| Description | Letter from Henry Cole to General Grey regarding Prince Albert's opinion on the purchase of the Bernal Collection. He lists three things to be clear upon before the Commission meets to discuss the issue, including determining the views of the Government, to agree to purchase part of the collection from a guarantee fund and to decide that the collection should go to Kensington and not to the British Museum. He goes on to say that once those principles had been agreed upon a committee should be established to spend the £15,000 and in case of the need to establish a guarantee fund. |