Fingerprint Cards
- Date:
- 1895
- Reference:
- GALTON/2/9/6/11/2/13
- Part of:
- Sets of Fingerprints
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
122 fingerprint cards with the fingerprints of the left and right hands of individuals. Each card is annotated with the person's name and occupation, relationship to other individuals in the series (if any), reference codes allocated by Galton and letters signifying their fingerprint types. There are usually two or three cards per person.
Publication/Creation
1895
Physical description
122 cards
Arrangement
These cards do not appear to follow any order.
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.