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69 SIGNATURES &FRAGMENTS<br />
<strong>56</strong>3. FOX (Henry, Ist Lord Holland, 1705-1774, Secretary<br />
of State for War, Paymaster General) & George<br />
LYTTELTON (1st Baron, 1709-1773, Lord of the<br />
Treasury, Poet)<br />
Portion of exchequer document signed by both and by R.<br />
Arundell, 6” x 5”, Whitehall Treasury Chambers, 1745<br />
[SD14136]£45<br />
<strong>56</strong>4. FRANCESCO II (1836-1894, last King, 1859-1860,<br />
of the Two Sicilies)<br />
Autograph address panel in French, to the “Prince Imperial<br />
of Germany and Royal of Prussia”, later Friedrich III ,<br />
(1831-1888), with Friedrich’s identification in pencil<br />
“Francis II Ex King of Naples” and date 1876<br />
[SD17828]£40<br />
<strong>56</strong>5. FRANKLIN (Benjamin, 1706-1790, American<br />
Statesman, Scientist & Philosopher)<br />
Three words in his handwriting taken from an address<br />
“Golden Square, London”, annotated in another hand<br />
“From the direction of a letter from Dr Franklin to David<br />
Hartley Esq - dated Philadelphia May 6 1775” and similarly<br />
on the verso but adding, “which letter was presented to me<br />
by Mr Hartley’s executor”, the second annotation is signed<br />
J. E. Hock, 6” x 1½”, n.p., double mounted with a<br />
contemporary engraving [SD7435]£650<br />
An exceptionally rare autograph. The Hartley is Franklin’s close<br />
friend David HARTLEY ,(the younger, 1732-1813, Statesman<br />
&Inventor). He was used by both sides as an unofficial channel<br />
of communication throughout the war, and signed the Definitive<br />
Treaty of Peace on behalf of Great Britain in Paris on September<br />
3rd 1783. Franklin, John Adams and John Jay signed for the U.S.<br />
After Franklin returned to America on 5th May 1775, after 13<br />
years ofresidence in London, the first letter he wrote was from<br />
Philadelphia to David Hartley.<br />
<strong>56</strong>6. FRITH (William P., 1819-1909, Artist)<br />
Signature and end of an ALS, mounted with a National<br />
Portrait Gallery picture [SD21947]£35<br />
<strong>56</strong>7. FURY (Billy, 1940-1983, stage name of Ronald<br />
Wycherley, ‘Rockabilly’ Musician)<br />
Signature on piece, n.d., c. 1970 [SD16581]£45<br />
Billy Fury is known for ‘Halfway to Paradise’ and 16 other UK<br />
top thirty hits.<br />
OPERATIC AUTOGRAPHS<br />
<strong>56</strong>8. GALEFFI (Carlo, 1882-1961, Italian Baritone),<br />
John BROWNLEE (1900-1969, Australian-born<br />
American Baritone), Ildebrando PIZZETTI (1880-1968,<br />
Italian Composer) & Salvatore BUCCALONI<br />
Signatures on the flyleaf taken from a book, 1 side 8vo.,<br />
Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, July 1931, left margin a little<br />
rough [SD16611]£50<br />
Galeffi, renowned for his leading roles in Verdi, sang at La Scala,<br />
1912-1938. Brownlee was at the Paris Opéra, 1926-1933, and at<br />
the ‘Met’ 1937-19<strong>56</strong>. Thereafter he was Director at the<br />
Manhattan School of Music, 19<strong>56</strong>-1958, and its President from<br />
1958. Pizzetti taught at the Sta. Cecilia Academy, Rome, 1936-<br />
1958, President 1947-1952. His operas include ‘Fra Gherardo’<br />
(1925-1927) and a highly acclaimed version of Eliot’s ‘Murder in<br />
the <strong>Cat</strong>hedral’ (1958).<br />
<strong>56</strong>9. GAMBIER (James, 1st Baron, 17<strong>56</strong>-1833, Admiral<br />
of the Fleet) & George John SPENCER (2nd Earl, 1758-<br />
1834, 1st Lord of the Admiralty),<br />
Signature, mounted with a National Portrait Gallery<br />
picture [SD15970]£30<br />
570. GARIBALDI (Giuseppe, 1807-1882, Italian Patriot<br />
and Soldier, with Cavour and Mazzini one of the Founders<br />
of the State of Italy)<br />
Signature, laid down [SD20582]£45<br />
571. GEORGE II (1683-1760, King of Great Britain)<br />
Fine early signature as King, taken from a document<br />
concerning a reward of £100, 5” x 5”, n.p., 26th June 1727<br />
[SD26445]£125<br />
572. GEORGE III (1738-1820, King of Great Britain)<br />
Fine signature on vellum from a document, 1805<br />
[SD26559]£100<br />
573. GEORGE IV (1762-1830, King of Great Britain)<br />
Fine signature as Prince Regent [SD22725]£50<br />
574. GEORGE V (1865-1936, King of Great Britain)<br />
Initial ‘G’ with the word ‘Captain’ in another hand taken<br />
from some sort of inventory book, c. 1898, mounted with a<br />
contemporary sepia carte-de-visite photo [SD9043]£50<br />
575. GIELGUD (Sir John, 1904-2000, Actor)<br />
Fine signature “to Michael Lane with all good wishes” and<br />
the date on a headed card, 16 Cowley Street, London SW1,<br />
1975 [SD7514]£30<br />
576. GILBERT (Sir William Schwenk, 1836-1911,<br />
Librettist of Gilbert & Sullivan)<br />
Fine signature with inscription “Always yours”, mounted<br />
with National Portrait Gallery photograph of a painting by<br />
Frank Holl [SD9733]£150<br />
577. GLUBB PASHA (Sir John, 1897-1986, Commander<br />
of the Arab Legion 1939-19<strong>56</strong>)<br />
Signature on card, with a newspaper obituary, the signature<br />
24th September 1983 [SD50028]£35<br />
578. GODERICH (Frederick John Robinson, 1782-1859,<br />
F.R.S., 1st Viscount, Prime Minister 1827-1828, 1st Earl of<br />
Ripon)<br />
Address panel to the Revd. Lamplugh Kind, Bradford,<br />
signed for free postage, on the back is part of a printed<br />
subscription list, Ripon, 27th September 1822<br />
[SD18949]£45<br />
579. GODOLPHIN (Sidney, Earl of, 1645-1712, Lord<br />
High Treasurer to Queen Anne), Laurence HYDE (Earl<br />
of Rochester, 1641-1711, Lord High Treasurer)<br />
Both signatures with two other treasury officials from an<br />
exchequer document, Whitehall, 1682, mounted with a<br />
National Portrait Gallery photograph of a painting of<br />
Godolphin by G.Kneller [SD9766]£85
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