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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

JOHN SCOTT RUSSELL (1808-82)

[May 1851] Anonymous (in Jamaica) to John Scott Russell

1 - 31 May 1851

Loose manuscript papers | 3 documents (6 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/328

(328) Anonymous (in Jamaica) to 'Lord John Russell' submitting a suggestion, with illustration, for an inscription for the transept of the Exhibition Building. (328i) Suggestion for an inscription for the transept of the Exhibition Building. (328ii) Watercolour sketch of suggested inscription, "Glory to God in the Highest, and on Earth Peace, good will from God to Man".

  • Creator(s)

    John Scott Russell (1808-82) (addressee)

  • 3 documents (6 pages) (whole object)

  • Place of Production
    Savanna-la-Mar [Jamaica]
  • Object type(s)
      • printed & manuscript material
        • documents
          • correspondence
    Language(s)
    English
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