Drummond, Mr. Henry, M.P., vol. i., 392.
Dudley, Earl of. See Ward, Lord. Dürer, Albert, specimens of the style of engraving by, vol. i., 102; "Small Passion" by, edited by H. Cole, vol. ii., 166.
Dyce, Mr. W., R.A., vol. i., 108, 280.
Eastlake, Sir Charles, P.R.A., vol. i., 288.
École Centrale d'Architecture at Paris,
address delivered at, by H. Cole, vol. i., 337; vol. ii., 301. Edinburgh, H.R.H. the Duke of, chairman of Navigation Committee at Paris Exhibition of 1867, vol. i., 258, 260; joins committee of musical education of Society of Arts, 371, 372; foundation stone of School for Music laid by, 373; president of committee of general management of School for Music, 373. Edinburgh, Museum of Science and Art at, vol. ii., 352.
Education, public, primary and secon- dary, notes by H. Cole on, vol. i., 348; musical, Society of Arts' com- mittee on, 366, 369, 387; elemen- tary, development of, through do- mestic economy, vol. ii., 373. Education Department, vol. i., 307. Educational Exhibition at St. Martin's Hall, vol. i., 321.
Elcho, Lord, vol. i., 222, 262, 293, 320.
Ellesmere, late Earl of, vol. i., 150, 163.
Endowed Schools' Bill, vol. i., 387. Etching on copper practised by H. Cole, vol. i., 102, 103.
Etching class formed at South Kensing- ton Museum, vol. i., 103. Evidence taken before House of Com. mons, reform in printing, suggested by H. Cole, vol. i., 15; pamphlet by H. Cole on, vol. ii., 18. Exchange of copies of works of fine art, international, memorandum by
H. Cole on, vol. i., 346; minute passed on, 347.
Executive Committee, first, for Exhi- bition of 1851, members of, vol. i., 148; necessity for, 154; second Committee constituted, 156. Exhibition at Cork, vol. i., 207. Exhibition, Great, of 1851, in London, vol. i., 116; preliminary plans, 120-3; first meeting with Prince Albert on, 123; international cha- racter of, 124; sites for, 125; meet- ings on, at Buckingham Palace: at Osborne, 126; deputations to towns on: Prince Albert's correspondence with Sir George Grey on, 127; re- ports on visits to towns, 128, 129: correspondence on country meetings, 131-3; City of London meeting, 133-45; City Committee to pro- mote, 145; contract made between Society of Arts and Messrs. Mun- day, 146; statement of proceedings by Mr. Scott Russell, 147; ap- pointment of first Executive Com- mittee, 148; contract cancelled, 148; issue of Royal Commission, 149; Royal Commissioners, 150, 151; necessity for public subscriptions for, 154; resignation of Mr. Robert Stephenson as chairman of Execu- tive Committee, and appointment of Colonel Reid, R.E., as chairman, 155; employment of Royal Engineers in, 156; second Executive Committee constituted, 157; ambiguous position of Executive Committee, 161; work of committee, 161, 162; appoint- ment of building committee: original site in Hyde Park recommended by committee, 163; competition for plans for building invited, 163; re- ports of building committee, 163, 164: Mr. Paxton's plan, 164; parliamentary opposition to the site in Hyde Park, 165; Prince Albert's letter to Baron Stockmar on, 165; division in House of Commons on site, 166; majority in favour of Hyde Park, 167; guaran-
tee fund for, 168; Mr. Peto's liberal offer, 169; Mr. Paxton's plan for, adopted, 171; Fox and Henderson's tender for, accepted, 171; obstacles during building of, 173; royal visits to, 174-7, 182-5; opening of, by the Queen, 177; Her Majesty's account of opening of, 177-80; Queen's visit to, on first shilling day, 183; panics during building of, and early days of, 185; Working Classes Committee, 188; visits of the work- ing classes to, 192; incidents before opening of, and during, 193-7; dis- cussion on prices for admission, 194; free admission of the Press to, 195; the British and Foreign Bible Society, 195; first shilling day, 195; season tickets, 196; enormous and unreason- able demand for space in, 196; police arrangements for, 198; anecdote of a Russian visit to, 198; fire arrange- ments, 198; closing of, 199; honours offered and conferred on staff of, 199; Lord Palmerston and Lord Macaulay on, 200; Paris fêtes to commis- sioners, &c., 200-2; statistics, 203; surplus on, 204; future prospects of, 204; removal of building materials of, to Sydenham, 204; lectures on results of, 205; plans for using surplus on, in founding Institute of Science and Art, 282; purchase of art objects from, 283; Prince Albert's plan for disposal of surplus funds from, 314, 380, 392; extracts from preface to catalogue of, by H. Cole, vol. ii., 208; extracts from first report of Commissioners for, 220, 225, 230; letter by Mr. George Drew, addressed to Prince Albert on the contract for, 221; Colonel Phipps's reply, 224; report by H. Cole on the security of the building from fire, 227. Exhibition in London of 1862, buildings
