Auction 01: Auction 01 – Historical Letters, Documents & Autographs — Melis Antiques & Art

2026-11-05

• LOT 1: Benjamin Disraeli – 19th Century Engraved Portrait after a Photograph by Mayall
• LOT 2: Benjamin Disraeli – Autograph Letter Signed (ALS), 1853 – Grosvenor Gate
• LOT 3: Benjamin Disraeli – Hand-Addressed and Signed Envelope, London 1871, Queen Victoria Penny Stamp
• LOT 4: Benjamin Disraeli – Original Albumen Carte-de-Visite Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c. 1868
• LOT 5: Benjamin Disraeli – Original Photograph by Jabez Hughes, Taken at Osborne by Command of Queen Victoria, 1878
• LOT 6: Benjamin Disraeli – Original CDV Photograph by Jabez Hughes, Osborne, 1878
• LOT 7: Benjamin Disraeli – Hand-Addressed and Signed Envelope to Montagu Corry, 1870
• LOT 8: Benjamin Disraeli – Autograph Letter Signed “Beaconsfield”, 10 Downing Street, 1879
• LOT 9: Benjamin Disraeli – Historic Political Autograph Letter and Signed Cover to MP J. A. Roebuck, 1874
• LOT 10: Benjamin Disraeli – Historic Diplomatic Letter and Cover to the U.S. Minister, Signed “Beaconsfield”, 1877
• LOT 11: Benjamin Disraeli – Hand-Addressed and Signed Envelope “B. Disraeli”, London, 1859
• LOT 12: Benjamin Disraeli – Carte-de-Visite Portrait by Charles Jacotin, Paris, 19th Century
• LOT 13: Benjamin Disraeli – Autograph Envelope Signed “Beaconsfield” to the Duke of Somerset, Black Wax Seal, 1879
• LOT 14: Benjamin Disraeli – Original Albumen CDV Photograph by Mayall, London, 19th Century
• LOT 15: John Arthur Roebuck – Signed Free Wrapper, 1837 Election – Reference to Charles Palmer
• LOT 16: Benjamin Disraeli – Signed Autograph Wrapper “B. Disraeli”, 1837 – His First Year in Parliament
• LOT 17: Benjamin Disraeli – Original Albumen CDV Photograph by W. & D. Downey, 19th Century
• LOT 18: Benjamin Disraeli – “Confidential” Autograph Envelope to Montagu Corry, Signed “Ch. of Exchequer”
• LOT 19: Benjamin Disraeli – Original Albumen Carte-de-Visite (CDV), 19th Century
• LOT 20: Benjamin Disraeli – Official Envelope from Lord John Manners, Postmaster General, to Prime Minister Disraeli – 1875
• LOT 21: Benjamin Disraeli – Official Envelope from Lord John Manners, Postmaster General, to Prime Minister Disraeli – 1870s
• LOT 22: Benjamin Disraeli – Real Photo Postcard of Hughenden Manor, His Historic Home – Early 20th Century
• LOT 23: Benjamin Disraeli – Unused Envelope from Hughenden Manor, His Historic Home – 19th Century
• LOT 24: Lord Derby to Benjamin Disraeli – Private Cover to Hughenden Manor, Signed “D.” with Wax Seal – 1864
• LOT 25: François Guizot to Benjamin Disraeli – Signed Autograph Envelope in Paris + CDV Portrait of Guizot – 19th Century
• LOT 26: Benjamin Disraeli – Historic Cover from Sir Michael Hicks Beach Following the Return of the Seals of Office to the Queen – Baden-Baden, 1880
• LOT 27: Disraeli & Queen Victoria – Historic Cover from Sir Henry Ponsonby, the Queen’s Private Secretary, to Montagu Corry – Baden-Baden, 1 April 1880
• LOT 28: over of 1879 9 Dec. from Charlottenburg, Berlin, where the Peace Conference was just ending. It was sent to 10 Downing Street, Whitehall. Its speedy transit is noteworthy; it is backstamped ‘London S.W.’ on 10 Dec. 1879, only ONE DAY after leaving Berlin. The addressee, MONTAGUE CORRY C.B. was Disraeli’s Private Secretary from 1865 till Disraeli’s death, supremely efficient and a companion of immense value to the Prime Minister, a lonely man despite his wealth and prestige.
