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Georgian miniature painting of Sir Philip Sidney by Gilchrist in a wooden frame with a brass mount. Inscribed on reverse: Sir Philip Sidney by Gilchrist Oxford 1801 Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) was an Elizabethan era courtier, poet, scholar, and a soldier. Size: frame 12 x 13.3 cm; visible miniature: 6.1 x 7.3 cm Condition: Painting…
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Exceptionally rare historical framed memorabilia group related to the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796). Circular etching of Burns portrait mounted over a thistle leaf and a patch of his hair. Inscribed in ink: From the thistle near his grave. Fragments from a lock of his hair: taken from his coffin when it was opened in…
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$45 $22.50
A facsimile of a handwritten and signed letter from Princess Elizabeth on a Buckingham Palace headed paper, in a purple mount and a deep wooden frame, under glass. The letter was sent out shorty after Elizabeth s wedding in 1947 along with a food parcel. The letter reads: Many kind friends overseas sent me gifts…
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Very rare original hand written letter by Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley 1769-1852) as a British Prime Minister, signed and dated 27th November 1834. Signed: Wellington The letter relates to a very short period of only three weeks in November-December 1834, when Wellington acted as a Prime Minister, replacing the absent Robert Peel. Written on…
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Rare and important document approved and hand signed by Queen Victoria and Henry Campbell-Bannerman (at the time serving as a British Secretary of State of War and subsequently as a Prime Minister). Both signatures are very clean and strong. Dated 28th May 1894 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908) served as a British Prime Minister between 1905…
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