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№ 661

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17 July 2024

Hammer Price:
£320

A Duke of Wellington Funeral Pass dated 18 November 1852.
The Funeral Pass is for the inhabitants of No. 59 Fleet Street. Together with the Authorised Programme describing the order of the procession, the participants, description of the funeral car, flags carried, &c., as well as associated documents. There is also a British Passport Document, dated 28 February, 1876, made out to Mary Emma Jackson Brown, and a watercolour of her and her husband. A hand-written note reads 'This lady in the watercolour is Mary Emma Brown. The watercolour of the man is her husband John Jenkin Brown who became a Major in the Army. Mr. Thomas Binns who is on the third passport [not included] was the brother of Mark Emma Jenkin Brown the Jenkin Browns lived in Fleet Street hence the Pass’,
generally good condition £300-£400