WP - The Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick
white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner
paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on
different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of
illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of ''My Life'', both incomplete.
The two have not been merged because they appear to have been
separated into two files by Alfred Russel Wallace himself, though
this is dubious and the reason not apparent.
WP6/8/23 Papers re autobiography My Life
16 proof illustrations for ''My Life'' on large sheets approx 29 cm x
23 cm, all but one captioned in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand in
ink; between coarse cardboard sheets, the top one labelled in
Alfred Russel Wallace's? WGW's? hand in ink '''My Life'' | Proofs
of Illustrations - large size | not quite complete'.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Notes: The un-captioned proof, not reproduced in ''My Life'', is an
oval-framed head and shoulders portrait of Wallace aged about
50?, 3/4 face looking to the viewer's left, hatless and wearing
spectacles. Annotated card very acidic; bottom blank card
discarded.
WP6/8/24 Papers re autobiography My Life
1. Incomplete printed page proofs of Alfred Russel Wallace's
autobiography ''My Life'' vol. 1, front matter and pages [1] -400.
26 date-stamped sections of approximately four sheets (16 pp)
each, with corrections in ink in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand. The
first page of each section except the first is annotated in Alfred
Russel Wallace's hand ''Author'' ''Author's final proof'' or ''Author's
corrected proof.'' The first section is annotated on the title page
''Press'' in Alfred Russel Wallace''s? hand. Dates are from 28 Jul
1905 to 2 Oct 1905, not in strict page order. All but three sections
are stamped on the first page ''First Proof [date]''; three sections
including title page to page. xii are stamped ''Revise [date]''.
A few lines have been cut from the top section of pages 155-156
and pages 153, 154, 157 and 158 missing. Pages 401-416, 423-24
and 427-435 were inserted between pages 400 and 401of the
proofs for vol. 2 when listed (See old ref WP2/19/2) and have
been relocated here. Pages 417-22 and 425-26 are missing.
2. One proof sheet of illustrations to face page 165 dated ''[1st]
Revise 26 Sep 1905'' has been inserted after page 164. The images,
the first from a photograph and two from sketches, have printed
captions ''The Beacons | (Looking south.)'', ''Plan of Summit of
Beacons | (Looking North.)'' and ''Section through Summits of
Beacons.''
3. Stamped brown envelope addressed to Alfred Russel Wallace at
Broadstone (Dorset) from ''The Fortnightly Review'', London,
postmarked 8 Sep 1905, annotated on the back in blue pencil in
Alfred Russel Wallace's? WGW's? hand ''Life | Proofs | Vol 1'',
which contained these proofs when listed.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Notes: Sheets other than those noted above may be cut or missing.
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