Desirable 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of the Queen in a seated profile pose, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "Victoria R. I., June 1887." Matted and framed to an overall size of 11 x 13.25. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original transmittal handwritten letter from Major-General Sir Henry Ponsonby, Privy Purse Office letterhead, dated June 14, 1887, in full: "Having laid before The Queen your letter of the 8th inst. respective your grandmother, Mrs. Smith. I am commanded by Her Majesty to request that you will thank her for her kind congratulation & that you will give her the enclosed photograph of The Queen."
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