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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/F/29/48
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Copy letter from Lord Mahon to Sir Robert Peel
Date	25 April 1844
Writer	Mahon, Viscount
Addressee	Peel, Robert, Sir; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Description	Copy letter from Lord Mahon to Sir Robert Peel thanking him for forwarding papers [regarding the Fine Arts Commission]. He offers his own suggestions for the decoration of the House of Parliament, in reply to Henry Hallam's memorandum (see VIC/MAIN/F/29/46), stating that he disagrees with Hallam's suggestion that the artists should not be confined solely to British history. He instead asserts that there are plenty events and figures from British history from which the artists can choose.
Place Of Writing	Grosvenor Place
Language	English
Extent	1 document (10 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
Related Material	For related material see VIC/MAIN/F/29/46.
Digitisation Notes	These papers are available online within "Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy"
URL	https://albert.rct.uk
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