• LOT 29: Benjamin Disraeli – Albumen Carte-de-Visite Portrait by H. Lenthall, London – 19th Century
• LOT 30: Benjamin Disraeli – Official Private Cover Addressed to Him, with Embossed British Treasury Seal – 19th Century
• LOT 31: Benjamin Disraeli – Official Cover from His Private Secretary Montagu Corry to Disraeli at the Bath Hotel, Bournemouth – 1874
• LOT 32: Benjamin Disraeli – Cover from His Private Secretary Montagu Corry to 10 Downing Street – 1874, Heraldic Wax Seal
• LOT 33: Lord Derby to Benjamin Disraeli – Privately Carried Cover Signed by the British Prime Minister – c.1851–1852
• LOT 34: Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby – British Prime Minister – Albumen Cart
• LOT 35: 15th Earl of Derby to Benjamin Disraeli – Private Hand-Delivered Cover Signed “Derby” – c.1869–1876
• LOT 36: Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby – British Prime Minister – Albumen CDV by J. E. Mayall, London, 1861
• LOT 37: 15th Earl of Derby to Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield – Private Cover Signed “Derby” – c.1876–1878
• LOT 38: Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby – British Prime Minister – Albumen CDV by J. E. Mayall, 14 February 1861
• LOT 39: Edward Henry Stanley, later 15th Earl of Derby – Private Cover to Benjamin Disraeli, Signed “Derby” – Weston, Shifnal
• LOT 40: Lord Derby to Benjamin Disraeli – Private Cover to Downing Street, signed “D.” with Crowned Embossed Seal – 19th Century
• LOT 41: Lord Derby to Benjamin Disraeli – “Immediate” Urgent Cover to the House of Commons, Signed “Derby”
• LOT 42: Lord Derby to Benjamin Disraeli – Private Cover to Grosvenor Gate, Initialled “D.” with Heraldic Wax Seal
• LOT 43: Lord Derby to Benjamin Disraeli – “Immediate” Mourning Cover to Grosvenor Gate, Signed “Derby” with Black Wax Seal
• LOT 44: Lord Derby – Three-Time British Prime Minister – Signed 1854 Cover Between His First Two Premierships, with Wax Seal
• LOT 45: Lord Derby to Benjamin Disraeli – Private Hand-Delivered Cover, Signed “Derby” with Black Wax Seal – 1860s
• LOT 46: Duke of Richmond and Gordon to Benjamin Disraeli – Signed Postal Stationery Cover – London, 22 March 1876
• LOT 47: Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond & 2nd Duke of Gordon – Albumen CDV in Uniform – Maull & Polyblank, London
• LOT 48: Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond – Signed Letter with Original Envelope, 1872 – Conservative Leader in the House of Lords
• LOT 49: Lord Ravensworth to Benjamin Disraeli – Private Cover from Ravensworth House, Initialled “R.” with Heraldic Wax Seal – c.1855–1874
• LOT 50: Benjamin Disraeli – Private Cover Sent to Him, Signed by an Unidentified Sender, with Heraldic Device and Crown – 19th Century
• LOT 51: Benjamin Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer – Private Cover Sent to Grosvenor Gate, Unidentified Sender’s Inscription and Wax Seal
• LOT 52: Benjamin Disraeli – Small Private Cover to Grosvenor Gate with Gold-Embossed “Selina” and Crown – from Selina Countess of Bradford
• LOT 53: Benjamin Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer – Cover Sent to Him with Official “Chancellor of the Exchequer” Embossing and Unidentified Sender’s Signature
• LOT 54: Montagu Corry, Disraeli’s Private Secretary – Private Cover to Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11 Downing Street
• LOT 55: Sir Stafford Northcote – Conservative Statesman and Chancellor under Disraeli – Large Albumen Portrait by Elliott & Fry, London
• LOT 56: Sir Stafford Northcote to Benjamin Disraeli – Signed Private Cover from the India Office to Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer – 1867–1868
• LOT 57: Sir Stafford Northcote to Benjamin Disraeli – Hand-Delivered Private Cover, Signed by Northcote – 1860s
• LOT 58: Sir Anthony Panizzi to Benjamin Disraeli – Signed Private Cover with Wax Seal – Grosvenor Gate
