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The Great Exhibition of 1851: the British Nave dated 1851 by Joseph Nash

Great Exhibition of 1851

Prince Albert took a leading role in the organisation of the Exhibition

    PRINCE ALBERT, PRINCE CONSORT, CONSORT OF VICTORIA, QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (1819-61)

    [?28] May 1852 Prince Albert's sketch of proposed layout of the Commissioners' Estate

    28 May 1852

    RC/H/1/A/2/9

    Prince Albert's pencil sketch of the proposed layout of the Commissioner's Estate, to be purchased with surplus money from the Great Exhibition of 1851. Also includes a pencil sketch of a building outline on the back page and lines in ink.
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