Photographic Prints from Francis Galton's Fingerprint Album and Notebook

Date:
1960s
Reference:
PENROSE/2/42/8/3/1
Part of:
L. S. Penrose Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Contains ten photographic prints and three photocopies of fingerprints of two families, which were copied from Francis Galton's Fingerprint Album III (1891), original fingerprints taken from his notebook (1890), and a reference note on the fingerprints with instructions for enlarging prints.

Publication/Creation

1960s

Physical description

30 folios

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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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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