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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

WHISHAW, FRANCIS

23 May 1851. Francis Whishaw to Edgar Bowring

23 May 1851

Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (2 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/313

Francis Whishaw to Edgar Bowring stating the name of the originator of the Exhibition.
  • Creator(s)

    Whishaw, Francis (writer)

    Bowring, Edgar (addressee)

  • 1 document (2 pages) (whole object)