Chapter XII: The Prices of Autographs and Their Variations 345

William Upcott and his contemporaries--Sale prices 1810-1910.

INDEX 378

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A.L.S. of William Wilson, an Actor of the "Fortune" Theatre, to
Edward Alleyn, of Dulwich, 1620 _Frontispiece_

PAGE

Signatures of the Egyptian Clients of the Author, 1882-1888,
H.R.H. the Khedive Ismail; H.R.H. Prince Ibrahim Hilmy, his
Son, and Arabi Pacha 11

Last page of A.L.S. of Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston,
at St. Petersburg, to Miss Chudleigh, at Bath 29

Warrant signed by Warren Hastings, Philip Francis, Edward
Wheeler, and Eyre Coote, May 31, 1780 30

A.L.S. obtained from Cardinal Newman by an Autograph-hunter,
September 4, 1870 43

Two pages of A.L.S. of Sir John Tenniel, of _Punch_, obtained by
an Autograph-hunter, October 13, 1903 45

From the Prelude of "Gerontius," MS. Bars signed by Sir Edward
Elgar, September, 1900 49

Facsimile of the Historic Letter from George Crabbe to Edmund
Burke 63

The Autograph of Ludwig van Beethoven 64

First page of A.L.S. of Dr. Johnson to Sir Joshua Reynolds on the
subject of Crabbe's Poems, 1783 74

Lines of Thomas Chatterton on Horace Walpole, which cost Sir
George White, of Bristol, £34 74

A Specimen of Ireland's Shakespearean Forgeries attested by
himself 77

William Ireland's Attestation of his Forgeries of Shakespeare's
Signature 79

Forged Letter of W. M. Thackeray, in which his later Handwriting
is imitated 83

Two pages of a Letter by Lord Brougham to E. Arago, offering to
become a Naturalised Frenchman and a Candidate for the French
Chambers 99

Specimen page of the Dumouriez MS. discovered by the Writer 102

Original Dispatch of Lord Cawdor to Duke of Portland describing
the Landing and Surrender of the French at Fishguard,
February, 1797 103

MS. Verses on Trafalgar in the Handwriting of Charles Dibdin,
1805 107

Bulletin issued a week after the birth of King Edward VII. and
signed by the Medical Men in attendance, November 16, 1841 114

Order to the Duke of Beaufort to destroy Keynsham Bridge, near
Bristol, on the approach of Monmouth, signed by King James
II., June 21, 1685 115

A.L.S. of the Electress Sophia of Hanover to the Duke of Leeds,
October 19, 1710 116

A.L.S. of King George III. on the Subject of the Defence of
England in the early stages of the Great Terror of 1796-1805 119

Commission signed by Oliver Cromwell, October 20, 1651 121

Signature of Lord Protector Richard Cromwell to a Commission,
January, 1658 122

Fourteen lines in the Writing of Napoleon on Military Order, with
his Signature, July 3, 1803 123

Autograph of Henry VII., King of England (1456-1509) 127

A.L.S. of King William III. from Camp before Namur, July 13, 1795
128

Last page of A.L.S. of Empress Catherine of Russia to Mrs. de
Bielke, of Hamburg, July 28, 1767 128

One of the earliest Signatures of Louis XIV. (aged six) 135

Interesting A.L.S. of Louis XVI. to the Chemist Lavoisier on the
subject of the Discovery of Inflammable Gas, Versailles,
March 15, 1789 136

A.L.S. of King George III. to Sir Samuel Hood (afterwards Lord
Hood), June 13, 1779 137

A.L.S. of King George III. written four days before the Battle of
Trafalgar 141

A.L.S. of Queen Alexandra to Mrs. Gladstone, December 7, 1888 145

Queen Victoria's Order on a Letter of Sir Henry Ponsonby, April
26, 1894 146

One of the last Letters written by Queen Victoria, addressed to
General Sir George White, of Ladysmith 147

Autograph Telegram from the late Prince Albert Victor of Wales to
his Grandmother, Queen Victoria 149

Holograph Telegram of the Duke of Connaught to Queen Victoria,
St. Petersburg, May 26, 1896 150

One page of A.L.S. of Queen Victoria to her elder Daughter, aged
six, October 21, 1846 153

First page of A.L.S. of the Duchess of Kent to her Grandson, King
Edward VII., aged eight, August 26, 1849 154

First page of A.L.S. of Queen Adelaide to her Great-niece, the
late Empress Frederick of Germany, circa 1848 157

