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Royal octavo, [26cm/10.25inches], full rouge-embossed light khaki-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 211. Fully illustrated with 19 colour and b-w halftones and 2 colour plates of Venetian watercolours by the American artist John Singer Sargent Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots. . Neville Wilkerson, -(1869-1940)-, was educated at Harrow School and entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1889. He was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1890, promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1896, and Captain on 1 April 1899. He served twice with his regiment in the Second Boer War, the second time from April 1902 when he was in command of reinforcements of 250 officers and men. They left Southampton in the troopship Dilwara on 15 April,[1] arriving in South Africa the following month. He retired from the army in 1907, although he returned to service in the First World War as a staff officer. He was promoted Major in 1915. Wilkinson married Lady Beatrix Francis Gertrude Herbert, first daughter of the 14th Earl of Pembroke and his wife Lady Beatrix Lambton, herself eldest daughter of George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham, in 1903. The couple moved into Mount Merrion House, south Co. Dublin, Ireland, where they lived until the start of the First World War in 1914. They had two daughters, Guendolen and Phyllis. To celebrate their births, two redwood trees were planted opposite the entrance to the Church of St Therese. Wilkinson built two famous dollhouses, Titania's Palace (completed and inaugurated in 1922 by Queen Mary) and Pembroke Palace (completed in 1907). Titania's Palace remained in the family for many years, but was sold after 1960 first to an English amusement park, then to Legoland and then to Egeskov Castle. Pembroke Palace Dolls House is now at Wilton House, seat and home of the 18th Earl of Pembroke. In exceptionally good condition. Seller Inventory # 25806
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Title: Yvette in Venice & Titania's Palace clbcat7
Publisher: Oxford University Press, London
Publication Date: 1923
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: First Impression.
