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Henry Cole was born in Bath the son of Captain Henry Robert Cole, then of the 1st Dragoon Guards, and his wife Lætitia Dormer.He was sent in 1817 to Christ's Hospital, [2] and upon leaving school in 1823 became clerk to Francis Palgrave, and then a sub-commissioner under the Record Commission.
Henry Cole was the museum's first director, he was also involved in the planning. Initially the V&A was known as the Museum of Manufactures. [10] The first opening to the general public was in May 1852 at Marlborough House. By September the collection had been transferred to Somerset House.
The Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Manufacturers was held in 1849 in Birmingham [1] between 3 September until 15 December 1849. [2] It was held in a temporary two storey building in the grounds of the former Bingley House .
The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations was organised by Prince Albert, Henry Cole, Francis Henry, George Wallis, Wentworth Dilke, and other members of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce as a celebration of modern industrial technology and design.
Henry Cole (born 16 February 1964) is an English TV presenter, producer and director. On television he is best known for World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides, The Motorbike Show, Shed and Buried, and Find It, Fix It, Flog It. Many of these feature Allen Millyard and in the main are produced by his own production company, HCA Entertainment. [1]
Ron and Erin Cole captured the Memorial Day auction win of a 1905 replica Wright Flyer for just over $47,000. They intend to make it the first floor centerpiece of the new Cole Center that will ...
Through his contact with Cole, Jones was able to present his theories on decoration, ornament and polychromy via a series of lectures at the Society of Arts and at the Government School of Design (latter the "Museum of Manufactures"), whose headmaster was the artist Richard Burchett, and which was administered by the newly formed Department of ...
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