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Facsimiles are printed copies of original documents. Over the years many different techniques have been used, beginning with lithography in the early nineteenth century and progressing to very sophisticated photographic methods. It is often surprisingly difficult to distinguish a facsimile from the original, and it is therefore of great help to know that a particular facsimile exists. Given that facsimile reproductions are often particularly good and clear copies of original documents they may also prove useful for comparison purposes when trying to establish authenticity. The following list is not intended to be exhaustive, and is based on the facsimile letters and documents which we have accumulated over many years. We should welcome information about other facsimiles for inclusion in this list. The inclusion of a document in the list does not preclude the possibility of the original coming to light, but in our experience this is fairly unlikely. Some years ago, however, the original of the famous 'Vampire' letter of Byron came on to the market, and several originals of Churchill's notorious acknowledgements are known to exist. We have now started to compile the catalogue, and will gradually expand it as time permits. |
| Alexandra, Queen | 3 June 1916 | |
| Alexandra, Queen | August 1918 | |
| Alexandra, Queen | 20 May 1910 | On a black-edged card |
| Alexandra, Queen | 24 January 1901 | |
| Argyll, Duke of | 27 August 1715 | |
| Baden Powell, Robert | October 1901 | |
| Baden Powell, Robert | 17 June 1927 | |
| Baden Powell, Robert | August 1929 | |
| Baldwin, Stanley | undated | Appeal to voters |
| Baldwin, Stanley | [December 1938] | Thanks for generosity to refugees |
| Burns, Robert | 2 July 1786 | Deed providing for his daughter |
| Buxton, Thomas Fowell | 20 January 1908 | |
| Byron, Lord | 29 May 1823 | |
| Byron, Lord | 23 August 1788 | To Robert Anesley |
| Byron, Lord | 27 April 1819 | The 'Vampire' letter |
| Carlyle, Thomas | 6 May 1861 | |
| Carlyle, Thomas | 16 July 1868 | |
| Carlyle, Thomas | 5 June 1864 | |
| Carlyle, Thomas | 17 June 1850 | To Leigh Hunt |
| Cavendish, William | 30 April 1831 | |
| Chamberlain, Neville | 19 October 1938 | |
| Churchill, Clementine | 'May 1947' | Thanks for help for the Russians |
| Churchill, Lord Randolph | 19 May 1885 | |
| Churchill, Sir Winston | various | Many incomplete letters of thanks |
| Churchill, Sir Winston | September 1920 | Printed certificate for hospital |
| Churchill, Sir Winston | 1902 | A letter with a stamped signature |
| Churchill, Sir Winston | A 'thank-you' letter | |
| Churchill, Sir Winston | 22 January 1945 | To Mrs Ivan Colvin O.B.E. |
| Churchill, Sir Winston | various | Mentions in Despatches, WWI date |
| Cobden, Richard | 18 March 1857 | |
| Copley, John Singleton | 8 December 1825 | |
| Copley, John Singleton | 20 November 1826 | |
| Cromwell, Oliver | 30 March 1646 | Misdated by Cromwell, really 1647. |
| Cruikshank, George | 16 June 1842 | |
| Cunningham, Allan | 21 July 1841 | |
| Dickens, Charles | ?1-4 Dec 1845 | To J H Stocqueler |
| Dickens, Charles | 10 January 1860 | To the Rev. Stephen Roose Hughes |
| Dickens, Charles | 9 May 1862 | |
| Disraeli, Benjamin | 18 October 1852 | |
| Disraeli, Benjamim | 19 January 1871 | On black-edged paper |
| Disraeli, Benjamin | 24 June 1874 | On Black-edged paper |
| Eden, Sir Anthony | June 1955 | Thanks for help with the election. |
| Edward VII | 16 June 1864 | With 'original' envelope |
| Edward VIII | 6 May 1935 | Encouraging games players |
| Edward VIII | undated | Thanks for contribution to Trust |
| Elizabeth II | various | Various grants of dignities |
| Flaxman, John | 24 December 1819 | |
| Freud, Sigmund | 17 October 1937 | To Stefan Zweig, in English. |
| Frith, W.P. | 23 January 1868 | |
| Garrick, David | 4 September 1753 | |
| George V | August 1918 | To 'Soldiers of the United States' |
| George V | 17 October 1920 | To Sir Charles Wakefield |
| George V | Christmas 1914 | Postcard to troops signed with Mary |
| George V | 29 June 1893 | |
| George V | '1918' | Welcoming back prisoners of war |
| George VI | undated | Christmas card with view of Windsor |
| George VI | various | Various grants of dignities |
| Gladstone, Herbert J | 25 May 1885 | |
| Gladstone, W E | 30 June 1887 | |
| Gladstone, W E | 15 October 1886 | |
| Gladstone, W E | 8 August 1868 | |
| Gladstone, W E | 25 July 1889 | With a letter of his wife |
| Grosvenor, Earl | 30 July 1868 | |