Page of Register containing the Signatures of Contracting Parties
and Witnesses at the Marriage of King Edward VII. and Queen
Alexandra, 1863 158

Page from the MS. Remark-book of Prince William Henry (afterwards
King William IV.), in which he begins to describe New York,
January, 1781 159

Page of Exercise Book of King George IV. at the age of twelve 159

Drawing by Charlotte, Empress of Mexico, dated Lacken, 1850 160

A sheet from the Copy-book of the Emperor Alexander II. of
Russia when a boy 160

A.L.S. of Queen Charlotte to Mr. Penn, of Portland, November 19,
1813 163

First page of A.L.S. by Albert, Prince Consort, to General Peel,
1858 165

Exercise of the late King Edward VII. when ten years old,
December 17, 1851 166

Exercise of the late Duke of Coburg (Prince Alfred) at the age of
eight 166

One page of A.L.S. of King George V., when Duke of York to the
late Duchess Dowager of Manchester, February 22, 1886 167

One page of A.L.S. of Queen Mary, while Duchess of York, to a
friend, May 24, 1900 168

First page of A.L.S. of the Empress Frederick of Germany to Mr.
Prothero, February 22, 1889 168

Last page of unpublished Holograph Poem in Handwriting of William
Pitt, May, 1771 177

Last Whip issued by William Pitt and signed by him, December 31,
1805 178

Signature of Sir Isaac Heard, Garter, on Card of Admission to the
Funeral of William Pitt, 1806 178

A.L.S. of Earl of Chesterfield, October 8, 1771, describing the
Inaugural Ball at the new Bath Assembly Rooms 183

One page of A.L.S. from Mr. W. E. Gladstone at Balmoral to
Cardinal Manning, n.d. 188

One Page of A.L.S. of Mr. Disraeli (afterwards Lord Beaconsfield)
on Church matters, n.d. 191

The Signature of Shakespeare on the last page of his Will 196

Deed containing the Signature of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, and
nearly all the Members of his Family, temp. James I. 199

A.L.S. of John Evelyn to Samuel Pepys, Deptford, September 25,
1790 200

Early Signature of John Milton on Documents now in possession of
Mr. Quaritch 203

Page of Dr. Johnson's Diary recording his impressions of
Stonehenge, &c., 1783 207

The two last pages of the MS. Journal of Mrs. Thrale's Tour in
Wales, July-September, 1774, describing the Dinner at Burke's 208

Holograph lines by Goethe on Blücher, circa 1812-13 213

A.L.S. of John Keats (three pages) to J. H. Reynolds, February
28, 1820 214

Letter of Lord Tennyson to Mr. Moxon 217

A.L.S. of Lord Byron to Mr. Perry, March 1, 1812 217

Illustrated Letter of W. M. Thackeray from Glasgow 218

Lines from the "Iliad." Specimen of the MS. of the late Mr.
George Meredith 219

A.L.S. of W. M. Thackeray to Count d'Orsay on fly-leaf of
circular announcing the Publication of a Picture, n.d. 221

Early A.L.S. of W. M. Thackeray to Mr. Macrone, Publisher,
discovered by Mr. George Gregory, of Bath 222

First page of one of Charles Dickens's last Letters, May 15, 1870 225

A.L.S. of Honourable Mrs. Norton containing an invitation to meet
Charles Dickens, the author of "Pickwick," at dinner 226

Early Letter of Charles Dickens to Mr. Macrone (1836) from
Furnival's Inn 227

A.L.S. of "Perdita" (Mary Robinson) to George, Prince of Wales,
January 19, 1785 228

Holograph Order of Admission of Thomas Carlyle to his Rectorial
Address at Edinburgh University, dated March 23, 1866 230

A.L.S. of John Wesley, June 14, 1788 232

A.L.S. of Duke of Montrose to the King 239

Part of A.L.S. of Earl Howe to Earl Spencer after his great
Victory of June 1, 1794 239

Official MS. Account of Expenses incurred at Funeral of Queen
Anne 240

One page of A.L.S. of General Byng, October 27, 1727 242

Signature of Admiral Byng on his Will a few days before his
death, March, 1757 242

A.L.S. of Lord Nelson to Earl Spencer, written with his right
hand, _Theseus_, May 28, 1798 245

A.L.S. of Nelson to Lady Hamilton about his wife, written with
his left hand, January 24, 1801 245

First page of A.L.S. of Lady Nelson to her Husband, December 10,
1799 246

Naval Commission signed by Lord Nelson, April 25, 1781 246

A.L.S. of Sir Thomas Hardy about Lord Nelson's Beer, Torbay,
February 20, 1801 251

