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Annotated photos and proof sheets of images illustrating 'The Ice Age and Its Work. Erratic Blocks and Ice Sheets.', in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 1, Ch. IV, pp. 59-93, figs. 9-22, all black and white except where noted, 19 in total comprising: 1. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 9 cm x 5.5 cm of a boulder-strewn plain, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand "Fig. 1.| Surface of part of Great terminal Moraine" ( Fig. 9 in vol. 1, unattributed.) 2. Ditto with photographic image approx. 9.5 cm x 7 cm of a lake with mountains in the background and a house or farm buildings in a boulder-strewn landscape in the foreground, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand "Fig 2" (Fig. 10, vol. 1, unattributed, captioned "Moraines at Easedale Tarn".) 3. Photographic print approx. 21 cm x 15.5 cm apparently used for the production of Fig. 10 above; black and white but with clouds behind mountains painted in watercolour in white with touches of yellow (or dirt); annotations on the back in pencil include "16585 | 098 E | S | 93 mm | Easedale Tarn. Grasmere." 4. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 9.5 cm x 5.5 of large boulders among vegetation including three upright leafless tree or grass stems. annotated in A. R. Wallace's hand in pencil "Fig. 3" (Fig. 11, vol.1, captioned "Roches Moutonées in Idaho, USA", attributed US Geological Survey.) 5. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 10 cm x 7 cm showing five men seated in a rocky landscape with a mallet in the foreground, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Fig. 4". (Fig 12, vol. 1, captioned "Striated Rock Surface at Wasdale Crag", attributed Godfrey Bingley.) 6. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 9.5 cm x 7.5 cm showing a young boy in flat cap and short trousers seated in a rocky landscape, annotated in pencil in ARW's hand " Fig 5." (Fig. 13 in vol. 1, captioned "Rock Groovings at Barmouth", attributed Percy F Kendall.) 7. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 9.5 cm x 7.5 cm showing grooved and fissured rocks, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Fig. 6". (Fig. 14 in vol 1. captioned "Rock Groovings Near Barmouth" attributed to "an unknown friend". 8. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 9.5 cm x 7.5 cm showing a landscape with a road and grassy plain in the foreground and hills in the far background with a windmill? cairn? at middle right, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Fig. 6 [sic]. (Fig. 15 in vol. 1, captioned "Moraine at Specton", attributed Mr Kendall.) 9. Proof sheet? with photographic image approx 15 cm x 10.5 cm showing chalk cliffs at the edge of the sea, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand "Fig. 7 | Scandinavian Ice sheet. Terminal Moraine". (Fig 16, vol 1, captioned "Boulder clay on chalk, Flamborough Head", attributed Mr Bingley. 10. Proof sheet? with photographic image approx 10 cm x 7 cm showing sharply peaked cliffs with stony beach in the foreground, no annotations. (Fig. 17, vol. 1, captioned "Boulder Clay on Upper Oolite, Yorkshire", attributed Mr Bingley). 11. Photographic print 15.5 cm x 11 cm mounted on slightly larger card; annotations on the back in pencil in an unknown hand include "12503- | Swan Sonnenschein [o/n] 459 | [Tuesday]" and on the front in ink in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Glacial Drift on Oolite, Yorkshire coast." The purple stamp of Godfrey Bingley, Thornichurst, Headingley, Leeds, is faintly visible showing through from the back at top left of the print. Apparently used to produce fig. 17, vol. 1. 12. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 5 cm x 5 cm showing a boulder with inclusions, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Fig. 9" (Fig 18, vol. 1, captioned "A Scandinavian Boulder found in Yorkshire", attributed Mr Kendall. 13. Sepia photographic print approx. 5 cm x 5 cm showing a boulder with inclusions, apparently used to produce fig. 18, vol. 1. 14. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 10 cm x 7 cm showing a dark boulder perched on a smaller pale one in a landscape with mountains in the far background; annotated in A. R. Wallace's? hand in pencil "Fig. 10. (Fig. 19 in vol 1, captioned "Silurian Erratic on Limestone, Ingleborough", attributed Mr Kendall.) 15. Sepia photo approximately 15.5 cm x 11 cm mounted on slightly larger card, showing a large dark boulder among smaller limestone rocks in a field with rolling hills in the distance. Captioned on the card in ink in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Erratic - Millstone Grit on Limestone." Faint pencil annotations in the same hand are on the top edge of the card and the purple stamp of Godfrey Bingley, Thornichurst, Headingley, Leeds, is faintly visible at top and bottom of the print, showing through from the back. Apparently used to produce fig. 19, vol. 1. 16. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 10 cm x 7 cm showing a large boulder perched on the edge of a slope with mountains in the distance, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Fig. 11 | Perched block in Pass of Llanberris". (Fig. 20 in vol 1 captioned "Perched block in the pass of Llanberris", attributed Mr Kendall. 17. Sepia photo approximately 15.5 cm x 11 cm mounted on slightly larger card, showing a large boulder perched on the edge of a slope with mountains in the distance. Captioned on the card in ink in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Perched block, Pass of Llanberris" and in pencil "2 1/2" with pencil markings. Annotated on the back of the card in pencil in an unknown hand "12506- | Swan Sonnenschein [o/n?] 459 | [Tuesday?]". Apparently used to produce fig. 20 in vol. 1. 18. Small proof sheet? or part of one with woodcut or engraved image initialled "AF 1888" approx. 10 cm x 7 cm showing a large rock perched on smaller ones, annotations in pencil and ink in A. R. Wallace's? hand include " 'From "Falsans du Periode Glaciaux" p. 77' and "Fig. 12. | Perched Block, near Monthey, Bas Valais". (Fig. 21, vol. 1, captioned "Perched Block, near Monthey, Bas Valais"; attributed to Falsan.) 19. Small proof sheet? or part of one with woodcut or engraved image initialled "[L. S] 1888" showing a large rock perched on two smaller upright ones in a landscape with hills in the far distance and a goatherd or shepherd seated nearby, annotated in ink and pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand "Fig. 13. Perched block - 5 miles N.W. of Chambery. (Triassic Brascia)". (Fig. 22, vol. 1, captioned "Perched block near Chambery", attributed Falsan. Place: Cumbria Yorkshire England Wales France USA Notes: 'The Ice Age and Its Work. Erratic Blocks and Ice Sheets' was first published in "Fortnightly Review", Nov 1893. I have numbered each image in pencil near the top edge in square brackets from WP6/6/2 (1) to (19), and on the proofs but not photos have added the figure number as it was published, in square brackets at the bottom. PJL 9 Dec 2003. |
