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interior with part of a lower floor and surrounding narrow upper
gallery containing stuffed specimens of animals including
kangaroos, deer, an armadillo and alpacas in glass cases labelled
''Class of Mammals'', upper gallery containing a case of Australian
mammals, floor of upper gallery partly obscuring the words
''South American Fauna'' on the wall of the lower gallery;
reproduced as fig. 3, p. 29 ''South American Fauna'' in 'American
Museums', in Alfred Russel Wallace, ''Studies Scientific and
Social'', (London 1900) vol. 2, Ch. 2.
3. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing a large
series of small stuffed birds (hummingbirds) in a glass Museum
case, placed with outstretched wings in 19 horizontal rows of
about 12 specimens per row. Annotated on the back in pencil an
unknown hand ''Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard
University | South American Room | Trochilidae''.
4. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing stuffed
specimens of seals including a California sea lion in a glass
museum case, with part of a case of sea-shells visible in the lower
left corner. Annotated on the back in pencil in an unknown hand
''Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | Pacific
Room''.
5. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing a glass
museum case labelled ''African'' containing stuffed specimens of
African mammals including a lion, a leopard, a hyena and small
cats. Annotated on the back in pencil in an unknown hand
''Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | African
Room''.
6. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing a museum
interior and five glass and wood display cases containing
specimens including shells and sponges, some in spirit bottles. The
case closest to the viewer is labelled on the glass ''Atlantic Fauna''
and the words ''Alcyonoid Polyps Sponges'' are also visible. The
print is annotated on the back in an unknown hand ''Museum of
Comparative zoology Harvard University | Atlantic Room''.
7. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing a glass
museum case containing stuffed specimens of birds including a
turkey and two other large birds on the floor of the case and four
horizontal shelves containing birds (including chicks) in
decreasing order of size from top to bottom. Part of an adjoining
case of wading birds is visible on the right. The print is annotated
in pencil in an unknown hand ''Museum of Comparative zoology
Harvard University | North American Room''.
8. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing stuffed
specimens of monkeys and small cats in natural poses in a glass
museum case, with the back legs of a tiger and leopard? visible on
the left. Annotated on the back in pencil in an unknown hand
''Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | Indo-
Asiatic Room''.
Place: Cambridge Massachusetts USA
Notes: Dated on the basis that Alfred Russel Wallace visited
Harvard University Museum in the USA in November 1886;
''American Museums'' was first published in ''Fortnightly Review'',
236
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