Queen Victoria

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Heinrich Anton von Angeli (1840-1925)
Queen Victoria
photogravure, 1900, signed in pencil by the artist "HvAngeli" and in ink by the sitter "VictoriaRI.1899", published by P. & D. Colnaghi, with their Printsellers' Association blindstamp to lower left margin, with margins, minor damp staining to lower right margin touching sitter's signature, in early 20th-century frame by W.M. Power, framer to King George V
Image 475 x 364 mm.

Provenance

Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor (1894-1972) when Prince of Wales, (printed collection label, with monogram beneath Prince-of-Wales feathers, with legend 'Private Property').

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Lot Essay

A FINE PRINT AFTER ANGELI'S PORTRAIT, SIGNED BY BOTH THE ARTIST AND THE SITTER. This copy of the print bears the publisher's imprint above the image, but no title beneath, and has been signed by the artist and bears the Colnaghi Printsellers' Association blindstamp in the lower left margin, indicating that it is an artist's proof, stamped and signed in accordance with the PSA's regulations. The frame bears the trade label of W.M. Power, who style themselves 'By special appointment to [...] H.M. Queen Alexandra and the late King Edward VII', suggesting a date for the frame of c.1910-1925.
Prince Edward, later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor was invested Prince of Wales in 1910.

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