Sophie Cat 56 - Sophie Dupre

Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupré, XV The Green, Calne, Wilts, SN1 8DQ, Tel: (01249) 821121 30
225. DULAC (Edmund, 1882-1953, Artist & Illustrator)
ALS toanunnamed correspondent, probably a newspaper
editor, sending him “a letter ... about the Children’s Art
Exhibition in the hope it may help to awaken in the public
the interest it deserves ...”, 1 side oblong 8vo., 117
Ladbroke Road, 8th December 1920, traces of mounting on
the verso [SD26587]£195
226. DUNDONALD (Louisa Harriet, c.1820-1902, wife
of Thomas Cochrane, 1814-1885, 11th Earl)
AL in the third person to Mrs. Percy, saying that “she
considers Edith Edginton a fair plain Cook general, clean &
quiet, as far as Lady Dundonald knows - as to her being
trustworthy, she cannot give a decided opinion, but thinks
Mrs. Percy may engage her, with care and supervision ”,
1side 8vo, LaBrea, Buxted, Sussex, 7th April 1900
[SD17079]£35
Lady Dundonald was the 2nd daughter of William Alexander
Mackinnon of Mackinnon, 33rd Chief.
DWARDES (George, 1852-1915, Originator of the
‘Gaiety Girls’)
TLS toLord Mayor Treloar, saying he will “be only
too pleased to help you in any way that I possibly can”, 1
side oblong 8vo, Daly’s Theatre Offices, 31 Lisle Street,
London, W., 22nd January 1907, light traces of laying
down on verso [SD17093]£35
Treloar founded the well-known Hospital for Crippled Children at
Alton.
Edwardes’ printed heading includes the words “Business Letters
should not be marked Private” -nodoubt he received numerous
applications for work so marked.
228. ELISABETH (Alexandra Louise Alice, 1864-1918,
Grand Duchess of Russia, daughter of Ludwig IV, Grand
Duke of Hesse, wife of Sergei of Russia, became a nun and
was murdered by the Bolsheviks)
Exceptional large photo signed, inscribed, “Grand Duchess
Serge de Russie, Moscow” and dated, showing her three
quarters length in profile, wearing a marvellous bejewelled
dress and veil, looking down at a fan in her hands, 9½” x
6½”, in a superb presentation frame in the French style
of the late 1880s, with a gilt mount and floral surround in a
glassed box frame, Moscow, 1902, slightly damaged but
beautifully restored [SD15591]£3,250
The image show Elisabeth in her first year of marriage, wearing
opulent court dress. This picture was taken in in 1884 and signed
later.
229. ELISABETH (1865-1924, née Princess of Saxe-
Altenburg, wife of Grand Duke Constantine
Constantinovich, 1858-1915, Russian General and grandson
of Nicholas I)
Fine photo by Jaeger of Stockholm, showing her seated
with her children Princess Vera is on the arm of the chair,
and Prince George (1903-1938) standing behind them,
signed ‘Elizabeth 1918-1919’, 6” x 4¼” in margins 8¼” x
6”, n.p., 1919, [SD26553]£375
The Grand Duchess brought George and Vera (b. 1906) to
England.
With Prince George’s later visiting card, torn and mended,
inscribed ‘Arbrook Orchard, Esher, Surrey’.
230. [ELIZABETH (The Queen Mother, 1900-2002,
Queen of George VI)]
AL signed ‘Marion’ from her Lady-in-Waiting, Lady Hyde,
1900-1970, to Domini, Lady Crosfield (née Elliadi, d.
1963), saying that the Queen fears “Princess Elizabeth and
Princess Margaret’s time is so full up with lessons and
classes that ... it will not be possible for them to come and
watch the tennis this year”, and that but for “a trifling
operation” Lady Hyde “would have loved to come”, Royal
Arms, 2sides 8vo., Buckingham Palace, 28th April 1937,
pin holes and light mark of clip in blank corner
[SD19451]£45
Lady Crosfield, wife of Sir Arthur Henry, 1st Bt., gave famous
parties at Witanhurst in Highgate for the National Playing Fields
Association, of which he was the first Chairman.
231. ELIZAVETA MAVRIKIEVNA (1865-1924, née
Princess of Saxe-Altenburg, wife of Grand Duke
Constantine Constantinovich, 1858-1915, Russian General
and grandson of Nicholas I)
Long ALS in English to ‘Dearest Mr D!’, S. Denison at 85
Onslow Gardens, London, saying his letter had touched her
deeply, and asking about schools for her son Prince George
(1903-1938), “Would our boy live in the school ?”, does
one examine more “the boy (character) then his knowledge?
Rather strange?”, she explains “It was very difficult for the
boy to get up at seven & be at the parsonage ... at 8 for
breakfast. He was so tired that he was obliged to ly down
after lunch. Professor Harpinoky, the doctor for nerves,
told me that those 2 shildren must sleep till 8, because their
sleep is the soundest in the morning”, she has “No news
from the sons” except that she saw twice “Gabriels wife
after that he was arrested. Now they are in Finland ... I
shall ask Miss Edgly to buy a little white costume for Easter
for Vira-child, to go to church ... She is nearly as big as I
am ... the Crown princess of Sweden” (Princess Margaret of
Connaught, 1882-1920, wife of Gustav VI Adolf), “could
bring the dress, when she comes back” after the wedding of
her sister (Princess Patricia, to the Hon. Arthur Ramsay),
the Swedes have been very kind, she spent a day with the
King “at Drottningholm, a lovely place, last week. I was so
sorry for your Majesties” over the death of Prince John in
the ’flu epidemic, while in Petrograd “Mr Bailly Compte
had the French hospital etc to look after ... a herring 40
roubles. An egg 25 rbls. I am so afraid for Sophy Borff !
... Vira ... sends her love to you & Miss E.”, with envelope
‘Opened by Censor’, 7 sides 8vo black-edged,
Saltsjöbaden, Sweden, 28th January 1919, tiny defect in
side 3 touching a few letters [SD50221]£275
In fact her sons Ioann (son in law of Peter I of Yugoslavia),
Constantin and Igor had all been killed by the Bolsheviks at
Alapaievsk. The Grand Duchess brought George and Vera (b.
1906) to England.
232. ELLIOT (Sir George, 1815-1892, M.P., President of
the Association of Mining Engineers and Colliery Owner,
1st Bt. of Penshaw, Co. Durham)
Cartoon portrait by ‘Spy’ titled ‘Geordie’, standing with
arms akimbo, bluff manner, in black hat and coat, 29th
November 1879 [SD20072]£55