This website presents our knowledge and research on this important aspect of the Royal Collection. As of April 2026 it will not be regularly updated and new research on this topic will sit within the main website.

Visit the Royal Collection

1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

      EDGAR ALFRED BOWRING (1826-1911)

      12 Mar 1853. Edgar Bowring to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

      12 Mar 1853

      Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1853/24

      Draft letter from Edgar Bowring to the Chancellor of the Exchequer announcing the purchase of 17 acres of Lord Harrington's land.

      • Creator(s)

        Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (writer)

        William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98) (addressee)

      • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

      • Place of Production
        Whitehall [London]
      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
      VIEW ON THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S WEBSITE
      PreviousNext
      PreviousNext