Shakespeare, William. Signed photographs from the Washington Naval Conference - photo 1
Shakespeare, William. Signed photographs from the Washington Naval Conference - photo 2
Shakespeare, William. Signed photographs from the Washington Naval Conference - photo 3
Shakespeare, William. Signed photographs from the Washington Naval Conference - photo 4
Shakespeare, William. Signed photographs from the Washington Naval Conference - photo 1

Signed photographs from the Washington Naval Conference

Lot 205
15.10.2021 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Sold
$ 3 500
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
Buyer Premiumsee on Website%
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 627696
Lot 205 | Signed photographs from the Washington Naval Conference
Estimate value
$ 1 500 – 2 500
WASHINGTON NAVAL CONFERENCE — A period scrapbook documenting the 1921 Washington Naval Conference, featuring 26 signed photographs from the principal delegates including Warren G. HARDING (1865-1923) signed as President, Florence Kling HARDING (1860-1924) signed as First Lady, Charles Evans HUGHES (1862-1948), Elihu ROOT (1945-1937), Henry Cabot LODGE (1850-1924), John J. PERSHING (1860-1948), and others, [Washington], [November 1921]-February 1922.

Housed in a three-ring scrapbook in decorated leather boards, together with an additional 28 photographs, some loose, others mounted to album pages (some with later inked identifications on mount and/or emulsion). Photographs primarily by Underwood & Underwood as well several by Harris & Ewing.

Anna Sumner Bird's album from the first international conference on arms limitation. Born Anna J. Child (1850-1942), she married Massachusetts industrialist and politician Charles Sumner Bird in 1880. A prominent suffragist, she became the first woman from Massachusetts to serve on the Republican National Committee, and in 1921 the Massachusetts Republican State Committee appointed her to lead a committee to mobilize public support for the upcoming arms limitations conference in Washington which resulted in several major international treaties. Other signed photographs in the album include Oscar UNDERWOOD, Arthur James BALFOUR, as well as delegates from Canada, Australia, Italy, France, Japan and China. Additional unsigned photographs range from group portraits from the conference (including one with an image of Winston Churchill who also attended the conference) as well as images of the conference (two of which include Mrs. Sumner Bird) as well as several candid photos from the conference.

[Also with:] Review of the Conference on Limitation of Armament -- In Connection with the Pacific and Far East questions Part One July 1921, to December 8, 1921. [Boston:] Boston Evening Transcript, [1922] – a typed memorandum, [Boston,] 12 October 1921. A press release announcing that Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird had been appointed as "Chairman of a Committee on Limitation of Armaments" by the Republican State Committee of Massachusetts.
Artist:William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Applied technique:Pencil
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
01.10.2021 – 15.10.2021
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
4FQ.AYGKAGLUQ@FO3G@
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase

More from Creator

Antiquities of Mexico
Antiquities of Mexico
$16 000
Verbiest's world map
Verbiest's world map
$12 000
A previously unknown invoice for furnishings
A previously unknown invoice for furnishings
$2 800
Iliad, in Latin
Iliad, in Latin
$1 500
New York City commissions a painting of Washington
New York City commissions a painting of Washington
$100
The East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere
The East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere
$1 000
Inscriptiones sacrosanctae vetustatis
Inscriptiones sacrosanctae vetustatis
$1 200
Huguan County, Lu’an Prefecture, Shanxi Province
Huguan County, Lu’an Prefecture, Shanxi Province
$1 600

Related terms

Frequently asked questions

First of all, you should register to be able to purchase at auction. After confirming your email address, enter your personal information in your user profile, such as your first name, last name, and mail address. Choose a lot from the upcoming auction and the maximum amount you want to place on it. After confirmation of your choice, we will send your application by e-mail to the appropriate auction house. If the auction house accepts a request, it will participate in the auction. You can view the current status of a bid at any time in your personal account in the "Bids" section.
Auctions are performed by auction houses and each of the auction houses describes their terms of auction. You can see the texts in the section "Auction information".
The results of the auction are published within a few days after the end of the auction. In the top menu of the site, find the tab "Auctions". Click on it and you will be on the auction catalog page, where you can easily find the category "Results". After opening it, select the desired auction from the list, enter and view the current status of the interested lot.
The information about the auction winners is confidential. The auction winner will receive a direct notification from the auction house responsible with instructions for further action: an invoice for payment and the manner in which the goods will be received.
Each of the auction houses has its own payment policy for the won lots. All auction houses accept bank transfers, most of them accept credit card payments. In the near future you will find detailed information for each case in the section "Auction information" on the page of the auction catalog and the lot.
Shipment of the won lot depends on its size. Small items can be delivered by post. Larger lots are sent by courier. Employees of the auction houses will offer you a wide range to choose from.
No. The archive serves as a reference for the study of auction prices, photographs and descriptions of works of art.
?>