PASSPORT 1841 - French Passport for engraver Ferdinand Delannoy Autograph Type_Books and Programmes

PASSPORT 1841 - French Passport for engraver Ferdinand Delannoy Autograph Type_Books and ProgrammesPASSPORT, 1841 French passport, partly printed and engraved with a decorative border, in the name of Ferdinand Delannoy, an artist, draughtsman and engraver travelling to Switzerland, the Sardinian, Lombard, Venitian, Tuscan, and Roman States, Naples and Sicily, travelling via either Strassbourg or Marseille with his wife. 1 page large folio, together with stamps from French embassies during his travels and from border controls in the places visited

whom Lady Blessington had known well

niece of his lover Marion Davies

and is slightly dusty

It is a very beautiful exhibition

600 stayed with their Regiment in spite of their wounds

and a secretary has noted “Ans[were]d Misc Bk

but cleared of cowardice

1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976)

There is much transparent paper that will take half-tone

They waste their ammunition

and during that time she told me of your great talent

arguing for compulsory military service in order to boost Britain’s military inadequacy in the face of possible invasion