QUEEN ELIZABETH, the Queen Mother (1900-2002) & QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1926-2022). A photograph of The Queen Mother, seated, with her daughter Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II, standing beside her, signed at the foot by the Queen Mother "Elizabeth 1927", the image size 190 x 137mm., framed. With 5 other Royal portrait photographs comprising one of Albert, Duke of York (future George VI) in military uniform, signed "Albert 1919"; another of Queen Mary (1867-1953) and Elizabeth, signed and inscribed, "Mary, Elizabeth, [?]1927"; another of Queen Mary, signed "Mary R. 1948", and also signed in pencil by the photographer Hay Wrightson; another undated oval portrait of Queen Mary signed "Mary R.", undated, in an elaborate frame with the label of Biggs & Sons on the verso; a further portrait of Queen Mary, unsigned and undated; together with an engraved invitation to the Coronation of King George III and Queen Charlotte in 1761, framed and glazed, with an old autograph caption below; an album of late 19th-century photographs, consisting chiefly of portraits and a variety of European architectural views in no particular order (Longleat, Tours, Malta, Rouen, Cologne, Gloucester, Nuremberg, Arundel, Oxford, etc., etc.); another album of 20th-century photographs, both formal and informal, including the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, of Albert, Duke of York (future George VI) on various official duties, mostly overseas, several in New Zealand; of Queen Mary, Earl Haig, including his funeral; of the Queen mother, George V and many others; and an album of Royal "Post Cards". (qty)
