Indian Fingerprints
- Date:
- 1894-1895
- Reference:
- GALTON/2/9/6/3/4/4
- Part of:
- Fingerprints of Families and Racial Groups
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Four bundles of fingerprints taken from prisons in India, forwarded to Galton by E A Henry. The fingerprints were collected on pre-printed forms and include the prisoner's name, caste, age, village, police station and district. Approximately two hundred and fifty fingerprints in total. Also includes a compliment slip and a copy of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, published 1 January 1895.
Publication/Creation
1894-1895
Physical description
4 bundles, 1 newspaper and 2 compliment slips
Terms of use
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.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
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Where to find it
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.