| Description | Letter from John Thomas, New Palace, Westminster and 32 Alpha Road, Regent's Park, to William Smith. Prince Consort has selected two shields for east front of Balmoral Castle; other wishes regarding lions on turrets are outlined.
26 April 1856: draft of Smith's reply; explains heraldic panels on walls of Balmoral; wooden, leaden-covered carving of Scottish lion is to be placed on pedestal on roof of a bay window. |