Letter of Duke of Wellington to Mr. Algernon Greville, October
24, 1841, speaking of the necessity of his being present at
the Birth of King Edward VII. 251

Envelope directed by Duke of Wellington to Lady Sidmouth
enclosing lock of Napoleon's hair, 1821 252

A.L.S. of the Abbé Liszt to Secretary of Princess of Wales (Queen
Alexandra), April 16, 1886 258

A.L.S. of Joseph Haydn, the Composer, June 5, 1803 260

Signature of the nonagenarian Mrs. Garrick a few days before her
death 263

A genuine short Note signed by Edmund Kean, afterwards imitated
264

A.L.S. of R. B. Sheridan asking for time to pay a draft 265

A.L.S. of Charles Mathews, the Actor, proposing his son for
election to Garrick Club, n.d. 266

Last page of A.L.S. of Mrs. Siddons to Mrs. Piozzi after the Fire
at Covent Garden Theatre 268

Letter of the Chevalier d'Éon to Colonel Monson, Bath, January 7,
1796 271

Account for Supper given by the Chevalier d'Éon to Prince Henry
of Prussia, August 15, 1784 271

One of the last Letters ever written by Grimaldi, the great
Clown, December 20, 1829 272

A.L.S. of William Hogarth to his Wife, January 6, 1749 273

Last page of an A.L.S. by the painter George Romney 274

A.L.S. of Sir Joshua Reynolds to George Crabbe, March 4, 1783 275

A.L.S. of George Morland 275

Two pages of Illustrated Letter from the Honble. Mrs. Norton to a
Sister, July, 1854 276

Portion of Illustrated Letter by John Leech 279

Page of Illustrated A.L.S. from Mr. Wheeler to Sir F. Burnand 280

Illustrated A.L.S. of Fred Barnard relating to the plates of
"Dombey and Son," n.d. 281

Portrait of Charles Peace, the murderer, on A.L.S. of Sir Frank
Lockwood, who defended him, written in 1888 282

A.L.S. of George Cruickshank, September, 1836, about Dickens's
first call on him 283

Postcard of James Whistler from Lion Hotel, Lyme Regis,
circa 1888 284

First page of A.L.S. of the Painter Meissonier, July 25, 1861 284

Portraits of Sir R. Reid (now Lord Loreburn) and the late Sir
Frank Lockwood on an Illustrated Letter written by the latter
during the Parnell Commission 285

Two pages of Illustrated Letter by Hablot K. Browne 286

Two pages of a Letter from Richard Cobden in "The Forties" 287

Early Signature of Napoleon I. as "Buonaparte" on Military
Document, dated February 1, 1796 297

First page of A.L.S. of Admiral Villeneuve announcing to
the French Minister of Marine the Disaster of the Nile,
September, 1798 297

Signature of Empress Marie Louise as Regent, July, 1813 298

A.L.S. of Joseph Bonaparte, afterwards King of Spain, January,
1806 299

A.L.S. of Talleyrand in Paris to Napoleon I. at Bayonne
congratulating him on the Birth of Napoleon III., at which he
had been present, April, 1808 301

Letter signed by the Empress Josephine, 3 ventose an x [February
22, 1802] 302

A.L.S. of Marshal Ney, Paris, December 23, 1813 304

Exercise of the King of Rome, Duke de Reichstadt, circa 1827 305

Portion of Essay on Gunnery written by the late Prince Imperial
of France while a Cadet at the Woolwich Military Academy 307

Page of A.L.S. of Napoleon III. to Dr. O'Meara, March 9, 1836 308

Sketch by the late Prince Imperial, circa 1866 308

A.L.S. of Admiral Brueys, the French Admiral Commanding-in-Chief,
who was killed at Trafalgar, dated May 25, 1797 310

Two Signatures of Marie Antoinette on a Warrant, October, 1783 312

A.L.S. of Napoleon III. to Lord Alfred Paget from Wilhelmshohe,
October 29, 1870 313

First page of Letter in English from Voltaire to Earl of
Chesterfield, Ferney, August 5, 1761 314

The Signature and Writing of Button Gwinnett, the rarest
Autograph of the "Signers" 326

The last page of the Letter of Thomas Lynch, jun., one of the
American "Signers," which fetched 7,000 dollars 328

The last page of George Washington's splendid A.L.S., now
published through the kindness of Mr. T. C. S. Cuyler 333

A.L.S. of Benjamin Franklin to George Washington, March 2, 1778 334

Early writing of the late King Edward VII., circa 1850 344

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