke Adolf Friedrich, Prince Hubertus of Prussia, with the young Duchess' Anastasia, Woizlawa and seated in front, photograph taken at Schloss Ludwigslust, 1928, Atelier Esch (also illustrated in C.L. Herzog zu Mecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Portaits und Photographien, 2003, p.149)8. a photograph of Admiral Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862-1929), son of Emperor Friedrich and brother of Emperor Wilhelm II, amongst naval officers, Atelier Schmitt & Weggener, Kiel9. a photograph of a royal family gathering at Gmunden, Austria, including members of the Danish Royal Family, the Dukes of Cumberland, the Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, circa 1904 10. a photograph of Grand Duke Dimitri  Pavlovich of Russia (1891-1942), circa 1907, in uniform, son of Grand Duke Paul und Grand Duchess Alexandra, Princess of Greece 11. a photograph of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828-1885), called 'The Red Prince' because of the colour of his Hussar uniform, circa 186012. a series of five photographs of the German Crown Prince Friedrich (1831-1888), in uniform, dated  11.1.1883 and 28.1.1884, Atelier Reichard, Berlin13. a photograph of the German Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951) with his family, Crown Princess Cecilie and five children Wilhelm, Louis Ferdinand, Hubertus, Friedrich and the baby Alexandrine, born 1915, Atelier Selle, circa 191514. a photograph of Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia (1891-1927), Atelier Tellgmann, Mühlhausen, circa 191415. signed and dated portrait photograph of Princess Eudoxie of Bulgaria (1898-1985), dated 1917, Atelier Kosel, Wien16. signed and dated portrait photograph of her sister, Princess Nadejda of Bulgaria (1899-1958), both daughters of  King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Duke zu Sayony17. three photographs of the wedding in Palermo in 1929 of Prince Christoph of Greece (1888-1940) with Princess Francoise of France (1902-1953)18. a photograph of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and the Rhein (1895-1903), circa 1900, Atelier Erwin Hanfstaengl, Frankfurt19. a photograph of Duchess Marie of Sachsen-Altenburg, Princess of Prussia (1855-1888), widow of Prince Heinrich of the Netherlands, dated Juni 187220. a photograph of Princess Friederike of Hanover (1848-1926), married in 1880 to Freiherr Alfons Pawel-Rammingen, in court robes as dressed for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1901, inscribed on the back, Atelier Jagerspacher, Gmunden21. a photograph of Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgians, Duchess in Bavaria (1876-1965), dated 192522. a photograph of the German Crown Prince Wilhelm, inscribed and dated 1.märz 191723. a photograph of Herzog Wilhelm von Urach (1864-1928), signed and dated 1912, and a photograph of his eldest six children, Atelier Brandseph, Stuttgart24. a photograph of Prince Friedrich of Prussia (1883-1942) as a young boy, in uniform, signed and dated 23. VII. 1894

a group of large size photographs of royalty19th/ 20th century

1. signed photo  of Alfonso XIII King of Spain (1886-1941), dated 30.March 1928, by Kavlak, Madrid

1. signed photo  of Alfonso XIII King of Spain (1886-1941), dated 30.March 1928, by Kavlak, Madrid 2. signed photo of Maria Raineria Archduchess of Austria (1878-1968), inscribed ‘In treuer Erinnerung’ and dated May 1900, by Adèle, Vienna; in that year she married Robert Duke of Wurttemberg (1873-1947) 3. signed photo of Elisabeth Fürstin zu Windisch-Graetz, Archduchess of Austria (1883-1963) with her baby son Prince Franz Joseph, born 22.3.1904, inscribed, signed and dated 1905, atelier J.F. Langhans, Prague. She was the only child of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria. 4. a large photo of Mathilde Gräfin Trani, Princess of Bourbon-Sicily, Duchess in Bavaria (1843-1925), atelier J.Jungmann, Baden-Baden 5. signed photo of Gyula Count Andrássy, inscribed  ‘ehrfurchtsvoll’, atelier Székely, Vienna 6. the young Louis II Prince of Monaco (1870-1949), circa  6 years old, atelier Adèle, Vienna 7. the sisters Infanta Maria d alas Mercedes (1880-1904) and Infanta Maria Teresa (1882-1912) of Spain, daughters of Alfonso XII King of Spain, atelier Valentin, Madrid 8. a and b: two portraits of Friedrich August Hereditary Prince, later Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1852-1931)  with his bride and later 2nd wife, Elisabeth Duchess zu Mecklenburg, atelier Th. Prümm, Berlin, 1896 9. Sophia Queen of Sweden, Princess of Nassau (1839-1913), atelier Flormann, Stockholm, circa 1900 10. the Bavarian King Maximilian II (1811-1864) and his consort, Queen Marie, Princess of Prussia (1825-1889) 11. Franz Joseph Emperor of Austria with his son, Crown Prince Rudolf, circa 5 years old, in Austrian costume, atelier Angerer, circa 1863 12. Ludwig Victor Archduke of Austria (1842-1919), the unmarried brother of Emperor Franz Joseph, atelier Levitsky, Paris, circa 1865 13. Georg V King of Hanover (1819-1878), atelier Eugen Lulver, circa 1860 14. a & b: two photos from inside the church in Assisi at the wedding in 1930 of Boris III King of Bulgaria (1894-1943) and Joanna Princess of Savoy, daughter of Victor Emanuel III King of Italy, Instituto Nationale L.U.C.E. (not signed), they are the parents of the present Bulgarian Prime Minister, Simeon Sakskoburggotski (Simeon II King of Bulgaria) 15. Prince, later German Emperor Wilhelm II in the costume of ‘der große Kurfürst’, dated 14.3.1885 16. a small photo album containing twenty interesting photographs of the German Emperor Wilhelm II leading excavations on the Greek island of Corfu in April 1911. The Kaiser purchased the Villa Achilleion, which was built by the late Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) of Austria. From 1908 till 1914 he spent nearly every Easter there. 1911 remains of an archaic temple was found which Wilhelm II (on some photos seen with his only daughter, Princess Victoria Luise) is inspecting 17. Karl King of Wurttemberg (1823-1891) with his consort, Queen Olga, Grand Duchess of Russia (1822-1892) and their niece, Grand Duchess Vera Constantinova(1854-1912), who in 1874 married Eugen Duke of Wurttemberg (1846-1877) 18. Rudolf Count Wrybna-Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg  und Freudenthal (1864-1927) who in 1891 married secondly Elvira Princess of Bavaria (1868-1943), atelier Arthur Marx, München  

