| Description | Annotated proof sheets? of images illustrating 'Flowers and Forests of the Far West', in Alfred Russel Wallace, 'Studies Scientific and Social', (London 1900) vol. 1, Ch. X, pp. 213-234, figs 49 and 50, comprising:
1. Proof sheet? with black and white photographic image approx. 9 cm x 13 cm showing three tall Sequoia? tree trunks, the central one apparently partly stripped of bark, annotated in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand in ink 'The 'Mother of the Forest; (dead) Calaveros Grove' and in pencil ' To face p. 807 of proof' and 'chap. X'. Reproduced in vol 1, ch. X as fig. 49, facing p. 228 captioned 'The Mother of the Forest', undated and unattributed.
2. Proof sheet? with black and white photographic image approx. 9 cm x 13 cm showing a large multiple trunk to the largest stem of which is fastened a sign reading 'Col. Ingersoll's Cathedral'; annotated in ink n Alfred Russel Wallace's hand 'Redwood Tree (Sequoia sempervirens) Sta Cruz' and in pencil 'to face p. 809 of proof'. Reproduced in vol 1, ch. X as fig. 50, facing p. 232, undated and unattributed.
Place: California USA
Notes: 'Flowers and Forests of the Far West' was first published in 'Fortnightly Review' Dec 1891.
Subject: Fauna, Flora |