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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

    PETER LE NEVE FOSTER (1809-79)

    9 Nov 1853. Peter Le Neve Foster to Edgar Bowring

    26 Oct 1853

    Loose manuscript papers/Loose printed papers | 5 documents (12 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1853/184

    (184-184iv) Peter Le Neve Foster, Society of Arts, to Edgar Bowring enclosing a report by Professor Edward Solly "on the collection of Animal Produce now forming under the joint sanction of the Royal Commissioners and the Society of Arts".

    • Creator(s)

      Peter le Neve Foster (1809-79) (writer)

      Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (addressee)

      Edward Solly (1819-86) (writer)

    • 5 documents (12 pages) (whole object)

    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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