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knowledge of His Eoyal Highness, he received every assistance 

 from those who were most familiar with the deceased Prince's 

 form and features. The Queen herself gave Hm valuable 

 suggestions — advised the alteration of the right arm, for 

 instance, from an unwonted into an attitude habitual to the 

 Prince, and otherwise contributed to its successful completion. 

 The statue is of bronze, 10 feet high, and by the Queen's 

 command is represented in the costume of the Great Master of 

 the Bath. The dress was modelled from the real robe, and great 

 attention has been paid in this, as in every other part of the 

 Statue, to have all the orders and decorations formed with 

 absolute accuracy. 



But to return to the history of the Society rmdcr the 

 administration of His Eoyal Highness the Prince Consort. An 

 early step taken by His Eoyal Highness was the nomination 

 of a Fine Arts Committee ; and the Council, who heartily con- 

 curred in his views, appointed the following gentlemen to be 

 that Committee, viz. : — the Earl of Ducie ; the Earl of Gilford ; 

 Lord Llanover ; Sir Coutts Lindsay, Bart. ; Sir C. Wentworth 

 Dilke, Bart. ; Mr. Henry T. Hope ; Mr. Sydney Smii-ke ; Mr. 

 Westmacott, E.A.; and subsequently the Duke of Buccleueh 

 and Captain Fowke. 



This Committee met for the first time on the 13th of May, 

 1861, when the course to be followed regarding the decorations 

 of the Garden formed the subject of consideration. 



The brief and unconnected memoranda of a Minute Book 

 can iH supply the eloquent language in which His Eoyal 

 Highness explained his views to the Committee ; but meagre as 

 such a record necessarily is, it is the best which can now be had. 



















