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Autograph Letter Signed, addressed “My Dear Duke”, recommending Mr Morant, “The bearer of these lines”, anxious for the Warrant of General Decorator to His Majesty, having formerly held that of Carver and Gilder & Picture Frame maker to His Majesty”, “and the favour would be much encreased by including his eldest son’s name on the Warrant”. 2 pp. 7 x 4 inches, in good condition. Kensington Palace, 16 December 1830. Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843), sixth son of King George III. The recipient has annotated the letter: “Prepare a Warrant”. A framing business was founded by George Morant (1770-1846) and continued by his son, George John Morant (1799-1865); this lasted for more than a century in one form or another. Its trade in picture frames was particularly significant in the 1820s.