Excerpt from Russian Art and Art Objects in Russia, a Handbook, Vol. 1 of 2: To the Reproductions of Goldsmiths Work and Other Art Treasures From That Country in the South Kensington Museum
In the year 1880 the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Earl Granville K. G.), at the request of the Lord President of the Council, brought before his Excellency Prince Lobanoff, the Russian ambassador in London, the desire of the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education to secure for the South Kensington Museum copies of some of the numerous fine examples of English plate and other works of art in the imperial collections in Russia. His Excellency entered heartily into the proposal and undertook to bring it before his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, who graciously consented to allow the collections to be examined and selections to be made for electrotyping. Various ecclesiastical authorities and owners of private collections in St. Petersburg and Moscow followed the example of his Imperial Majesty, and also permitted selections to be made from their art treasures for reproduction.
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