CULLODEN RELIC.
PRINCE CHARLIE’S STANDARD. The standard of Prince Charles Edward's bodyguard, captured at the battl© of Culloden, April, 1746, by Captain George Burges, aide-de-camp to General Bland, realised £9OO at Sotheby’s recently. A piece of blue silk ribbon worn by King Charles 1, on the scaffold brought £l2O. An Old Pretender glass, with drawn bowl and tear in stem, engraved with Jacobite version of National Anthem, realised £430. , A copy of Rudyard Kipling’s “Schoolboy Eyries,” printed for private circulation. Lahore, 1881, and limited to 50 copies, realised £315 at Hodgson’s Rooms in Chancery Lane.
) Sir * Walter Scott's . proof sheets of the first edition of "The Bethrothed.” and “The Talisman,” fetched £lOl.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SNEWS19240912.2.21
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Shannon News, 12 September 1924, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
112CULLODEN RELIC. Shannon News, 12 September 1924, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Copyright undetermined – untraced rights owner. For advice on reproduction of material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in