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Prince Albert's Papers

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 1851

    Loose 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)

    • Place of Production
      Exhibition Building, Kensington Road, London
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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