TO

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ALBERT.

The present Work aims at being a faithful record of the charac-teristics of those productions displayed at the Great Exhibition of1851 , which best illustrate the advanced condition of the IndustrialArts of the Nineteenth Century.

As such, it is most respectfully dedicated to Your Royal Highness,the illustrious patron of those arts, and the consistent friend of allengaged (however humbly) in their promotion,

BY YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS’S

MOST OBEDIENT, HUMBLE SERVANT,

77 Great Russell Street,September 1 4th, 1851.

M. DIGBY WYATT.