Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction by Ian Nish
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME I THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- VOLUME II BRITAIN
- 21 A Survey of Britain
- 22 A Survey of London
- 23 A Record of London, 1
- 24 A Record of London, 2
- 25 A Record of London, 3
- 26 A Record of Liverpool, 1
- 27 A Record of Liverpool, 2
- 28 A Record of Manchester, 1
- 29 A Record of Manchester, 2
- 30 A Record of Glasgow
- 31 A Record of Edinburgh
- 32 A Tour of the Highlands
- 33 A Record of Newcastle, 1
- 34 A Record of Newcastle, 2
- 35 A Record of Bradford
- 36 A Record of Sheffield
- 37 A Record of Staffordshire and Warwickshire
- 38 A Record of Birmingham
- 39 A Record of Cheshire
- 40 A Record of London, 4
- VOLUME III CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 1
- VOLUME IV CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 2
- VOLUME V CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 3; AND THE VOYAGE HOME
- Index
23 - A Record of London, 1
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction by Ian Nish
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME I THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- VOLUME II BRITAIN
- 21 A Survey of Britain
- 22 A Survey of London
- 23 A Record of London, 1
- 24 A Record of London, 2
- 25 A Record of London, 3
- 26 A Record of Liverpool, 1
- 27 A Record of Liverpool, 2
- 28 A Record of Manchester, 1
- 29 A Record of Manchester, 2
- 30 A Record of Glasgow
- 31 A Record of Edinburgh
- 32 A Tour of the Highlands
- 33 A Record of Newcastle, 1
- 34 A Record of Newcastle, 2
- 35 A Record of Bradford
- 36 A Record of Sheffield
- 37 A Record of Staffordshire and Warwickshire
- 38 A Record of Birmingham
- 39 A Record of Cheshire
- 40 A Record of London, 4
- VOLUME III CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 1
- VOLUME IV CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 2
- VOLUME V CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 3; AND THE VOYAGE HOME
- Index
Summary
August 19th, 1872. Fine.
At one o'clock in the afternoon we visited the residence of Lord Granville, the foreign secretary, to report to him the nature of our mission and to request an audience with the queen. At the time the queen was on holiday at her castle [Balmoral] in Scotland. Since there was no precedent in the history of the country for her to return to Buckingham Palace from holiday for the express purpose of seeing foreign ambassadors, it was agreed that we would await Her Majesty's return.
As Lord Granville had invited us to dinner at seven o'clock that evening, we occupied the afternoon with a visit to the South Kensington [later, Victoria and Albert] Museum. This museum, the building of which was begun in 1856, houses a permanent exhibition. Much excitement was aroused among the British people by the Great Exhibition held in Hyde Park in 1851. The Hyde Park exhibition revealed that although British products were able to hold their own against those of other countries in quality of workmanship, they were inferior in design. Plans were therefore made to establish this institution, with the object of encouraging and stimulating improvements in design and decoration. Profits remaining in the hands of the royal commission for the exhibition were allocated to this purpose, and Parliament supplemented this with a sum equivalent to half that given by the commissioners.
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- Japan RisingThe Iwakura Embassy to the USA and Europe, pp. 119 - 125Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009