Hooghly Fingerprints

Date:
1858-1893
Reference:
GALTON/2/9/6/5/2
Part of:
Sir W J Herschel Fingerprint Material
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

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Contains: 98 images

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Credit

Hooghly Fingerprints. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider

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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Description

Original fingerprints obtained from the Registrar of Deeds in Hooghly district, India, c1876-1877; correspondence with Sir W J Herschel; an album of prints taken years apart and a contract signed with a handprint.

Publication/Creation

1858-1893

Physical description

4 items

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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