• LOT 59: Thomas Erskine May to Benjamin Disraeli – Signed Private Cover from the Celebrated Constitutional and Parliamentary Authority – 1860s
• LOT 60: John Campbell Colquhoun to Benjamin Disraeli – Signed Private Cover with Heraldic Embossing – 19th Century
• LOT 61: Sir Moses Montefiore – Early Colour Judaica Postcard, Posted in Vienna, Austria – 1891
• LOT 62: Sir Moses Montefiore – Early Judaica Memorial Label, c.1885 – Portrait Portrait, “4” Denomination
• LOT 63: Sir Moses Montefiore – Rare Carte-de-Visite Portrait beside a Portrait of Lady Judith – John C. Twyman & Son, Ramsgate
• LOT 64: Sir Moses Montefiore – Rare Albumen Portrait Issued for His Centenary – 1884
• LOT 65: Sir Moses Montefiore – Rare Signed Letter to the Holy Land with Original Postal Cover, Victorian 6d Stamp and Seals – Ramsgate to Jerusalem, 1874. Addressed to Mr.Marcus Cohn, Jerusalem
• LOT 66: Sir Moses Montefiore to Dr. Abraham Berliner – Signed Letter with Original Registered Cover – Ramsgate to Berlin, 1884
• LOT 67: Sir Moses Montefiore – Signed Cover to Lewis Emanuel, Secretary and Solicitor to the Board of Deputies of British Jews – Ramsgate to London, 1869
• LOT 68: Sir Moses Montefiore to Ezechiel (Jecheskiel) Phoebus Rothstein (Fayvil ha-Levi Rothstein), Jewish Scholar and Author in Königsberg. Signed Registered Cover to Königsberg, Prussia – Victorian Franking and Silver Wafer Seal – 1884
• LOT 69: Victoria, Duchess of Kent – Mother of Queen Victoria – 19th-Century Royal Portrait Engraving
• LOT 70: Victoria, Duchess of Kent, Mother of Queen Victoria – Extensive Autograph Letter in German on Fine Illustrated Letterhead – 26 August 1843
• LOT 71: Victoria, Duchess of Kent, Mother of Queen Victoria – 3-Page Autograph Letter in German from Windsor Castle on Fine Illustrated Stationery – 28 December 1841
• LOT 72: Victoria, Duchess of Kent, Mother of Queen Victoria – 4-Page Family Letter to Her Brother-in-Law Count Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly, with Original Sealed Cover – Windsor, 1848
• LOT 73: Victoria, Duchess of Kent – Autograph Letter Shortly Before Queen Victoria’s Accession, Explicitly Mentioning Victoria – Kensington Palace, 28 February 1837
• LOT 74: Victoria, Duchess of Kent, Mother of Queen Victoria – Warm Personal Letter to Elizabeth Jane Conroy, Daughter of Sir John Conroy – New Year's Day, 1842
• LOT 75: Victoria, Duchess of Kent – Early Letter to Lady Elizabeth Mary Grosvenor, Later Marchioness of Westminster, Planning an Eaton Hall Visit with Her 13-Year-Old Daughter Princess Victoria – 1832
• LOT 76: Prince Albert, Consort of Queen Victoria – Rare Extensive Autograph Letter to the Mensdorff-Pouilly Family on Political and Social Questions – 7 Written Pages, Balmoral, 1858
• LOT 77: Prince Albert (1819–1861), Consort of Queen Victoria – Memorial Albumen Photograph with Black Mourning Border and Facsimile Signature – c. 1861–1862
• LOT 78: Prince Albert, Consort of Queen Victoria – Personal Letter to Lord Robert Grosvenor Congratulating Him on a New Addition to His Family, with Good Wishes from Queen Victoria – Buckingham Palace, 1846
• LOT 79: Prince Alfred (1844–1900), Son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Large Signed Cabinet Photograph in Military Uniform – Professor Uhlenhuth, Coburg, Late 19th Century
• LOT 80: Prince Albert (1819–1861), Consort of Queen Victoria – Victorian Embossed Memorial Card Issued Following His Death – J. Windsor, 1861
• LOT 81: Prince Arthur (1850–1942), Son of Queen Victoria – Personal Balmoral Letter to H. M. Moorsom, Sending Venison from a Stag He Had Personally Shot for the Officers’ Mess – 1871
• LOT 82: Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850–1942), Son of Queen Victoria – Signed Military Letter to Davies Concerning a New Tool Invented by Lt. Col. Hall – Southern District Headquarters, Portsmouth, 1891
• LOT 83: Prince Arthur (1850–1942), Son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Later Duke of Connaught and Strathearn – Albumen Carte-de-Visite by The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, c. 1870s
