Photograph of portrait by Frederick Hollyer
Chairman of Council 1850 and 1852; Published in Vanity Fair, drawn by James Tissot. Presented to the Society by Paul Bloomfield 23rd February 1939.
Henry Cole, Chairman of the Society's Council, whose achievements include significant work towards the Great Exhibition of 1851 and (under a pseudonym) designing a tea service for one of the Society's competitions. This photograph is by the renowned photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. Chairman of Council 1850 and 1852
Chairman of Council 1850 and 1852; Published in Vanity Fair, drawn by James Tissot
Painting displayed in the Great Room
From an engraving presented to the Society by a fellow
From an engraving presented to the Society by a fellow
Received the Albert Medal in 1931 'in grateful appreciation of his Presidency of the Society since 1911'
Received the Albert Medal in 1958 'to mark Her Majesty's personal service to arts, manufactures and commerce, at home and abroad'