WP - The Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Wallace's. (See also WP6/8/19).
30. Proof illustration in black and white captioned in Alfred
Russel Wallace's hand ''The Saracen's Tent | Luray Cavern''
showing stalactites and stalagmites in a limestone cave in Virginia,
USA.. From a photo by C.H.James. (See also WP17, photos of the
USA.)
31. Proof illustration in black and white captioned in Alfred
Russel Wallace's hand '''The Squatter'. Garden of the Gods. Col.''
Showing a sandstone formation near Colorado Springs. Undated
and unattributed.
32. Proof illustration in black and white showing a gap between
sandstone cliffs with a snow covered mountain range in the far
distance. Captioned in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand ''Gateway to
the Garden of the Gods: with Pike's Peak.'' From an undated and
unattributed photograph.
33. Proof illustration in black and white showing large sandstone
formations near Colorado Springs with a horse-drawn carriage in
the foreground. Captioned in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand ''The
Seal and Bear. Garden of the Gods.'' From an undated and
unattributed photograph.
34. Proof illustration in black and white showing large sandstone
formations near Colorado Springs. Captioned in Alfred Russel
Wallace's hand '''Cathedral Spires' - Garden of the Gods.'' From an
undated and unattributed photograph.
35. Proof illustration in black and white showing a railway track
with a spur line, running towards high (sandstone?) cliffs (Castle
Gate, near Pleasant Valley, Colorado). Captioned in Alfred Russel
Wallace's hand ''On the Denver and Rio Grande Railway.'' From a
photograph (by Price Cannon?).
36. Proof illustration in black and white showing the remains of
storm-damaged wooden buildings, the foreground strewn with
timbers, a few men on foot and in horse-drawn carts in the picture.
Captioned in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand ''Sauk Rapids,
Minnesota. Effects of a Tornado.'' The storm occurred on 14 April
1886 (''My Life'' vol. 2, p. 150). From an unattributed photograph
c 14 Apr 1886.
37.Grey exercise book cover labelled in Alfred Russel Wallace's
hand ''My Life | Set of Proofs of Illustrations''.
Name: Wallace, Mary Anne, born c 1789 died 1868
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Herbert Edward, c 1829-1851
Purland, Theodosius, fl 1868
Townsend, Miss ?, fl 1837
Ali, fl 1855
Neale, Florence fl 1905
Moseley, Henry Nottidge, 1844-1891
Place: Amazon
Notes: Two portrait photographs of Alfred Russel Wallace were
transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages
approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred
Russel, ''My Life'' (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges
with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23
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