Hooghly Fingerprint Copies
- Date:
- c1878-c1893
- Reference:
- GALTON/2/9/6/5/1/2
- Part of:
- Sir W J Herschel Fingerprint Material
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Copies and enlargements of fingerprints from Hooghly district in West Bengal, India, sent to Galton by Sir William Herschel. The prints were taken from the same people in 1878 and 1892 and the two sets compared to determine whether they had changed over time. Also includes notes, labels, diagrams, charts, tracings and an offprint of "Supplement to 'Finger Prints'" by Francis Galton; London, Macmillan, 1893. Fragile material such as tracings are in a separate folder.
Publication/Creation
c1878-c1893
Physical description
2 folders
Related material
See also GALTON/2/9/6/5/2/1
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.