Miscellaneous Photographs

Date:
c1883
Reference:
GALTON/2/8/6
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Three cabinet card-style photographs of Scottish fisherwomen, Dutch fisherwomen and Belgian fisherwomen, 1883, and two photographs of a map of Lake Victoria. Framed photograph of two blind men and one blind woman, annotated on reverse "The portrait of Blind men that started the well known advertisement". Handwritten note describing a book of photographs. Two advertisements for the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, one for the Great International Fisheries Exhibition 1883 and the other advertising their products. One carte de visite-style photograph of schoolchildren and one photograph of a man described as "the last of the Cannibals".

Publication/Creation

c1883

Physical description

8 photographs plus notes 3 folios

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

Terms of use

The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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Location of original

The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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