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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

    HENRY COLE (1808-82)

    17 May 1860. 'Memorandum on the Lease of Ground at South Kensington, proposed to be granted to the Society of Arts'

    17 May 1860

    Loose printed paper | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/15/103

    Draft agreement by Henry Cole between the Society of Arts and the Commission regarding the lease of land at South Kensington and the Exhibition of 1862.

    Related Material: For related material see RC/H/1/15/101.

    • Creator(s)

      Henry Cole (1808-82) (writer)

      Royal Society of Arts (addressee)

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

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