| Ref No | WP/17/4/6 |
| Alt Ref No | WP17/4/6 |
| Title | View of trees and three tall tree trunks, probably California Redwood, and seated woman |
| Description | View of trees and three tall tree trunks, probably California Redwood (Sequoia gigantea), two trunks in the foreground with a woman in bonnet and ankle-length dress seated apparently on an upholstered seat set into the base of the tree on the right, a lattice-like frame enclosing the mid-section of the trunk in the centre of the picture. Sepia photographic print approximately 21 cm x 31 cm, mounted on slightly larger card. Annotated on the back in [Alfred Russel Wallace's hand] in pencil 'Not exceeding 5 5/8, 3 1/2' with arrows indication dimensions. Annotated in an unknown hand in pencil '183, 16348'. No caption present. Possibly a Taber photo.
Notes: Reproduced in Alfred Russel Wallace's 'Studies Scientific and Social' (1900) vol. 1 fig. 49, p. 8, captioned 'The 'Mother of the Forest' (Dead) Calaveras Grove.' Date based on the year that Alfred Russel Wallace was in the USA, but possibly earlier.
Place: California, USA
Subject: Redwood trees, Taxodiaceae, Sequoia gigante |
| Date | [1868] |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | 1 |
| Level | Item |
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