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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

JOSEPH JOPLING

23 Dec 1851. Joseph Jopling to the Commissioners

23 Dec 1851

Loose manuscript papers/Loose printed papers | 4 documents (10 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/862

(862) Joseph Jopling to the Commissioners submitting further remarks, accompanied by printed testimonials, etc. on the subject of his Apparatus for the Organical Description of Curved Lines. (862i) Printed advertisement of testimonials in favour of Joseph Jopling's apparatus. (862ii) Printed letter from Henry James Townsend, to Reverend W.J. Unwin, regarding Joseph Jopling's curves. (862iii) Printed 'Description of a method invented by Mr Jopling for describing the entasis of a column...', read by F.C. Penrose at a meeting of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 18 March 1850.

  • Creator(s)

    Joseph Jopling (writer)

    Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 (addressee)

  • 4 documents (10 pages) (whole object)

  • Place of Production
    6 Bridge Road, St. John's Wood
  • Object type(s)
      • printed & manuscript material
        • documents
          • correspondence
    Language(s)
    English
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