a group of 21 historical photographs from european royal and noble families, circa 1880-1930, consisting of:

Brown ink on vellum, 36 folios [(1 )+25+11+(II )], no foliation. measurements 9.7 by 6cm., main body of the text written in square Hebrew script with nikud (vowel points), instructions written in Yiddish in smaller semi-cursive script without nikud, contemporary leather, partly gilt.

Brown ink on vellum, 36 folios [(1 )+25+11+(II )], no foliation. measurements 9.7 by 6cm., main body of the text written in square Hebrew script with nikud (vowel points), instructions written in Yiddish in smaller semi-cursive script without nikud, contemporary leather, partly gilt.The manuscript is lightly soiled on the outer margins with minor stains throughout, blue pigment slightly abraded.This miniature book of prayers is a superb example of the eighteenth century renaissance of decorated Hebrew manuscripts. The revival began in Vienna around 1712 and within a short period of time, spread throughout Central and Western Europe. These luxury books were produced for wealthy court Jews who enjoyed a privledged status as a result of the services they rendered to the kings and princes of Europe.During the eighteenth century, miniature volumes such as this one, containing a variety of Hebrew prayers and blessings, were frequently commissioned by grooms and presented to their brides on the occasion of their marriage. Although the name of the original owner of the present manuscript has been removed from the title page, it is likely that this book, which features several prominent illustrations of women, would have been written for the wife or daughter of an affluent Court Jew.The scribe-artist of this volume, Simcha Pihem Segal of Mannheim, was active for two decades beginning in the early 1730's. Thirteen of his manuscripts are extant, among them three other copies of Seder Birkat ha-Mazon (all three were written for women) as well as a variety of other manuscripts including a Haggadah and two Seder Selihot (book of penitential prayers). The majority of Simcha's books were copied and illustrated in the town of Mannheim; unlike many of the other scribe-artists of this period, Simcha apparently did not travel from one town to the next in seach of commissions. During the first half of the eighteenth century, approximately 210 families were permitted to live in Mannheim and the city was home to several distinguished and extremely wealthy court Jews including Emmanuel Oppenheimer, Michael May and Elias Hayyum. It would seem as though Simcha received enough work in his hometown to allow him the luxury of staying in one place. Manuscripts by this celebrated scribe rarely come up for sale; the last time a work of his sold at a public auction was at the famed Zagayski Judaica sale of 1970. Similar manuscripts by Simcha can be found in the collections of the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, the British Library, the Israel Museum and the Jewish Museum, New York.The decorative elements within this volume consist of two decorated title pages, and nine text illustrations.Title page. Text set within and architectural framework flanked on the right by an image of Moses, who grasps the tablets of the Law in his hands and on the left by a depiction of Aaron, who holds a censer. Above, two lions support a shield (now heavily abraded) inscribed with the contents of the book. Beneath the figures of Moses and Aaron is a landscape of rolling hills with three houses nestled in the background.Folio 3r - A richly detailed illustration of three men and a woman seated around a table, the man at the head of the table lifts up a goblet. This image accompanies the text for Grace after Meals.Folio 4v - Two images, one of a menorah and a second of the hanging of Haman and his ten sons, accompanies the additional texts inserted in the Grace after Meals on the holidays of Hanukkah and Purim.Folio 7v - An image of the walled city of Jerusalem accompanies the blessing 'May Jerusalem be rebuilt speedily in our days'Folio 10v - An image of fertile vineyards accompanies the blessing recited after drinking a cup of wine.Folio 13v - An image of a doctor performing a bloodletting procedure on a seated woman, accompanies the prayer beseeching God to heal the sick.Folio 14v - An image of a woman seated on a bed and reading the prayers before retiring at night accompanies the text of Kriyat ShemaFolio 18v - An image of a guardian angel, set against a cityscape, accompanies the text 'ha-Malakh ha-Goel' (Genesis 48:16)Folio 20v - An image of King David playing on his harp accompanies the opening verses to Psalms 1:1Folio 26r - Title page for the Order of the Counting of the Omer. Text set within an architectural frame. Above the text panel are illustrations of two signs of the zodiac; at right, Sagittarius the archer, symbol of the month of November/Kislev, at left Virgo the virgin holding a sheaf of wheat, symbol of the month of August/Elul. While the reason for the inclusion of these two signs of the zodiac is uncertain, they are likely to be an illusion to the birthdays of the original owners of the manuscript.Folio 33v - An elaborate panel, with winged cherubs above and below, encloses the words 'Lag ba-Omer' (the thirty-third day of the Omer, a joyous day within this otherwise solemn period). This lot contains 1 item(s).

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