Correspondence on Thumbprints
- Date:
- 1888-1891
- Reference:
- GALTON/2/9/6/3/3/4
- Part of:
- Fingerprints of Families and Racial Groups
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Postcard from H A Holden to Galton postmarked 6 March 1891 suggesting the use of the work "cheirognomy". Letter from O T Mason to Galton dated 2 March 1888 regarding the identification of Chinese people using photographs and thumbprints. Letter from J W Taber to O T Mason dated 24 March 1888 enclosing enlargements of thumbprints (2 folios). Letter from C H Read of the British Museum dated 17 Jan 1891 informing Galton that he has found thumb impressions on a Mexican saucer.
Publication/Creation
1888-1891
Physical description
4 letters plus 2 enclosures
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.