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Claude-Marie Ferrier
The Great Exhibition, 1851: Model House for Families designed by HRH Prince Albert
1851
Salted paper print
The Royal Collection
Presented to Queen Victoria, Accession number: RCIN 2800029
LL/76878
[Note added by Alan Griffiths, 24 August 2019]
Diary of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales 1 Jan 1857 - 5 Jul 1857 (Royal Collection, RA VIC/MAIN/EVIID)
21 July 1851 Osborne
‘I went very often to the Exhibition during the last week or two that we were in London & I went one day to see the Model Lodging House which has been built by Papa, & I went all over the rooms of it & saw all the furniture. Instead of one kitchen there was in every room a stove, that each family might have its cooking materials for itself.’…
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