Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 142

Documents
India
Durbars and Royal Visits
1911 Coronation Durbar at Delhi with a part panorama photograph including the King and Queen on their podium, two prints 11½ x 9½ inches joined together, mounted and framed; some areas showing ageing.

Viceroys of India with Lord Hardinge autograph letter from Poona on letterhead of the Commander in Chief, Bombay, thanking the recipient's father for a gift and asking assiatance for restoring a silver enamalled tray. Signed " ... Hardinge"; Lord Chelmsford (1916-21), a real photo card of Lord and Lady Chelmsford, he is in his viceroy's uniform; signed at foot "Chelmsford" and "F. Chelmsford"; Lord Irwin (1926-31): 1926 (10 June) four page typed letter on Viceregal Lodge, Simla letterhead to Bryan Fell Public Bill Office, Houses of Parliament. The contents of the letter discuss the title of the Residing Officer of the Indian Legislature Assembley and sites the 1919 Government of India Bill. Signed "Irwin"; The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma (1947): 1956 and 1959 typed letters from the Prime Minister's House, New Delhi (printed letterhead) to Shri S.N. Swamy in Mysore, both letters indicating the impossibility of paying a visit to her, both signed "Edwina Mountbatten of Burma". (2); Sir Stuart Fraser with 1913 (12 October) secretarial letter from the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir on the palace letterhead. The letter notes with regret Sir Stuart's pending transfer to Hyderabad. "My dear & Esteemed Friend" and concludes in the hand of the Maharaja and sent when Sir Stuart Fraser was the Resident in Kashmir; 1919 an illuminated tribute to Sir Stuart when he was Resident in Hyderabad, from the Sisters and pupils of St. Ann's Convent, Secunderabad; also printed speeches given to and by Sir Stuart Fraser at the farewell dinner given by the Nizam of Hyderabad. An unusual group; 1930 (22 January) typewritten letter from the Maharaja of Mysore; the letter includes personal details and gives some details, also his thoughts on the Butler Report and the troubles in Bangalore, "the work of a few Brahmin Lawyers ..." signed "Krishnaraja Wadiyar", on his letterhead from Fern Hill. Ootacamund.

Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Estimate
£600 to £700