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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/Z/163/4
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Princess Alexandrina Victoria to Prince Albert and Prince Ernest thanking them for their gifts of two busts and drawings
Date	26 July 1836
Writer	Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, Princess
Addressee	Ernest of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince
Addressee	Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince
Description	Princess Alexandrina Victoria writes to her cousins Prince Albert and Prince Ernest, thanking them for busts of Grisi [?Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano] and Rubini, drawings of Coburg and notes from them both. She describes the bust of Rubini as 'very ridiculous'. She also mentions that they are to leave town for Claremont on 10 August and that there are only 4 nights of opera left.
Place Of Writing	Kensington Palace
Language	English
Extent	1 document (4 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
Digitisation Notes	These papers are available online within "Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy"
Level	Item

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