Abstract
Abstract Prince Albert’s drive to encourage the United Kingdom to forge ahead in the applied arts and industry has been well documented. The masterminding of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations of 1851, and its legacy in the form of the South Kensington quarter, are testament to his endeavours. Albert’s imprint left behind through his interaction with libraries, and the reasoning behind his choice of manuscript and printed book donations to these institutions are areas that provide a subtler avenue of exploration. Taking as a case-study the donations he made to the South Kensington Museum library, now in the National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum, while also looking further afield, I explore here Albert’s contribution of texts made available for researchers. The donations demonstrate, particularly, his promotion of the capacity for progress through research in science and the arts, and the potential for these fields to be connected and utilized through industry.
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