You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
67 SIGNATURES &FRAGMENTS<br />
SIGNATURES & FRAGMENTS<br />
530. ADAMS (John Quincy, 1767-1848, Sixth President<br />
of the U.S.A., 1825-1829)<br />
Signature with part of the date, 23rd June 1826, the date<br />
has been cut through, but the signature is unaffected<br />
[SD21406]£275<br />
531. ADELAIDE (of Saxe-Meiningen, 1792-1849, Queen<br />
of William IV, Adelaide, Australia is named after her)<br />
Signature mounted with a contemporary engraving<br />
[SD21841]£35<br />
532. ALBANI (Dame Emma, 1852-1930, Canadian<br />
Operatic Soprano)<br />
ALS to Mr Boosey, asking him to “send me a copy of ‘Old<br />
English Songs’ arranged by Lane Wilson - a small volume<br />
for soprano ...”, 1 side 8vo., 61 Tregunter Road, SW, 12th<br />
May 1921, mounted with a superb portrait photo<br />
[SD4495]£75<br />
533. ANGLESEY (Henry William Paget, 1768-1854,<br />
M.P., Field Marshal, from 1815 1st Marquess)<br />
Frank to Lt.-Col. Peel of the Royal Staffordshire Yeomanry,<br />
9th May 1850, laid down [SD50111]£55<br />
Lord Anglesey in 1790 raised the 80th Foot or Staffordshire<br />
Volunteers from his father’s tenantry. By 1801 he was Colonel of<br />
the 7th Light Dragoons, a post he held till 1842, when he became<br />
Colonel of the Royal Horseguards. He commanded the cavalry at<br />
Corunna under Sir John Moore. At Waterloo the Marquis, then<br />
Lord Uxbridge, commanded the Anglo-Belgian cavalry,<br />
contributing to the victory but losing his right leg. In a garden<br />
near the church at Waterloo there is a monument to his leg which<br />
is buried there. He was Lord High Steward at the Coronation of<br />
George IV in 1821, and twice Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between<br />
1828 and 1833. He was made Field Marshal in 1846 and at the<br />
time of his death was the only Field Marshal outside the royal<br />
family.<br />
534. ARNOLD (Matthew, 1822-1888, Poet)<br />
Fine signature and date, 22nd February 1878 laid down on<br />
card with a postcard portrait [SD21390]£115<br />
535. ARTHUR (Chester Alan, 1830-1888, 21st President<br />
of the USA)<br />
Executive Mansion, Washington card signed<br />
[SD26482]£275<br />
536. AUSTIN (Alfred, 1835-1913, Poet Laureate)<br />
Fine signature on headed notepaper, Swinford Manor,<br />
Ashford, Kent, 7th January 1902 mounted with a National<br />
Portrait Gallery photograph of a Spy cartoon by Sir Leslie<br />
Ward [SD9777]£30<br />
537. BANCROFT (George, 1800-1891, American<br />
Historian & Statesman, Secretary of the Navy)<br />
Signature on bottom portion of a Navy Department<br />
Document on vellum, Washington, 31st July 1845<br />
[SD6855]£30<br />
538. BARKER (Alfred, b.1895, Violionist, Conductor &<br />
Composer)<br />
Fine autograph musical quotation signed and inscribed<br />
“Best wishes from” & dated 1932 [SD9584]£25<br />
539. BENNETT (Arnold, 1867-1931, Poet and Novelist)<br />
Fine signature dated in another hand, 1922 [SD15912]£35<br />
540. BERNHARD II (1800-1882, Duke of Saxe-<br />
Meiningen 1803-1866, brother of Queen Adelaide)<br />
Autograph address panel, unsigned, in German to “Her<br />
Imperial and Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the<br />
German Empire and of Prussia”, VICTORIA, later<br />
Empress Frederick, identified below in Frederick’s hand<br />
in pencil, attached is the crowned ‘B’ in gold from the flap,<br />
n.d., c. 1880 [SD17865]£35<br />
In his long reign, the much-loved Duke carried through many<br />
reforms, and lived another 16 years after abdicating in favour of<br />
his son Georg II. The latter’s son Bernhard married Princess<br />
Charlotte of Prussia (1860-1919, eldest daughter of Friedrich III<br />
and Victoria) on 18th February 1878.<br />
541. BOTHA (Louis, 1862-1919, Soldier and Statesman<br />
who was the first prime minister of the Union of South<br />
Africa)<br />
Signature cut from a letter, together with the printed “Prime<br />
Ministers Office, Pretoria” from the paper [SD21445]£45<br />
542. BREWSTER (Sir David, 1781-1868, Physicist,<br />
Inventor of the Kaleidoscope in 1816)<br />
Fine signature with the place and date, Allerby, 4th January<br />
1862, mounted with a National Portrait Gallery Portrait<br />
[SD21931]£35<br />
543. BROOKE (Sir James, 1803-1868, Raja of Sarawak)<br />
Signature from an ALS to Major Rodway [SD21360]£50<br />
544. CADOGAN (George Sloane, 1783-1864, Admiral,<br />
from 1833 3rd Earl)<br />
Frank signed to George Holyoake, Banker at<br />
Wolverhampton, London, 16th November 1837<br />
[SD50127]£25<br />
545. CALLOWAY (Cab, 1907-1994, Black American<br />
Band Leader and Entertainer)<br />
Fine signature on album leaf with inscription “Hi Di Ho”<br />
[SD9581]£55<br />
546. CARL XV (1826-1872, King of Sweden and Norway<br />
from 1859)<br />
Autograph address in French to Emperor Friedrich III as<br />
Prince Imperial, in Berlin, n.d., c. 1871 [SD17814]£45<br />
547. CARLYLE (Thomas, 1795-1881, Historian)<br />
Signature and end of an ALS “sent to me by mistake”,<br />
Chelsea, 15th December 1870, mounted with a fine<br />
contemporary carte de visite photo showing him wearing a<br />
hat [SD23139]£375
Change language