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The Henry double rifle, commissioned by Queen Victoria as a Christmas present for John Brown, has been bought by the National Museum of Scotland and will be displayed in public for the first time this summer, from 26th June until November.

https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/a-historic-weapon-goes-on-show-for-first-time/?

https://www.nms.ac.uk/wildandmajestic

I have a letter from Henry to Brown dated 1876, where he suggests Brown should bring his rifle with him to Edinburgh, for it to be serviced.

Queen Victoria was on a royal visit to unveil the Prince Albert Memorial in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.

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Good going, Richard. I've admired Brown for as long as I've known he had a special place in Victoria's heart; often wondered of his influence in making of the Empire.

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Just a reminder that this exhibition opens tomorrow and runs until November.

https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collec...to-john-brown/?

To coincide with this, I am starting these tours of Alexander Henry's Edinburgh :

https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/z...3-original.jpg?


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I had been curious who bought this gun, which was auctioned recently


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Interesting - which auction house sold it "recently" ?


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It was either sold by Julia in their last auction, or by Morphy, Julia's successor. Was sold in the past year or so


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Julia's, at their last auction, OCTOBER 31, 2017. "ALEXANDER HENRY DBL RIFLE 3210 450BPE(1873) Cal. .450BPE"
"This fine rifle was given to John Brown for Christmas in 1873"
It seems to be the same gun


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Yes I knew about that one (see above) but I just wondered if it had been sold again since 2017

Whoever bought it in the UK (35k) made a loss (28k) ...


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Originally Posted By: Richard B
Yes I knew about that one (see above) but I just wondered if it had been sold again since 2017

Whoever bought it in the UK (35k) made a loss (28k) ...

Wasn't that fascinating? Caught my attention, for sure. I purchased several rifles in that Julia's auction and watched that one carefully.


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