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The New India Museum, Whitehall-Yard, [London], 1861. 'The collection of native products, and the specimens illustrative of the arts and industrial pursuits of the people of India...have been removed to Fife House...The building is not well adapted for the purposes of a museum, but it may serve as a temporary depot for the extensive collection of silks, jewels, metal wares, and other produce and manufactures which illustrate the wealth of our Indian empire...[in] the drawing-room...are displayed the silk and jewelled dresses of the East, which present a most gorgeous appearance...The six bedro

 The New India Museum, Whitehall-Yard, [London], 1861. 'The collection of native products, and the specimens illustrative of the arts and industrial pursuits of the people of India...have been removed to Fife House...The building is not well adapted for the purposes of a museum, but it may serve as a temporary depot for the extensive collection of silks, jewels, metal wares, and other produce and manufactures which illustrate the wealth of our Indian empire...[in] the drawing-room...are displayed the silk and jewelled dresses of the East, which present a most gorgeous appearance...The six bedro

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