"Finger Imprints" Albums

Date:
1890-1891
Reference:
GALTON/2/9/6/11/4
Part of:
Sets of Fingerprints
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

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"Finger Imprints" Albums. 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

Three albums of fingerprints arranged by Galton. The first two are labelled "Finger Imprints" and contain sets of fingerprints for various individuals, identified by reference number only. Galton has annotated each set with the fingerprint pattern classification. The third volume contains sets of fingerprints of families and unrelated individuals identified by name, and other miscellaneous prints.

Publication/Creation

1890-1891

Physical description

3 volumes

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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.

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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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