Colour Charts for Letters and Numerals

Date:
c1881
Reference:
GALTON/2/7/2/8/3
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Contains a note from Francis Galton labelled "Fig. 69, To Artist: imitate these so as to give a good general idea"; and six sheets illustrating the colours and patterns James Key associates with consonants and vowels in isolation, with consonants and vowels as part of words, a sheet showing the representation of letters with shades and patterns in monochrome, and the colour and pattern of Roman and modern numerals.

Publication/Creation

c1881

Physical description

7 folios

Related material

See also GALTON/2/7/2/8/4

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 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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