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61 UNSIGNED VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS<br />

FOUR GENERATIONS<br />

443. [CHRISTIAN IX (1818-1906, King of Denmark)<br />

and his wife LOUISE (1818-1898) with their daughter<br />

ALEXANDRA (1844-1925, Queen of Edward VII of<br />

England)]<br />

Fine unsigned Cabinet Photo, showing the King and Queen<br />

of Denmark, with their daughter Alexandra, grand daughter,<br />

the Duchess of Fife and great grand daughter Lady<br />

Alexandra Duff sat on the knee of the Queen, 6”x 4”, n.d.,<br />

n.p., [SD25382]£175<br />

THE FAMILY OF GRAND DUKE<br />

CONSTANTINE<br />

444. [CONSTANTINE (1858-1915, Grand Duke, General<br />

of the Infantry, grandson of Emperor Nicholas I) with his<br />

wife ELIZABETH (1865-1927) and their children]<br />

Unsigned Russian postcard photo showing the couple<br />

surrounded by their eight children, 5½” x 3½”, n.p., n.d., c.<br />

1909 [SD22649]£125<br />

Constantine was the last of the Romanoffs to be buried at the<br />

Fortress ofPeter and Paul.<br />

Princess Vera, born 1906, and shown here with her family, is the<br />

only surviving Romanoff. When she was a child she played with<br />

the Imperial children at Tsarskoe Zeloe. She now lives in<br />

America.<br />

445. [DIMITRI PAVLOVNAVITCH (1891-1942,<br />

Grand Duke of Russia, son of Grand Duke Paul<br />

Alexandrovitch, in 1916 he was involved in the murder of<br />

Rasputin)]<br />

Unsigned Russian postcard photo showing him on a horse<br />

on the fields outside St Petersburg, 5½” x 3½”, n.p., n.d., c.<br />

1910 [SD22648]£250<br />

After 1916 Dimitri never spoke publicly of the murder. Before<br />

that time he had been viewed as a possible husband for Grand<br />

Duchess Tatiana. By his banishment to Persia he was saved from<br />

the Revolution.<br />

446. [EDEN (Sir Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977,<br />

Prime Minister)]<br />

Fine unsigned German press photo showing the primeminister<br />

during his visit to Berlin, 8½” x 6½”, n.d.<br />

[SD25889]£45<br />

447. [EDWARD (George Nicholas, b. 1935, 2nd Duke of<br />

Kent, A.D.C. to the Queen)]<br />

Fine unsigned portrait photo by Harlip showing him three<br />

quarters length with his arms folded, 9” x 6½”, n.p., n.d.<br />

[SD15799]£35<br />

448. [EDWARD VII (1841-1910, King of Great Britain)<br />

& ALEXANDRA (of Denmark, 1844-1925, his Queen),<br />

their children GEORGE V (1865-1936, King of Great<br />

Britain), & his sisters Princesses VICTORIA<br />

ALEXANDRA (1868-1935, Princess), LOUISE (1867-<br />

1931) and MAUD (1869-1938)<br />

Unsigned carte de visite photo showing the family on the<br />

Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, 4” x 2½”, n.p., n.d., c.<br />

1880 [SD22908]£175<br />

449. [EDWARD VII (1841-1910, King of Great Britain)]<br />

Exceptional unsigned cabinet photo by A. & G. Taylor,<br />

showing him in highland costume standing outside a door,<br />

6½” x 4½”, Abergeldie, September 1886 [SD23954]£175<br />

450. [EDWARD VIII (1894-1972, King of Great Britain,<br />

Later the Duke of Windsor)]<br />

Charming early unsigned cabinet photo by W. & D.<br />

Downey with his mother’s cross-stitching at his side, 6½” x<br />

4¼”, in a charming leather and mother of pearl frame<br />

decorated with fleur de lys, London, n.d., c. 1895<br />

[SD24629]£375<br />

451. [EDWARD VIII (1894-1972, King of Great Britain,<br />

Later the Duke of Windsor)]<br />

Fine press photo of the Duke playing Golf taken in the<br />

riviera with Archie Compston, famous golfer and coach to<br />

the duke, standing on small boat ferrying between holes, 8”<br />

x6”, 6th January 1939 [SD24960]£100<br />

452. [ELENA (1873-1952, daughter of Nicholas I of<br />

Montenegro, wife of King Vittorio Emanuele III of<br />

Italy)]<br />

Unsigned postcard photo, showing her head and shoulders<br />

in profile, wearing a tiara and jewels, titled in Italian at the<br />

top, 5½” x 3½”, n.p., n.d. [SD25899]£95<br />

GRANDCHILDREN OF FRANZ JOSEPH I<br />

OF AUSTRIA<br />

453. [ELISABETH (1874-1957, elder daughter of Prince<br />

Leopold {1846-1930} of Bavaria and his wife Gisela<br />

{18<strong>56</strong>-1932}) & her sister AUGUSTA (1875-1964)]<br />

Charming unsigned cabinet photo by Adéle showing the<br />

two young children snuggled up together in an armchair,<br />

wearing white dresses with wide sashes, 6¼” x 4¼”,<br />

Vienna, n.d., c. 1880, bottom edge trimmed not affecting<br />

the image [SD22671]£95<br />

CORONATION PICTURES<br />

454. [ELIZABETH II (b. 1926, Queen of Great Britain)]<br />

Fine unsigned coronation photo of the Crowning Ceremony,<br />

the picture shows the most solemn moment of the ceremony<br />

as the Archbishop of Canterbury places the Crown of<br />

England on the head of Queen Elizabeth, 10” x 8”, 2nd<br />

June 1953 [SD25005]£40<br />

455. [ELIZABETH II (b. 1926, Queen of Great Britain)]<br />

Fine unsigned press photo of Elizabeth II on the way to<br />

Westminster Abbey, showing the Royal procession on its<br />

journey down the Embankment, 10” x 8”, 2nd June 1953<br />

[SD25013]£35<br />

4<strong>56</strong>. [ELIZABETH II (b. 1926, Queen of Great Britain)]<br />

Fine unsigned press photo of Elizabeth II on the way back<br />

from Westminster Abbey after her Coronation, showing the<br />

Royal procession on its journey back to the Palace<br />

travelling through Piccadilly Circus, 10” x 8”, 2nd June<br />

1953 [SD25014]£35

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