Grathorne Hardy, Sec of War, ALS, to Queen Victori

SIGNED HANDWRITTEN LETTER AND ENGRAVING. Autograph Letter Signed from Grathorne Hardy, Secretary of the British War Office, to Queen Victoria, 24 January 1876. Together with a black & white steel engraved print of the Queen, framed together. NF. Hardy Letter, ALS: The autograph note is on off-white paper, 12" X 7.5." Hardy's note is handwritten in black ink: "Most humbly submitted to Your Majesty that the Regiments of Militia, named in the annexed Schedule, be respectively reduced by Two Companies, and that the disembodied Establishment for each regiment, be that set forth in the schedule. / By your Majesty's most Obedient and most Devoted Servant, Grathorne Hardy/ War Office/24 January 1876." Also included are margin notations in Hardy's hand, including "A Militia 2556." Steel Engraved Print of the Queen: The steel engraving of Queen Victoria is 7" X 5," and features the Queen in three quarter pose, holding a document in her right hand, with a scepter and a second crown on pillow in background. Framed together, both letter and illustration are mounted in medium brown board, behind glass, in black and gold painted wooden frame. Size: 17 1/2" x 20".