| Ref No | WP/3/2 |
| Alt Ref No | WP3/2 |
| Title | Sketch book containing pencil sketches |
| Description | Sketch book containing pencil sketches in an unknown hand [Alfred Russel Wallace HEW] including a scene of [Chinese] and western men [sailors dancing in a clearing in front of palm trees and huts, Church ruins in Wales], portraits (copies, [including Byron] - has over the top the quote 'Look on his feature and behold his mind …', 'Napoleon Buonaparte' - hand looks like Alfred Russel Wallace's - and George III, [Jane Austen, Nelson And Beethoven]); portrait of a child writing by candle light; landscapes, decorative details of buildings. Book approx 18.5 cm x 14 cm with pink and grey marbled paper cover sewn on without spine, about 20 pages, most with protective tissue interleaved.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Herbert Edward, c 1829-1851 |
| Date | [1856] |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | 1 Sketchbook |
| Level | File |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates | Source |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 | [Source: http://www.wku.edu/%7Esmithch/index1.htm] |
| PX5340 | Wallace; Herbert Edward (c1829-1851) | c1829-1851 | |