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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

      COLONEL LLOYD

      12 Aug 1851. Colonel Lloyd to Lord Granville

      12 Aug 1851

      Loose manuscript paper | 1 document (10 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/8/9

      Copy of a letter concerning the formation of a collection of exhibits for a museum and the endowment of a college of Arts, Sciences and Manufactures to which the museum would be attached. Includes a history of the "Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers" in Paris France (marked as RC/H/1/8/9a).

      • Creator(s)

        Colonel Lloyd (writer)

        Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-91) (addressee)

      • 1 document (10 pages) (whole object)

      • Place of Production
        Hyde Park [London]
      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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