WP - The Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

eginning on one side in ink over pencil ''Ruined Pueblo of
Penasco Blanca''; sketches in ink overleaf, of Sioux, Utah Indian
and Eskimo stone tools including knives, pick and hammer,
headed ''American National Museum Washington''; not reproduced
in ''Studies Scientific and Social''.
17. Sketch of a tomahawk in ink on a small squared paper sheet
approx. 8 cm x 15 cm, captioned in ink in Alfred Russel Wallace's
hand ''Stone tomahawk. | Modern Indian.''
18. Folder made from two lined exercise-book pages, titled on the
front in pencil in Alfred Russel Wallace's? hand ''Illustrations for |
American Museums | Proofs &c.'' When listed this contained one
small squared paper sheet of notes on pueblos and sketches of
Sioux, Utah Indian and Eskimo stone tools headed ''American
National Museum Washington'' (item 16 above) but no other
documents or images.
19: Envelope labelled in blue pencil in Alfred Russel Wallace's?
WGW's? hand ''Notes on sketches of H[unt] implements''.
20. Faint pencil outline sketch of a mountain range on a small
squared paper sheet approx. 8 cm x 15 cm captioned in Alfred
Russel Wallace's hand in pencil ''Alleghanes [sic, for Alleghenies
i.e. Alleghany Highlands] nr Clifton Forge'' with an arrow pointing
out ''N. Mountain''; diagrams in pencil of 5 circles, one overlapped
by an irregular square, on the back; old ref WP2/16/47, possibly
done on the same day as the notes mentioning Clifton Forge (item
15 above).
Place: New York USA Virginia USA Washington DC USA
Notes: ''American Museums'' was first published in ''Fortnightly
Review'', Sep and Oct 1887. Several letters from Alfred Russel
Wallace to his family from America mention the Museums (see
particularly WP1/5/12, 19 Dec 1886).
WP6/6/10 Papers re Studies Scientific and Social
Eight sepia photographic prints enclosed between two pieces of
grey card, one labelled in pencil in Alfred Russel Wallace's? hand
''Photos | N. American Museum specimens'', two of which are
reproduced in 'American Museums', in Alfred Russel Wallace,
''Studies Scientific and Social'', (London 1900) vol. 2, Ch. 2, ;
showing cased specimens of animals, birds and sponges displayed
at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts USA c.1886/87, comprising:
1. Sepia photographic print approximately 12cm square, showing a
museum interior containing two glass display cases of stuffed
animal specimens including deer, a beaver, hares and a bear. The
cases partly obscures the words ''European Fauna'' on the wall
behind them. The print is annotated on the back in pencil in Alfred
Russel Wallace's? and possibly another hand '' 16602 | Chap 2 |
Vol 2 | 3.5/8 '' wide | 32055'' and upside down relative to this ''4'';
reproduced as fig. fig. 4, p. 33 ''European Fauna'' in 'American
Museums', in Alfred Russel Wallace, ''Studies Scientific and
Social'', (London 1900) vol. 2, Ch. 2.
2. Sepia photographic print 16 cm x 15 cm with two torn pieces of
sticking-paper on the upper back corners; showing a museum
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