• LOT 84: Prince Arthur (1850–1942), Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Son of Queen Victoria – Large Military Cabinet Portrait by Alexander Bassano – London, c. 1878
• LOT 85: Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942), Son of Queen Victoria – Important Mourning Letter on His Mother's Death and Her Commemoration Throughout the Empire, to Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, Referring to the Cairo Memorial Service – Dublin, 1901
• LOT 86: Princess Helena (1846–1923), Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Albumen Carte-de-Visite by Hills & Saunders – England, c. 1864
• LOT 87: Princesses Louise (1848–1939) and Helena (1846–1923), Daughters of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Joint Albumen Carte-de-Visite by Hills & Saunders – c. 1864
• LOT 88: Princess Louise (1848–1939), Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Albumen Carte-de-Visite by Hills & Saunders – c. 1864
• LOT 89: Princess Helena (1846–1923), Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Albumen Carte-de-Visite, Dated 2 April 1864 – Hills & Saunders
• LOT 90: Princess Helena (1846–1923), Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Rare Albumen Carte-de-Visite by Belgian Royal Photographers Ghémar Frères, Brussels – c. 1862–1865
• LOT 91: Princess Helena (1846–1923), Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Personal Family Letter to Her Sister Princess Beatrice, Signed “Helena” – Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, 1909
• LOT 92: Princess Helena (1846–1923), Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Signed Letter to Dr. Champneys Concerning a Privately Communicated Sub-Committee Decision, with Original Mailing Envelope – Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, 1909
• LOT 93: Baptism of Prince Christian Victor (1867–1900), Grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Official Programme Issued to Attendees of the Royal Baptism Ceremony, with the Order and Musical Content of the Service – Windsor Castle, 21 May 1867
• LOT 94: Princess Helena Victoria (1870–1948), Granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Signed Letter to Mrs. Campbell, Thanking Her for Clothing and a Subscription and Enclosing Tickets to an Exhibition of Needlework – Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, 1909
• LOT 95: Princess Marie Louise (1872–1956), Granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Signed Letter to Captain Campbell, Acting on “The Prince's” Request to Forward an Enclosed Letter – Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, 1909
• LOT 96: Princess Helena (1846–1923), Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Warm Personal Letter Signed “Helena” to “Minnie” – Schomberg House, Pall Mall, London, 1902
• LOT 97: Princess Marie Louise (1872–1956), Granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Personal and Moving Letter of Condolence to “Maria, ” Recalling “All the Old Days” and Offering Her Help – Kensington Palace
• LOT 98: Princess Alice (1843–1878), Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and Mother of Empress Alexandra of Russia – Albumen Carte-de-Visite, c. 1865
• LOT 99: Princess Alice (1843–1878), Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, with Prince Louis of Hesse and Their Daughters Princesses Victoria and Elisabeth – Early Royal Family Carte-de-Visite by Hills & Saunders – 1866
• LOT 100: Princess Alice (1843–1878), Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Early Albumen Carte-de-Visite by Royal Photographer J. E. Mayall – London, 17 April 1861
• LOT 101: “Royal Autographs” – Unusual Carte-de-Visite Photograph of a Montage of Approximately 32 Royal and Distinguished Autographs – Queen Victoria, Members of the British Royal Family, Maharajah Duleep Singh and Others
• LOT 102: Princess Alice (1843–1878), Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Original Embossed Mourning and Memorial Card with Angels and Black Mourning Border – 1878
