Lot 257 · Fine Books, Manuscripts, Atlases & Historical Photographs
Initial letter portrait, showing the Queen enthroned with orb and sceptre, with historiated first line incorporating the Tudor rose, drawn in pen-and-ink, on what appears to be an exemplification of common recovery pertaining to the Manor of Cheppeley, or Clopton, by Chipley Abbey, Poslingford, Suffolk, Westminster, 31 May [1583]
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- Estimate
- £800–£1,200 hammer ≈ $1,048–$1,572
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Fine Books, Manuscripts, Atlases & Historical Photographs, London, Knightsbridge · 4 December 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-763046
- Record
- first seen 22 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Elizabeth I, Initial letter portrait, showing the Queen enthroned with orb and sceptre, with historiated first line incorporating the Tudor rose, drawn in pen-and-ink, on what appears to be an exemplification of common recovery pertaining to the Manor of Cheppeley, or Clopton, by Chipley Abbey, Poslingford, Suffolk, Westminster, 31 May [1583]. Bonhams, 4 Dec 2019, lot 257. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-763046.
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Elizabeth I, Initial letter portrait, showing the Queen enthroned with orb and sceptre, with historiated first line incorporating the Tudor rose, drawn in pen-and-ink, on what appears to be an exemplification of common recovery pertaining to the Manor of Cheppeley, or Clopton, by Chipley Abbey, Poslingford, Suffolk, Westminster, 31 May [1583]. Bonhams, 4 Dec 2019, lot 257. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-763046.
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From the same sale Fine Books, Manuscripts, Atlases & Historical Photographs · Dec 2019
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