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Add MS 35255

Record Id:

032-002088725

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002088725

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000051.0x000050

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 35255

Title:

"A MEMORIAL of the Great Exhibition, 1851"

Scope & Content:

"A MEMORIAL of the Great Exhibition, 1851": consisting of newspaper cuttings, printed catalogues and histories of the Exhibition, engraved illustrations and plans, and letters and other autographs of the Royal Commissioners and many of the officials. Compiled by R. H. Love. The names of the writers of autographs are given in the index. Paper; ff. 510. Quarto. Presented by Spencer George Perceval, Esq.

includes:

f. 6 Norman MacLeod, of the Science and Art Department: Letter to R. H. Love: 1875.
f. 10 Art. Portraits: Albert, Prince Consort: circ 1851.: Photogr.
ff. 10, 11 Victoria of England: Photograph and signature of Prince Albert: circ. 1851.
f. 12 Alexander Redgrave: Letter to R. H. Love: 1865.
ff. 32, 36, 43, 45 Sir Joseph Paxton, gardener and architect: Letters to -: 1850-1865.
f. 40 William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire: Letter to T. Hood ?: 1831.
f. 50 Art. Portraits: William, 3rd Earl of Rosse: circ. 1855.: Photogr.
f. 50 William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rome; astronomer: Photograph: circ. 1855.
f. 52 William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rome; astronomer: Letter to the Editors of the "Illustrated News": 1855.
f. 53 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville: Autograph: 1853.
f. 54 Sir John Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley: Letter to -: 1848.
f. 56 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell; Prime Minister: Letter to Lord Granville: 1852.
f. 57 Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone: Portraits: n.d.
f. 57 Art. Portraits: Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone: circ. 1860-70.
f. 58 Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone: Letter to his stock-brokers: 1850.
f. 59 Sir Richard Westmacott, Sculptor: Letter to D. Colnaghi: 1836.
f. 62 Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, Keeper of the National Gallery; PRA: Letter to R. H. Love: 1860.
f. 63 Thomas Baring, MP: Letter to R. H. Love: 1860.
f. 64 Art. Portraits: Sir C. Lyell: 19th cent.
f. 64 Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet; geologist: Portrait: n.d.
f. 65 Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet; geologist: Letter to S. Rogers: 1837.
f. 69 Sir Charles Barry, architect: Letter to Messrs. Standedge: 1834 - 1852.
f. 70 Richard Cobden: Portrait: n.d.: Engr.
f. 70 Art. Portraits: R. Cobden, M.P.: n.d.
f. 72 Richard Cobden: Letter to J. Hume: 1849.
f. 77 Philip Pusey, MP; agriculturist: Letter to -: circ. 1850?.
f. 79 Robert Stephenson, engineer; brother of George Stephenson: Letter to: 1855.
f. 80 John Scott Russell, engineer and naval architect: Letter to C. M. Westmacott: 1833.
f. 84 Edgar Alfred Bowring, CB: Letter to R. H. Love: 1865.
ff. 85, 86 Lieutenant-General Sir William Reid, KCB; colonial governor: Letters to - Weale: 1852.
f. 93 Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Baronet (1862): Letter to R. H. Love: 1860.
f. 95 Francis Fuller: Letter to R. H. Love: 1864.
f. 97 Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt, architect: Letter to Messrs. Standidge and Co.: 1862.
f. 98 Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair: Letter to Lady Hooker: 1849.
f. 100 William Cotton, Governor of the Bank of England: Letter to: 1856.
f. 103 Art. Portraits: Sir C. Fox: 19th cent.: Photogr.
ff. 103, 104 Sir Charles Fox, Engineer: Letter to J. C. Haddon: 1857.: with photograph.
f. 107 Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet; of Somerleyton: Letter to -: 1859.
f. 109 Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild: Letter to E. Clarkson: 1847.
f. 110 Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild: Letter to - Pardon: 1853.
f. 112 Owen Jones, Artist and Author: Letter to W. Standidge: 1848.
f. 117 George Wagstaffe Yapp, writer on applied and decorative arts: Letter to Messrs. Standidge and Co.: 1852.
f. 118 Robert Hunt, FRS: Letter to-: 1862.
f. 119 Sir George Biddell Airy, KCB; Astronomer Royal: Letter to Messrs. Standidge and Co.: 1853.
f. 120 Peter Le Neve Foster, Secretary, Society of Arts: Letter to Messrs. Delarue and Sons: 1866.
f. 121 Thomas De La Rue: Letter to Revel: 1859.
f. 123 Sir William Cubitt, FRS: Letter to Standidge: 1849.
f. 125 Edward Adolphus Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset 1855; First Lord of the Admiralty 1859: Letter to the Duke of Wellington: 1851.
f. 125 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: Note to - Stephenson: 1851.
f. 200 Illustration of the interior of the Exhibition Hall from the Dublin International Exhibition: 1865

