Beschreibung:

British Prime Ministers. A complete and professionally presented collection of all 55 autographs British prime ministers from Robert Walpole to Boris Johnson, 1721-2021, the autographs taken from letters, documents and free fronts, matted chronologically in framed groups of six, with accompanying portrait and title captions for each prime minister, uniformly bound in ornate gilt frames, glazed, the first nine frames measuring 110 x 89cm and including six prime ministers, the final frame solely with the current prime minister, Boris Johnson, measuring 72.5 x 48cm (Qty: 10) A beautifully presented collection of this complete set of British prime minister autographs including such rarities as William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, John Stuart 3rd Earl of Bute, Charles Watson Wentworth, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, and Augustus Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton. A fully-illustrated PDF catalogue and high resolution images of every frame is available on the website and by request. A printed colour catalogue of the PDF is included with the lot. A letter from 10 Downing Street about the collection, dated 3 March 2021, was received by the owner: 'The Prime Minister has asked me to thank you for your letter of 14th January enclosing a copy of your collection of original signatures of every British Prime Minister … The Prime Minister is delighted to receive a personal copy of [the catalogue of] your remarkable collection and looks forward to reading the section devoted to himself.'