• LOT 103: Princess Sophie of Prussia, Later Queen Sophia of Greece (1870–1932), Granddaughter of Queen Victoria – Important Letter of Condolence to Edith Villiers, Dowager Countess of Lytton, Lady-in-Waiting and Close Courtier to Queen Victoria – Concerning the Queen's Death and the Suffering of Empress Frederick – Schloss Friedrichshof, 11 February 1901
• LOT 104: Count Götz von Seckendorff, Courtier to Empress Frederick – Important Mourning Letter to Edith Villiers, Dowager Countess of Lytton, Written Ten Days After the Death of Queen Victoria's Eldest Daughter – The Empress Frederick's Palace, Berlin, 15 August 1901
• LOT 105: Prince Albert and His Daughter Victoria – Two 19th-Century Royal Portrait Engravings, Husband and Daughter of Queen Victoria
• LOT 106: Victoria, Princess Royal – Empress Frederick (1840–1901), Eldest Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II – Three-Page Autograph Letter in German, Signed “Victoria” – Berlin
• LOT 107: Victoria, Princess Royal – Empress Frederick (1840–1901), Eldest Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Wife of Emperor Frederick III and Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II – Fine Carte-de-Visite Portrait by F. Jamrath & Sohn, Berlin – c. 1888
• LOT 108: Victoria, Princess Royal (1840–1901), Eldest Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Later Empress Frederick – Rare Family Carte-de-Visite with One of Her Young Daughters, by Hills & Saunders, Eton – 19th Century
• LOT 109: Victoria, Princess Royal (1840–1901), Eldest Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, with Her Husband Prince Frederick William of Prussia, Later Emperor Frederick III – Early Royal Carte-de-Visite by L. Haase & Comp., Berlin – c. 1860s
• LOT 110: Victoria, Princess Royal (1840–1901), Eldest Daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Autograph Envelope to Sir James Clark, Physician to Queen Victoria, with Royal Wax Seal and Berlin–London Postal Markings – 1859
• LOT 111: Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819–1904), Grandson of King George III and Commander-in-Chief of the British Army – Four-Page Military Letter, to Lord Robert Grosvenor, Later 1st Baron Ebury, Concerning a Proposal for the Formation of a Volunteer Force – Signed “George” – 6 December 1856
• LOT 112: Prince George, Later 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819–1904), Grandson of King George III – Early Letter from St. James’s Palace, to Lord Robert Grosvenor, Concerning a Ball Fixed by Queen Victoria and the Arrangements for the Event – Two Written Pages, Signed “George” – 19 March 1842
• LOT 113: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Fine Period Portrait with Her Original Autograph Signature “Victoria R” on a Separate Slip of Paper, Attractively Matted Together
• LOT 114: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Rare Four-Page Autograph Family Letter in German to Her Uncle Count Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly, Signed “Victoria, ” with Original Transmittal Envelope and Royal Wax Seal – Windsor Castle, 3 January 1848
• LOT 115: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Early Autograph Letter to Lord John Russell, Later Prime Minister of Great Britain, Concerning a Letter Mislaid Through Negligence and Returned Belatedly – on Black-Bordered Mourning Stationery with Royal Monogram – Buckingham Palace, 25 January 1840
• LOT 116: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – “The Regal Portrait of Her Majesty” – Important Early Official Royal Portrait by Charles Clifford, Photographed from Life at Windsor Castle One Month Before the Death of Prince Albert – Carte-de-Visite, 14 November 1861
• LOT 117: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Exceptional Royal Mourning Envelope to Her Aunt Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh – Autographically Signed with Her Royal Title “The Queen, ” with Black Mourning Border and Remnants of Four Black Royal Wax Seals – 19th Century
