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Large envelope labelled in WGW's? hand "Illustrations of Palm trees" containing two paper folders enclosing: 17 black and white illustrations mounted on paper, some interleaved with protective tissue, apparently all from engravings or woodcuts, most of or including palm trees, including a man riding a horse pulling a small two-wheeled carriage against a background of tropical gardens, by B. Mannfeld, captioned "Cubanische Volante", all captioned in German, most with annotations on the back in A. R. Wallace's hand, including "Cocos butyracea | Sketch from nature" on the back of "Am Magdalena | Guadua. Weinpalme | Lichtdruck v A .Frisch. Berlin", "Woodcut from a photograph (indifferent)" on the back of a scene captioned "Mexicanische Landschaft" and "Types of Quichua Indians | From photographs" on the back of "Typhen von Quichua-Indianern" by Mannfeld. 19 pieces; source not identified: NOT the illustrations used in A. R. Wallace's 1853 "Palm trees of the Amazon". Place: Ecuador Notes: Dates based on dates of Mannfeld and A. R. Wallace. The envelope also contained an undated "Punch" cartoon and undated watercolour of azaleas, when listed; see WP17/9 and WP17/10. Individual pieces have been numbered in pencil in square brackets WP17/11/1-17 but no individual piece records have been created at 28 Jan 2004. |
