Nov 26, 2013 - Sale 2333

Sale 2333 - Lot 93

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
LAMENTING HER MOTHER'S DEATH VICTORIA; QUEEN OF ENGLAND. Autograph Letter Signed, "VR," to Lady Fanny Howard, grieving the death of her own mother [Princess Victoria] and thanking for her devotion. 3 1/2 pages, small 8vo, mourning stationery; minor scattered staining, folds. Windsor Castle, 22 March 1861
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"Tho' I have told you again & again during these dreadful days how truly & deeply grateful I am for your devotion to my dearest beloved Mamman, I must repeat it again . . . . It is so soothing to my poor bleeding heart to see such love for her, such true devotion & such true sorrow.
"The night . . . we passed together, & the solemn scene when that blessed spirit left us for a World where passion & sorrow are no more must ever be a tie between us.
". . . Pray retain for the Children & friends' Children . . . some of the affection you bore to her!"