of, in Cromwell Road and Queen's Gate, vol. i., 225; plan for hold- ing, in 1861, brought before Society of Arts, 226; fine arts and music
to be a feature: a great hall for music, 226; guarantee fund, 227; co-operation of Commissioners for 1851, promised by Prince Con- sort, 227; plans for buildings dis cussed, 228; policy of Commissioners of 1851 early supporters of gua- rantee, 228; Franco-Austrian war (1859) and postponement of, 229; progress with guarantee, 229; work of, resumed, and to take place in 1862, 230; trustees of guarantee fund, 230; guarantee deed, 231; Bradford and guarantee fund, 233; free grant of site by H.M. Com- missioners, 238; question of manage- ment of: trustees of guarantee fund be- come managers of, 239; plans and cost of building discussed, 240, 241; con- tract for erecting buildings of, 241; difference of opinion among Commis- sioners as to building plans, 241, 242; tenders for buildings, 242; great hall for music given up, 243; building committee and contractors, 244; decoration of façade in Cromwell Road discussed: mosaic wall pic- tures proposed, 244; effect of Prince Consort's death on, 245, 249; difficulties in administration of, 245- 6; arrangements for State open- ing of, 246; special commissioners appointed to represent the Queen, 247; opening on 1st May, 248; clearance of nave, of trophies, 248; financial condition of: deficit an- ticipated, 248; scheme for use of buildings of, 249; proposed comple- tion of buildings, 250; purchase of site of, by the Government : buildings pulled down, 250; declaration of awards to exhibitors, 250; examina- tion into expenditure for, 250; close of, 251; receipts and expenditure of, 251.
Exhibition at New York, vol. i., 207. Exhibition at Paris of 1849, vol. i., 123. Exhibition at Paris of 1855, vol. i., 206; estimated cost of British sec-
tion of, 208, 209; commission of management proposed: administered by Government, 210; Executive Committee appointed, 210; build- ings erected for, Palais de l'Industrie, annexe for machinery, Palais des Beaux Arts, 212; H. Cole appointed Executive Commissioner, 213; safety of fine art collections imperilled, 213; opening fixed for 1st May, postponed to 15th May, 215; opening of, on 15th May, 216; imperfections of buildings, 216; official hospitalities, 217; visits of the Queen and Prince Albert to, 219; fête at Versailles, 220; Eng- lish pottery at, 220; visit of Council of Society of Arts to, 221; close of, awards to exhibitors at, 221; awards in respect of British fine art: de- coration of the Legion of Honour, 222; private distribution of the Legion of Honour, 223; difficulties in con- nection with its distribution, 222-4; extracts from report of, by H. Cole, vol. ii., 257. Exhibition at Paris of 1867, vol. i., 252; H. Cole appointed Executive Commissioner to, 252; extent and novelties of, 252; main building of, in Champ de Mars: buildings in park and grounds, 253; Government
exhibits," 254; cost of British sec- tion of, 254; H. Cole's estimates for, 255; Imperial Commission for, 255; difficulties with Imperial Commission, 257; meetings of Foreign Commis- sioners, 257; French committee for allotment of space: Imperial Com- mission and British fine art, 257; in- ternational regatta at, 258; Mr. Beres- ford Hope and architectural com- mittee for, 259; history of labour at, 259; purchases for South Kensington Museum from, 261, 262; banquet to Imperial Commission at close of, 262; fête at Fontainebleau to British staff and employés at, 262, 263. Exhibition, Art Treasures, at Manches- ter, vol. i., 292.
Exhibition, Educational, at St. Martin's Hall, organized by the Society of Arts, vol. i., 321.
