| Collection | Privy Purse Papers |
| Reference | PPTO/PP/QV/ADDX/C/31 |
| Record Type | Correspondence |
| Title | Letter from Colonel Reid to Colonel Grey |
| Date | 7 January 1850 |
| Writer | Reid, William, Colonel |
| Addressee | Grey, Charles, Colonel; Private Secretary to Prince Albert |
| Description | Letter from Colonel Reid to Colonel Grey asking Prince Albert's opinion on a statue of Queen Victoria in zinc by ?Dantin, proposed by the Vieille Montagne Zinc Company. Also suggesting that although the article will be French that it should be placed in the British end of the Exhibition Building. |
| Place Of Writing | Great Exhibition Building, Hyde Park |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1 document (4 pages) |
| Physical Description | Loose manuscript paper |
| Access Conditions | Available in surrogate form only |
| URL | https://albert.rct.uk |
| Level | Item |