Painting and a Drawing by Francis Galton

Date:
1830
Reference:
GALTON/1/2/1/11
Part of:
Galton Papers
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Painting and a Drawing by Francis Galton. 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

Painting of a man with a bow and arrow shooting at a target. Annotated on verso "Francis gave this to me the night but one before he went to Mr Bury's school for the first time - aged 8 years & six months - He did it all himself in the space of five or six minutes."

Drawing of a house by Galton, annotated "Francis' 1st attempt of drawing from nature June 1833".

Publication/Creation

1830

Physical description

2 folios

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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