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PRINCE OPENED VICTORIA MEMORIAL TODAY WITH

HIGH CEREMONY LOVELY BUILDING AND ALSO

YOUR BEAUTIFUL FRESCOES HIGHLY ADMIRED

TRUSTEES CONGRATULATE YOU = VICTOTRUST =

York Cottage,
Sandringham
Norfolk.

16th. November, 1921.

Dear Mr. Salisbury,

I have laid before the King your letter of the
17th, together with the reproductions of the twelve
historical panels for The Queen Victoria Memorial Hall,
which you have been good enough to send for His Majesty's
acceptance.

In thanking you, the King wishes me to express
his appreciation of the kind thought that prompted this
gift, and to assure you how pleased His Majesty is to
possess those interesting replicas of the panels which
will eventually find a home in the Queen Victoria Memorial
at Calcutta, with the inauguration and building of which
the King has always been so closely associated.

Yours sincerely,

Frank C. Salisbury Esq.

India Office,
Whitehall, S.W.1.
9th November 1926.

Dear Sir,

In reply to your letter of the 13th ultime
asking to be supplied with up to date pictures in
colour of types of the Indian Army, I beg to say that
the information of the kind in the India Office
would appear to be contained in the work entitled
"The Armies of India", by Major Lovett and MacMunn,
of which I understand a copy has already been lent to
you by the Librarian here.

there is however, now under preparation a
Souvenir booklet to be called, "Our India". Army, a
record of the Peace Contingent's Visit to England.
Issued for the India Office by Adame Broe, and Shardlow
Ltd. Illustrated by Mr. Luker Junior," and it is
possible that this might be more suitable for your
proposal. So far as the India Office is concerned

there

Frank O. Salisbury, Esq.,
61 Avenue Road,
Regents Park,
N.W.1.

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THE TREASURER OF THE VICTORIA MEMORIAL
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT ARCHITECT,
S. PALLS CATHEDRAL AVENUE, KENSINGTON,
WELLESLEY P. O.
Surrey, 8th March 1920. ...p.9

Frank Salisbury, Esq., S.L.
62, Avenue Road,
Regent's Park,
K.W.
England.

Dear Mr. Salisbury : -

In reply to your letter to Mr. Seoh dated the 16th
January 1920, and at his request, I send herewith a photo
taken from the Ground Floor of the Queen's Hall and looking
up at the semicircular panels for which you are preparing
fresco paintings.

You will note the figure of a man standing on the
projected gallery at 34 ft. level, he is looking up at the
panel, market with a cress, and of this panel he can see a
good portion.

Trusting that this photo will give you the necessary
help you require.

Mr. Seoh left Bombay on the 2nd March and will go
to England after visiting Italy, so you will probably see him
within a month or so.

Yours truly,

Per Vincent J. Seoh,

F.B.I.B.I.
Architect.

Reel : 1 Photo.

11, Garden Beach Road,
Kidderspool, Calcutta,
5th December, 1921.

Dear Mr. Salisbury,

Very many thanks for your letter of the
9th November, 1921.

I am glad to tell you that the 6 panels
have arrived quite easily in India, and when I was at the
Victoria Memorial Hall two days ago, All the panels had
been put into position with the exception of three, these
will be ready within a few days.

I was on the scaffolding below the
panels and examined them in detail, and I am glad to tell
you that Mr. Harrington has fixed them with great care and
without any damage. One cannot judge of the full effect
from down below or from the gallery, immediately below the
panels, until the scaffolding has been removed, but this
will all be cleared off before N.R.H. the Prince of Wales
opens the Hall on the 26th December.

I have circulated a copy of your letter
to the Committee of the Victoria Memorial and will let you
know in course of time if there are any interesting
notices on the panels in the daily Press. In the meantime,
I send you a copy of the "Statement", one of the leading
Calcutta European papers, of December 3rd, in which occurs
an article on the Precoess. I imagine that Mr. Harrington
is responsible for the praise of himself, vide first page..

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FRANK O' BALLYHURRY M.OQ.
68 AVENUE ROAD,
BROOKLYN'S PARK, N. W.

Dear Sir,

We have pleasure in confirming interview between
yourself and our representative at Ebract in connection with the
supply of Mell's Poilite Asbestos Cement Plint Sheeting 8' x 4'
x 3/16", to be used as foundation for the frescos to be placed
in Queen Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta, from the dimensions
given we estimate that four of the above sized sheets will be
required for each fresco, of which there are twelve, consequently
it is advisable that you should order 50 sheets in case of breakage
when cutting to the desired circumference.

With regard to fixing these sheets to the wall the
only way to fix them securely upon a perfectly level face is to
bore and plug the walls with wooden plugs 1/8" to 2" long by 5/8"
to 3/4" in diameter (the plugs having been previously stepped in
a preservative to render them proof against rot and insects). These
plugs should be placed at 8" centres on each side of the butt-jointing
and the sheets to be nalled to the plugs with 1/8" x 1/2" flat Bended
Copper Edges, although the ends of these Edges are only about
1/22" thick these could be counterpaneaux in the sheeting so as to
leave a perfectly flush surface.

As mentioned yesterday, Messrs. T. J. Martin & Co., of
Vestry House, Laurence Pounchell Hill, E.C., are the sole agents
for Poilite Sheeting in Calcutta and we refer you to them to
arrange for immediate supply of the above amount of sheeting
required as it is understood that the work is to be proceeded
with without delay and we would be obliged if you would advise
Mr Vincent through the architect in this matter.

JAMES POWELL & SONS,

CITY OFFICE BUILDING
OFFICE FLOOR

WHITETIARS GLASS WORKS,

TUDOR STREET, LONDON E.C.4

O.S.M.

9th December, 1913

Dear Mr. Salisbury,

I am sorry that I have not answered your letter sooner but I was away on Saturday, and yesterday was very busy all day. Of course I quite understand that you are not responsible for the work being taken out of our hands, but I think the Committee might have arranged that we should have a commission as we asked as agents. They chose to us in the first instance, and we recommended them to allow you to get out the designs and programmes, and so, if it had not been for us they would not have had the benefit of your ideas and skill which I know will produce a fine work of Art, worthy of the memorial, whereas it might easily have resulted in failure if they had entrusted the work to an inferior artist.

Yours sincerely,

Frank O. Salisbury Men,

20, Avenue Road,

Sagen's Park, N.W.