| Hanbury, Robert | 9 March 1868 | |
| Hardy, Thomas Masterman | 27 October 1805 | Reporting on the Battle of Trafalgar |
| Heath, Sir Edward | February 1975 | Thanks for message of support |
| Heath, Sir Edward | undated | Downing Street cards (black ink) |
| Henry, Duke of Gloucester | No date | Thanks for gift for King's Trust |
| Hindeburg, Paul von | 28 April 1932 | |
| Hitler, Adolfh | various | Many documents, especially war date |
| Hole, S Reynolds | 31 May 1900 | |
| Hudson, James | 18 August 1833 | |
| Hugo, Victor | 20 August 1851 | With letter of Charles Hugo |
| Irving, Sir Henry | 'May 1862' | |
| James II | 17 November 1688 | Confirming payment to Pepys |
| Jefferson, John | 15 May 1843 | |
| Jenner, Edward | 16 January 1807 | About vaccination |
| Johnson, Samuel | 5 March 1781 | |
| Johnson, Samuel | 4 March 1755 | In Latin |
| Lamartine, Alphonse de | 4 January 1863 | |
| Lamartine, Alphonse de | 'fevrier 1857' | |
| Law, Andrew Bonar | 2 July 1914 | |
| Law, Andrew Bonar | 11 January 1917 | |
| Liddell, H T | 8 June 1826 | |
| Liddon, H P | 17 May 1877 | |
| Lincoln, Abraham | 20 March 1865 | |
| Lindbergh, Charles | 23 November 1927 | 'The Playground and Recreation ...' |
| 'Liszt, Franz' ?forgery | n.d. | To Chevalier Catrufo 'En ville' |
| Lloyd George, David | 1 September 1919 | |
| Major, John | undated | Downin Street cards (blue ink) |
| Mann, Thomas | 11 Sept. 1946 | 'An die Leser des Aufbaus' |
| Marston, John | 'Monday' | To Lord Kimbolton |
| Mary, Queen | 'April 1924' | Thanks for help with dolls house |
| Mary, Queen | 28 June 1893 | Signed as 'May' |
| Mendelssohn, Felix | 18 November 1837 | About Clara Novello, in English |
| Monteagle, Baron | 16 November 1841 | |
| Montgomery, Field-marshal | various | Personal messages to the troops |
| Napoleon I | 24 June 1790 | ALS to the Abbé Raynat |
| Napoleon I | 5 floreal, An 4 | |
| Napoleon I | Various | Many letters to Josephine |
| Nelson, Horatio, Viscount | [1794] | To Commodore Linzee |
| Nelson, Horatio, Viscount | 8 October 1803 | To Captain Ryves |
| Nelson, Horatio, Viscount | 19 October 1805 | The 'last' letter to Emma Hamilton. |
| Nelson, Horatio | 21 October 1803 | To Horatia ('My Dear Child'). |
| Nelson, Horatio, Viscount | 29 January 1798 | To Thomas Lloyd |
| Newman, John Henry | 2 January 1884 | To The Rev [Alexander] Whyte |
| Newton, Sir Isaac | 2 March 1688/9 | To John Covell in Cambridge |
| Nightingale, Florence | 28 May 1900 | 'To all our Nurses' |
| Nightingale, Florence | 6 May 1881 | To the nurses at St Thomas's. |
| Ouida (de la Ramée) | Undated | About dogs |
| Palmerston, Lord | 6 October 1846 | To Forster |
| Palmerston, Lord | 20 January 1862 | |
| Palmerston, Lord | 22 January 1861 | |
| Palmerston, Lord | 20 April 1857 | With secretarial envelope |
| Pope, Alexander | 29 August 1730 | |
| Richmond, Duke of | 15 January 1875 | |
| Roberts, Field Marshal | 22 Sept. 1914 | TLS re the National Service League |
| Rothschild, Lionel de | 20 March 1857 | |
| Ruskin, John | 20 March 1880 | |
| Russell, Lord John | 12 January 1849 | |
| Russell, Lord John | 18 October 1861 | |
| Salisbury, Marquis of | 7 January 1903 | |
| Schiller, Johann von | 6 November 1780 | |
| Scott, George Gilbert | 30 July 1875 | |
| Scott, Sir Walter | Undated | To Charles Tilt |
| Seward, Anna | 17 July 1807 | To A[rchibald] Constable |
| Shelley, Percy Bysshe | 23 February 1822 | To [James Henry] Leigh Hunt |
| Smith, Robert | 31 May 1826 | To Spicer (with wax seal) |
| Sterne, Laurence | 27 July 1766 | |
| Stevenson, Robert Louis | [20 Feb 1888] | To Mrs Ehrlich (Letters, v6 p115) |
| Tait, A C (Canterbury) | August 1870 | |
| Tait, A C (Canterbury) | 'June 1878' | |
| Thatcher, Margaret | 'May 1979' | Thanks for election congratulations |
| Victoria, Queen | 25 June 1887 | |
| Victoria Queen | 14 February 1896 | |
| Victoria Queen | 28 March 1866 | 6 pages 8vo with envlope |
| Victoria Queen | 16 March 1885 | To Miss Gordon - thanks for bible |
| Victoria Queen | 22 June 1887 | To the Women of Great Britain |
| Washington, George | 14 April 1789 | To John Langdon |
| Washington, George | 29 January 1781 | To Brigadier General [John] Glover. |
| Watts, George Frederic | 25 June 1894 | |
| Wellington, Duke of | Undated | About parliamentary petitions |
| Wellington, Duke of | 13 March 1846 | |
| Wellington, Duke of | Undated | Various 'form' letters |
| Wesley, John | 8 July 1782 | With address-leaf and cancellations |
| Wiseman, Nicholas | 16 August 1856 | With address-leaf and cancellations |