Exhibition, Loan, of furniture at Gore House, Kensington, vol. i., 287. Exhibition, National, of British mana- factures, vol. i., 118.
Exhibitions, annual international, in London, vol. i., 264; the Prince Consort's opinion as to classification in, 264; discussion on, at meeting at Marlborough House, 267; plan for, laid before H.M. Commis- sioners for Exhibition of 1851, 267; scheme adopted: series of ten, pro- posed, 267; executive organization of, devolves on H. Cole, 267; open- ing of first of series of (1871), 268; causes of ultimate want of success of, 268; receipts of first of the, 269; technical instruction, the aim of, 269; scheme abandoned, 270; memoran- dum on a scheme of, by H. Cole, vol. ii., 269.
Exhibitions, future international, meet- ing of foreign commissioners in 1867 to discuss management of, vol. i, 264; decisions arrived at, 265. Exhibitions, international, vol. i., 206, 225, 252, 264.
Exhibitions, Loan, commencement of system of, vol. i., 288, 289. Exhibitions, Society of Arts, vol. i, 378, 379, 392.
Fairbairn, Mr. (now Sir Thomas, Bart. ), trustee and commissioner for Exhi- bition of 1862, vol. i., 230. Fawcett, Mr., M.P., Postmaster Gene- ral, vol. i., IOI.
"Felix Summerly," H. Cole's mom de plume, vol. i., 98. Foley, Lord, vol. i., 262.
Food Collection at South Kensington Museum, vol. i., 353-
Foster, Mr. P. Le Neve, secretary to Society of Arts, vol. i., 121; letter by, to H.M. Commissioners for Ex-
hibition of 1851, as to lease of land, 231.
Forster, Mr. W. E., Vice-President of the Council, vol. i., 354; vol. ii., 347.
Fould, M. Achille, vol. i., 213, 214. Fowke, Capt., R.E., appointed sec- retary to English Commission for Paris Exhibition of 1855, vol. i., 213; his plans for buildings for Exhibition of 1862, 228, 241; architects' jealousy of, 241; plan of road across Hyde Park prepared by, 245; designs by, to complete buildings of Exhibition of 1862, 250; designs by, for Na- tural History Museum: obtains first prize, 250; principles as to erection of picture galleries, 325; designs for arcades of Horticultural Gardens by, 330; buildings at South Kensington Museum planned and erected by, 333; death of, 335, 353; design for Royal Albert Hall by, 361, 363, 364; vol. ii., 306; memoir of, by H. Cole, 349. Fowler, Mr. John, engineer of Man- chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, vol. i., 90, 91.
Fox and Henderson, Messrs., contrac- tors at Birmingham, agree to tender for Great Exhibition building, vol. i., 166, 174.
Fox, Mr. Charles (afterwards Sir Charles), vol. i., 166; vol. ii., 231. Franking letters, vol. i., 43; the Queen resigns her privilege of, 57. Franks, Mr. A. W., vol. i., 262. Freake, Mr. (now Sir Charles, Bart.),
vol. i., 372; offer of, to build Na- tional Training School for Music, 373; presents building to Prince of Wales, 376.
Free Library Acts, vol. i., 385. French Post Office, M. Piron's pamphlet on, vol. i., 65.
Fuller, Mr. Francis, vol. i., 126, 130, 148.
Galloway, Sir Archibald, K. C.B., vol.
Gauge, broad and narrow, vol. i., 77, 78.
Gauge, uniformity of, vol. i., 77; letter by H. Cole to Mr. G. Carr Glyn, advocating, 79-82; pamphlets on, 83.
George IV., art collections of: esta- blishment of National Gallery by, vol. i., 5; collection of arms of, at Carl- ton Ride Repository, 23. Gibb, Capt., R. E., vol. i., 198. Gibson, Mr. T. Field, Royal Commis-
sioner for Exhibition of 1851 : note by, on Sir R. Peel at meeting of Royal Commission for Exhibition of 1851, vol. i., 167.
Gibson, Mr. Milner, M. P., obtains abo-
lition of newspaper penny stamp, vol. i., 39; draft report on National Exhibition, 122.
Gladstone, Mr., vol. i., 150, 249, 289, 290; vol. ii., 305.
Glazed earthenware at South Kensington Museum, use of, vol. i., 334. Glyn, Mr. George Carr (afterwards Lord Wolverton), chairman of London and Birmingham Railway, vol. i., 78. Glyphography, vol. i., 102; experi- ments in, vol. ii., 163.
