[12] All the details of art prices given in this chapter are derived from Mr G. Redford’s authentic record of art sales, first privately printed in 1888. For other information the writer is indebted to the late Sir J. E. Millais, P.R.A.
[13] See Picciotto’s Anglo-Jewish History for all these early facts about the Jews.
[14] The idea of the Exhibition being ‘universal’ was not that of the Prince, but of the Committee of the Society of Arts. It was first suggested in fact by Mr Thomas Winkworth.
[15] Most of the time he was at Ghent. His stay there is known in French history as La cour de Gand.
[16] These anecdotes are given from Mr Reeves’ volume already mentioned. They are suggestive of incident if not uniformly accurate in fact. The correction of the Waterloo incident given above commended itself to some among Baron Lionel’s friends who would be likely to know.
[17] While Lord Palmerston has become a historical name, Lord Beaconsfield’s precedents are daily, alike by friends and foes, cited as living forces.
[18] See Quarterly Review, July, 1896.
[19] This anecdote was often told by Lord Shaftesbury.
[20] Not, however, the most appreciated by his master.
[21] Now of course Battersea Park.