Paintings - 23rd September 2015

Lot 70

Autograph Album. A remarkable autograph album

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1200

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Description

Autograph Album.

A remarkable autograph album, dating from the late 19th century containing over 260 signatures and 20 envelopes. Most of the signatures are either cut from letters or fragments and nearly all are stuck down. They include:

Royalty: Charles II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria

Politicians: Addington, Canning, Disraeli, Fox, Grey, Herbert, Lansdowne, Liverpool, Palmerston, Peel, Pitt, Wilberforce

Dukes: Beaufort, Bedford, Buckingham, Leinster, Marlborough, Richmond, Sutherland, Wellington

Artists: Eastlake, Etty, Frith, Holman Hunt, Landseer, Ruskin

Bishops of Salisbury: Six from 1782-1885

Writers: Victor Hugo, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and numerous others

Others: Viscount Chelmsford, Garibaldi, David Livingstone