| Description | Large envelope labelled in William Greenell Wallace's? hand 'Illustrations of Palm trees' containing two paper folders enclosing:
17 black and white illustrations mounted on paper, some interleaved with protective tissue, apparently all from engravings or woodcuts, most of or including palm trees, including a man riding a horse pulling a small two-wheeled carriage against a background of tropical gardens, by B. Mannfeld, captioned 'Cubanische Volante', all captioned in German, most with annotations on the back in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand, including 'Cocos butyracea Sketch from nature' on the back of 'Am Magdalena Guadua. Weinpalme Lichtdruck v A .Frisch. Berlin', 'Woodcut from a photograph (indifferent)' on the back of a scene captioned 'Mexicanische Landschaft' and 'Types of Quichua Indians From photographs' on the back of 'Typhen von Quichua-Indianern' by Mannfeld. 19 pieces; source not identified: NOT the illustrations used in Alfred Russel Wallace's 1853 'Palm trees of the Amazon'.
Name: Mannfeld, Bernhard, 1848-1925, German artist and engraver
Place: Ecuador
Subject: Palm trees, Arecaceae
Notes: Dates based on dates of Mannfeld and Alfred Russel Wallace. The envelope also contained an undated 'Punch' cartoon and undated watercolour of azaleas, when listed; see WP17/9 and WP17/10. Individual pieces have been numbered in pencil in square brackets WP17/11/1-17 but no individual piece records have been created at 28 Jan 2004. |