A brief guide to the Food Collection

Transcribed from the 1872 George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode edition by David Price.
SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
BETHNAL GREEN BRANCH OF THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.
( FIRST ISSUE .)
LONDON: PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. FOR HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE.
1872.
Price One Penny .
29951.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE LORDS OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
Lord President, The MARQUESS OF RIPON, K.G.
Vice-President, The Right Hon. W. E. FORSTER, M.P.
I. In tracing the origin of the Branch Museum of Science and Art at Bethnal Green it will be necessary to refer, though briefly, to the early days of the parent institution, at South Kensington, from whence a considerable portion of the new edifice and of its contents have been derived.