Photographs of Galton Family and Properties

Date:
19th Century
Reference:
GALTON/1/1/9/1/4
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Envelope containing photographs, found loose inside the front cover of the Galton Book Volume I:

  • Coats of arms for Hubert Galton of Hadzor House; 1 ff.
  • Photograph from an obituary of Sir Francis Darwin, third son of Charles Darwin, clipped from a newspaper; 1 ff.
  • Obituary of Arthur Guy Ellis, clipped from a newspaper; 1 ff.
  • Photographic carte de visite of Robert Darwin, by B W Bentley; 1 ff.
  • Copy of a portrait drawing of Samuel Galton; 1 ff.
  • Photographic carte de visite of William Darwin, by B W Bentley; 1 ff.
  • Photograph of a portrait painting of an unidentified woman; 1 ff.
  • Photograph from an obituary of Sir Horace Darwin, son of Charles Darwin, clipped from a newspaper; 1 ff.
  • Postcard of Great Barr Hall, annotated by on verso by Elizabeth Anne Wheler [née Galton] in ink: "...belonged to Sir Joseph Scott. Mr Samuel John Galton lived here for 21 years till his father Samuel Galton died at Duddeston when he moved there with his family - his wife was Lucy Barclay of Ury"; and further annotated in pencil "I wrote this for my book, but do not want it!".
  • Publication/Creation

    19th Century

    Physical description

    9 folios plus 1 envelope

    Related material

    Envelope found loose inside the front cover of GALTON/1/1/9/1/1.

    Location of duplicates

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

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    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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