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- 1 2 "Royal Military Exhibition, Chelsea." Times [London, England] 23 May 1890: 13. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 Sept. 2013.
- ↑ "Royal Military Exhibition.-On Saturday,." Times [London, England] 9 June 1890: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 Sept. 2013.
- ↑ A Descriptive Catalogue of the Musical Instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 . Issued under the orders of Colonel Shaw-Hellier and compiled by Captain Charles Russell Day, Oxfordshire Light Infantry. Eyre & Spottiswoode, Government and General Publishers, London. xii, 254pp. 1891. Shaw-Hellier's introduction is transcribed here
- ↑ "The Military Exhibition" Times [London, England] 3 Nov. 1890: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 Sept. 2013.