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Fine antique hand written signature of Emily Loch
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Antique Autograph Signature Lady-in-Waiting Emily Loch Tsarina Alix Princess UK
£75.00
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Bibelotslondon Ltd is a UK registered company based in London Bridge dealing in ephemera and curiosities from Britain and around the world. Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world. Bibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel ‘beautiful’, meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest. The word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.
Her descendant Judith Poore has written a book on her life:
Emily Loch, came to know Alix, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt, who became Alexandra the last Tsarina of Russia, from her early years. Emily was associated with the family of Helena, Princess Christian, Queen Victoria's fifth child and, was lady-in-waiting to Princess Christian from 1883 until the princess' death in 1923. During these years Emily kept a diary recording daily events, both important and trivial which together build up a picture of life in and around the courts of England and Germany during the end of the Victorian era. Emily Loch's friend ship with the future Tsarina grew through visits to the Hesse family in Germany and when they visited their grandmother, Queen Victoria, in England and Scotland. During the winter months of 1897- 1898 Emily accompanied Princess Helena( Thora), Princess Christian's eldest daughter on a visit to Tsar Nicholas and The Tsarina in Russia. Her friendship with the Imperial Royal Family is reflected in the many letters, cards and gifts which they exchanged until early 1917.
Size: 10 x 2.5 cm approx
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Sub-Type: Royalty
Type: Historical
Signed: Yes
Object: Autograph
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom