WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY & SUNDAY 25 & 26 July 2020

53 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 25 & 26 JULY 2020 67 1855 The Great Industrial Exhibition Dublin medal with others. (5) White metal, with portrait of William Dargan who financed the exhibition, and reverse showing the exhibition buildings. Also 20th Century meals for Charles Dickens , Dag Hammarskjold , and Robert Emmet. Collection of Glenn Thompson Condition: Fine. Estimate €80-€100 (approx £70-£90) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 67 68 1854 (November 12) Edward VII [Prince Albert EdwardWettin] childhood letter. To Charlie Phillips, thanking him for his gift and letter, he ends “Do not show my letter to anybody because it is so badly written.” Attractively framed with original Windsor Castle envelope. Condition: Very good. Estimate €250-€300 (approx £230-£270) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 68 69 1859 (25 January) Centenary of Robert Burns ‘Grand Festival’ Belfast commemorative program. “Grand Festival in The Music Hall, Belfast” organised by Samuel Gibson Getty, Robert Grimshaw and John Borthwick, and others. Printed on silk with ribbons and a gilt miniature frame containing a print of a portrait of Burns, attached also two green wax seals. Condition: Tissue paper lined silk laid down to a wood panel, two small holes, a few edge tears, slight staining , overall good for this. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£140) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 69