Fingerprints in Wax and Ink

Date:
1888-1896
Reference:
GALTON/2/9/6/11/7
Part of:
Sets of Fingerprints
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

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Fingerprints in Wax and Ink. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider

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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Description

Sets of fingerprints made in sealing wax and in ink on paper. Includes Galton's print in wax, fingerprints of author Emile Zola in ink (5 pieces), a Christmas card from Katherine Symonds made with her fingerprints in wax, thumb prints of publisher Charles Kegan Paul in wax, and fingerprints of scientist Sir William Grove in wax.

Publication/Creation

1888-1896

Physical description

5 packets

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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