• LOT 118: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Autograph Royal Mourning Envelope to Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, Senior Minister under Disraeli and Salisbury – Autographically Signed with Her Royal Title “The Queen, ” with Fine Intact Black Royal Wax Seal
• LOT 119: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Rare and Personal Autograph Letter of Condolence to Alice Eden, Widow of George Ward Hunt, First Lord of the Admiralty – Written the Day After His Death, Four Autograph Pages, in the First Person and Signed “Victoria R” – Osborne, 30 July 1877
• LOT 120: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Large Official Golden Jubilee Portrait Wearing Her Small Diamond Crown, Diamond Jewellery and Royal Orders – Cabinet Card by Bassano, London – 1887
• LOT 121: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Early Autograph Letter to Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, Acknowledging Receipt of Two of His Letters and Referring to Dr. Buckland – on Royal Stationery with Gilt Monogram – Buckingham Palace, 20 October 1841
• LOT 122: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Rare Four-Page Personal Autograph Letter to Her Aunt, Describing Her First Journey to Germany and Encounters with the King and Queen of Prussia – Written from Rosenau, Birthplace of Prince Albert – 24 August 1845
• LOT 123: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Official Golden Jubilee Enthroned Portrait with a Portrait of Prince Albert – Large Cabinet Card by Alexander Bassano – 1837–1887
• LOT 124: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Autograph Royal Letter Concerning Diplomat Sir Henry Bulwer and a Commandership of the Order of the Bath – to a Senior Government Minister, Probably Lord John Russell or Lord Palmerston – 19th Century
• LOT 125: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Rare Christmas Card with Personal Autograph Inscription to Eliza Amelia “Leila” Hay, Countess of Erroll, Lady of the Bedchamber and Close Attendant to the Queen – Signed “V.R.I.” – Christmas 1881
• LOT 126: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Rare Royal Family Photograph with Princess Beatrice, Prince Henry of Battenberg and Their Three Children, Including the Future Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain – Signed “Victoria R.I.” by the Queen, Other Identifications Probably in Princess Beatrice’s Hand – Photo: W. Watson, Ballater, 1889
• LOT 127: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Autograph Letter Signed by the Queen to Lord Hardinge, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army – Approving Major-General Henry Godwin’s Appointment as Colonel of the 20th Regiment of Foot, Only Two Days Before His Death – Windsor Castle, 24 October 1853
• LOT 128: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Autograph Royal Mourning Envelope to Lord Ronald Gower, Signed in Her Hand with Her Royal Title “The Queen” – Franked with a One Penny Stamp Bearing the Queen’s Own Portrait and Sent Through the Post, with Black Royal Wax Seal – 1898
• LOT 129: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Autograph Royal Mourning Envelope to Sir Theodore Martin, Personally Chosen by the Queen to Write the Life of Prince Albert – Signed in Her Hand with Her Royal Title “The Queen, ” Franked with a Stamp Bearing Her Portrait and with Black Royal Wax Seal – 1868
• LOT 130: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with Their Children – Rare Early Royal Family Photograph – 19th Century
• LOT 131: Princess Alexandra, Princess of Wales, with Members of the British Aristocracy – Royal Group at Drumlanrig Castle, Scotland – Photograph by T. Douglas – October 1871
• LOT 132: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with Their Nine Children – Group Portrait of the Complete British Royal Family – Victorian Photograph, 19th Century
