D. Fernando de Serpa Pimentel (19th/20th C.)'s souvenir album watercolour and pastel on paper, photograph SERPA PIMENTEL, D. Fernando de (1851-1928).- Álbum de recordações.- Séculos XIX/XX.- 1 vol. (26 folhas duplas); 26x25 cm.- E. D. Fernando de Serpa Pimentel (1851-1928), Navy officer, was commander of several ships, including the Yacht Amélia. In these functions, he accompanied Queen Amelia and the princes on their tour of the Mediterranean and the Dukes of Orléans on the journey between Seville and Gibraltar (1885). D. Fernando de Serpa, was also field assistant to the kings D. Carlos I and D. Manuel II. Lot consisting of a souvenir album, with oriental structure in continuous folding (harmonium), containing 26 pages on each side, two of which are endpapers (glued on the back covers). In the first seven pages (front), it presents the following description: Travel by the Royal Amelia Yacht to go from Seville to Gibraltar His Royal Highness the Duke of Orléans. Garrison Captain Lieutenant Roberto Ivens, D. Fernando de Serpa, First Lieutenant João Jorge Moreira de Sá. Departure from Lisbon, May 24, 1896. at 10am. 30 m. (a.m.). The seven pages include, pasted, 49 photographs of various formats representing scenes of the interior and exterior of the yacht, as well as aspects of the locations visited during the trip. Six pages are decorated with allusive drawings, watercolour and pastel, unsigned, but surely from the hand of D. Fernando de Serpa, some with a beautiful decorative effect. Below is a set of photographs of members of the Royal Family and the House of Orléães (30 photographs and eight decorated pages), passing on to members of the Portuguese court (about 140 photographs), especially in everyday scenes and moments of leisure: hunting, walks, trips to the beach, bathing, etc. The majority of the photographs are subtitled with identification of the represented characters. On the back pages, more than 120 photographs are glued (on 12 undecorated pages), most of which are small, of which only 26 are labeled. The photographs also represent members of the Royal Family and the court, their organization being less structured. The back also includes 14 unused pages (blank). Some photographs are a faded. In addition, a well-preserved volume, covered in oriental silk on both covers, with gold plant motifs on a black background. The set is packed in a case, made recently, in blue canvas. Provenance: estate of D. Fernando de Serpa Pimentel.