Goods trains, passengers by, vol. i., 74. Gore House, loan exhibition of furni- ture at, vol. i., 287; annual exhi-
bition of students' works at: visit of the Queen and Prince Albert to, 287. Granville, Earl, Vice-President of the
Board of Trade, vol. i., 109; chair- man of Royal Commissioners for Ex- hibition of 1851, 150, 155, 162, 168, 183, 193, 195, 199, 224, 230; presi- dent of Royal Commission for Exhi- bition of 1862, 240, 241, 243, 246, 247, 249, 250, 262, 267, 273; moves for select committee on Patent Laws,
276, 283, 289; Lord President of the Council, 304, 307, 309, 311, 326, 366; vol. ii., 346.
Great Grimsby, Docks at, vol. i., 87.. Gregory, Mr., M.P. (now Rt. Hon. Sir William), attacks publication of Universal Catalogue of Art Books, vol. i., 344.
Grey, General Hon. Charles, private secretary to Prince Albert, vol. i., 169, 170, 188; letter by, to H. Cole, on Prince's guarantee for Ex- hibition of 1862, 232, 266; letter to, by H. Cole, on "The Boilers " at South Kensington, 323, 324, 360, 361, 362, 367; letter by, to Earl of Wilton on Royal Academy of Music, 368.
Grey, Sir George, Home Secretary, vol. i., 127.
"Guide" newspaper, The, edited by H. Cole, vol. i., 38.
Guilds of Health, vol. i., 388; letter on, by Prince of Wales, to H. Cole, 388.
Hall of Arts and Sciences, Central.
Hampton Court, handbook to, vol. i., 98; vol. ii., 195, 196. Hampton, Lord. See Pakington. Hanaper or hamper, a, for holding records, vol. ii., 42.
Handbook of National Training School for Cookery, vol. i., 396. Hardy, Thomas Duffus (afterwards Sir Thomas), vol. i., 9; appointed de- puty-keeper of Public Records, 14. Hardy, Mr. William, vol. i., 14. Health and sewage of towns, con- ferences on, at Society of Arts, vol. i., 388, 397.
Health, national, conferences on, vol. i., 388; H. Cole's work for, 397; guilds of. See Guilds.
Helena, H.R. H., the Princess (Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein), vol. i., 268.
Henley, Mr., President of Board of Trade, vol. i., 293, 297; vol. ii., 346.
Henry VIII.'s Scheme of Bishopricks, edited by H. Cole, extracts from prefatory remarks on, vol. ii., 67. Herbert, Mr. J. R., R.A., vol. i., 108, 283.
Herbert, Sidney (afterwards Lord Her- bert of Lea), vol. ii., 330.
Hill, Rowland (afterwards Sir Row- land), vol. i., 34; his plan of Penny Postage, 35; paper on postage stamps, 66, 85; vol. ii., 113, 114, 117, 124, 136.
History of labour in Paris Exhibition of 1867, vol. i., 259.
"Home Treasury," The, vol. i., 101; original announcement of Summerly's, vol. ii., 160.
Hook, Mr. J. C., R.A., vol. i., 244 Horsley, Mr. J. C., R.A., vol. i., 101,
108, 244; vol. ii., 161, 162, 188. Horticultural Society, Royal, grant of lease of land on South Kensington estate to, vol. i., 327; opening of gardens of, by Prince Consort, 327; rentals paid to Commissioners by, vol. i., 328; designs by Mr. Smirke and Captain Fowke for arcades sur- rounding gardens of, 330. Houghton, Lord, memoir of Charles Buller by, vol. i., 16; epitaph on C. Buller by, 17; vol. ii., 61. "House full of Horrors," a, article in Household Words" on museum of "False Principles" at Marlborough House, vol. i., 285.
Hudson, Mr. Octavius, vol. i., 299. Hudson, the Railway King, vol. i., 70. Hume, Joseph, M.P., supporter of postal reform, vol. i., 51; advocates unifor- mity of gauge, 80, 134, 144; vol. ii., 1,
Hunt, Mr. W. Holman, vol. i., 244- Huskisson, Mr., M.P., President of the Board of Trade, vol. i., 78.
Huxley, Professor, Dean of Normal School of Science, vol. i., 311.
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