Jun 17, 2021 - Sale 2573

Sale 2573 - Lot 71

Price Realized: $ 488
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
THE QUEEN ENJOYS "PAGLIACCI" VICTORIA; QUEEN OF THE UK. Autograph Letter Signed, "V[ictoria] R[egina] I[mperatrix]," to "Dearest William," apologizing for a confusion about [scheduling a performance of] a band, inquiring whether he might enlist Count Moltke[?] to play after dinner, expressing gladness that he is pleased by the squadron of the 4th Dragoon Guards, hoping the squadron would make an appearance at Aldershot, and closing by remarking that she was "quite enchanted by the beautiful singing of . . . the Band, . . . & they played also a selection of The Pagliacci beautifully." 4 pages, small 8vo, monogrammed mourning stationery, written on a folded sheet; horizontal fold. [East Cowes], 10 August 1894