• LOT 133: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with Their Nine Children – Royal Family Group Portrait in an Alternative Composition – Early Victorian Photograph, 19th Century
• LOT 134: British Aristocratic Hunting Gathering – Carriage, Mounted Party and Hounds – Photograph by John Burton & Sons, Photographers under the Patronage of Queen Victoria and the Prince and Princess of Wales – 19th Century
• LOT 135: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Autograph Letter Signed to Lord Hardinge, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army – The Queen Refuses to Grant the Title “Royal” to the 33rd, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, Suggesting an Alternative Distinction – Buckingham Palace, 3 April 1855
• LOT 136: Queen Victoria and the Royal Family – “The Royal Circle at Windsor – Four Generations” – Large Royal Jubilee Souvenir Card with 48 Identified Members of the Royal Family – Late 19th Century
• LOT 137: Queen Victoria and Members of the Royal Family at a Grand Royal Ceremony – Rare Large Cabinet Photograph by W. Wright, London – 19th Century
• LOT 138: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Autograph Letter Written and Signed by the Queen to Colonel Charles Grey, Private Secretary to Prince Albert and Later to Queen Victoria – on Royal Mourning Stationery
• LOT 139: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Personal and Confidential Autograph Letter Written and Signed “V” by the Queen to Katherine Bruce of the Royal Household – “Please copy this very confidential letter” – Osborne Royal Mourning Stationery
• LOT 140: Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853–1884), Son of Queen Victoria – Rare Royal CDV Portrait by Jabez Hughes, Photographer to the Queen and the Prince of Wales – Ryde, Isle of Wight
• LOT 141: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Royal CDV Portrait by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, “Photographed from Life” – 1 March 1861 – Months Before the Death of Prince Albert
• LOT 142: Young Queen Victoria – Rare Royal Seated CDV Portrait, Before Her Widowhood – by Southwell Brothers, Photographers Royal – 19th Century
• LOT 143: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) on Her Pony “Fyvie, ” with John Brown and John Grant – Rare Royal CDV Photograph by George Washington Wilson – Balmoral, 1863 – Celebrated Image from the Period of Her Close Association with Brown
• LOT 144: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Rare Early CDV Portrait, Dated 1860 – A Youthful Portrait of the Queen, One Year Before the Death of Prince Albert
• LOT 145: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Early Royal CDV Portrait by John Jabez Edwin Mayall – 1 March 1861 – The Final Year of Prince Albert’s Life
• LOT 146: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Extensive Five-Page Autograph Letter Written in Her Hand and Signed in the Text “The Queen, ” to Colonel George Ashley Maude, Crown Equerry – Personal Instructions Concerning the Royal Horses and Stables, Including Princess Christian’s Horse – Osborne, 25 January 1871
• LOT 147: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Autograph Royal Mourning Envelope, Addressed and Signed in Her Hand “The Queen, ” to The Hon. Mrs. Katherine Bruce at St. James’s Palace – with Black Royal Wax Seal
• LOT 148: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – Autograph Royal Mourning Envelope, Addressed and Signed in Her Hand “The Queen, ” to Sir William Jenner, the Queen’s Physician-in-Ordinary – with Royal Monogram
• LOT 149: Young Queen Victoria – Rare Early Colour Print by George Baxter, Produced by the Baxter Process – c.1850 – with Baxter’s Original Embossed Seal
• LOT 150: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – “The Betrothal” – Rare Early Colour Print by George Baxter Commemorating Their 1839 Engagement – with Large Baxter Embossed Seal