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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

    GENERAL SIR CHARLES GREY (1804-70)

    30 Dec 1861. General Grey to Charles Wentworth Dilke

    30 Dec 1861

    Loose typescript paper | 2 documents (6 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/17/39

    Copy of a letter concerning the memorial to the Exhibition of 1851 and the incorporation of the statue of Prince Albert instead of that of Queen Victoria. Includes a copy of a letter to the Horticultural Society from Albert, Prince of Wales, requesting this change at Queen Victoria's behest. Mr Durham is required to submit his design to a committee of three sculptors incuding Baron Marochetti.

    Originals: For original see VIC/MAIN/F/27/118 (Royal Archives).

    • Creator(s)

      General Sir Charles Grey (1804-70) (writer)

      Charles Wentworth Dilke (addressee)

    • 2 documents (6 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Buckingham Palace
    • Language(s)
      English
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