Reynolds, H

Date:
1877-1880
Reference:
GALTON/2/8/1/1/14
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Letters from H Reynolds to Galton regarding composite photographs made from casts at the British Museum and from portrait photographs of individuals. The following letters have enclosures:
  • Letter dated 11 November 1878 includes a plan of a photographic shed.
  • Letter dated 27 May 1878 includes five composite portraits of men, enclosed in part of a weather chart.
  • Letter dated 30 July 1878 includes two photographs of men and one photograph of a coin.
  • Letter dated 19 August 1878 includes a photograph of two busts of Greek/Roman women.
  • Letter dated 2 February 1880 includes fifteen portrait photographs of men, women and children.
  • Letter dated 9 March 1880 includes three portrait photographs of men. Letter dated 24 April [no year] includes two printed sets of composite photographs that were used by Galton in various publications (composites of men, including criminals, and composites of Greek/Roman women)
  • Also includes eleven portrait photographs in packaging marked "Photographs from the letter: Reynolds, 1880, Feb 18.", but no letter with this date was found when cataloguing.
  • Publication/Creation

    1877-1880

    Physical description

    29 letters plus 1 postcard, 1 drawing, 39 photographs and 3 envelopes

    Location of duplicates

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

    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.

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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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