Victoria of England: Memorial of the Great Exhibition: 1851, etc.: Mostly printed.

London, England: Memorial of the Great Exhibition: 1851, etc.: Printed and MS.

R- H- Love: Compiled,: 19th cent.

Maps and Plans: Plans of the Great Exhibition: 1851.: Engr.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002088725

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-002088725

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1851

End Date:

1851

Date Range:

1851

Era:

Access:

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Custodial History:

Spencer George Perceval, of Henbury: of Presented: in 1896-1899.

Exhibitions:

Discovering literature: Romantics and Victorians, (online), 20 February 2014-
Victorian Britain, (online), 25 May 2016-

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Notes:

f. 200 stored separately and can be ordered using the reference Add MS 35255, f. 200

Names:

Airy, George Biddell, Knight, Astronomer Royal, 1801-1892
Baring, Thomas, banker and politician, 1799-1873
Barry, Charles, Knight, architect, 1795-1860
Bowring, Edgar Alfred, civil servant, politician and translator, 1826-1911
Cavendish, William George Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire, Whig politician, 1790-1858
Cobden, Richard, of Add MS 35151
Cotton, William, Governor of the Bank of England
Cubitt, William, FRS
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, 1st Baronet, art patron, horticulturalist and politician, 1810-1869
Eastlake, Charles Lock, Knight, painter and art administrator, 1793-1865
Foster, Peter Le Neve, barrister and secretary of the Society of Arts, 1809-1879
Fox, Charles, Engineer
Fuller, Francis, of Add MS 35255
Gladstone, William Ewart, prime minister and author, 1809-1898
Gower, Granville George, 2nd Earl Granville, statesman and diplomat, 1815-1891,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118731600,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13068670
Hunt, Robert, scientist and photographic historian, 1807-1887
Jones, Owen, Artist and Author
Love, R- H-
Lyell, Charles, 1st Baronet, geologist
MacLeod, Norman, of the Science and Art Department
Parsons, William, 3rd Earl of Rome, astronomer
Paxton, Joseph, gardener and architect
Perceval, Spencer George, of Henbury
Peto, Samuel Morton, 1st Baronet, of Somerleyton
Playfair, Lyon, 1st Baron Playfair, politician and chemist, 1818-1898
Pusey, Philip, MP; agriculturist
Redgrave, Alexander
Reid, William, Lieutenant-General KCB, colonial governor
Rothschild, Lionel Nathan, Baron, of Add MS 35255
Rue, Thomas, printer, 1793-1866
Russell, John Scott, engineer and naval architect, 1808-1882
Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister, 1792-1878
Seymour, Edward Adolphus, 12th Duke of Somerset 1855, First Lord of the Admiralty 1859
Stanley, John Thomas, 1st Baron Stanley
Stephenson, Robert, engineer, brother of George Stephenson
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121443562
Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington, army officer and statesman, 1769-1852
Westmacott, Richard, Sculptor; of Add MS 34572
Wyatt, Matthew Digby, Knight, architect and art historian, 1820-1877
Yapp, George Wagstaffe, writer on applied and decorative arts

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