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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 97

Documents
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
1937 (2 June) gelatin silver print wedding photograph of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor with Wallis Simpson in the Chateau de Cande, 24 x 30 cm, signed on the edge, "Soper, Park Lane, W1", "247" in pencil on the reverse. Clean and fine. Photo

Soper took this the day before the Duke's marriage. Soper of Tilney St, Park Lane, worked for many years for the Court photographer, Vandyk. He took photographs after Cecil Beaton had finished his session at the Chateau de Cande, choosing the darkest room for the setting.

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£450