Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition
SIR LYON PLAYFAIR, 1ST BARON PLAYFAIR OF ST ANDREWS (1818-98)
8 Sept 1851. Dr. Lyon Playfair to Colonel Phipps
8 Sep 1851Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/8/37
Letter in which Playfair reports that [Alexis] Soyer and Jullien are entering into a contract with Messrs Fox and Henderson to build a gigantic Crystal Palace on Soyer's grounds using material from the Crystal Palace. Playfair points out that this forms part of the site in which Prince Albert is interested.
Creator(s)
Sir Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews (1818-98) (writer)
Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66) (addressee)
1 document (4 pages) (whole object)
Object type(s)
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- correspondence
- documents
- printed & manuscript material
