WCP1405

Postcard (WCP1405.1184)

[1]

Landskansliet

Jönköping

Sweden.

1908

Sir Alfred Russel Wallace!

Tibi verecundas gratulationes agens pro Tuis magnis Laboribus in scientia naturae; audes petere autographum in memoriam a Te.

Admirans et reverens

Hj[almar?]. Rendahl. Stud. [Signature] [2] SVERIGE-SUEDE | BREKFORT. | (CARTE POSTALE.) | VERLDSPOSTFÖRENINGEN | (UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE.) | Sida afessd för adressen. (Côté réservé à l'adresse.)

Sir Alfred Russel Wallace

Linnean Society

Burlington House

London

ENGLAND.

[1]1

Landskansliet2

Jönköping

Sweden. 3

19084

Sir Alfred Russel Wallace!

Modest congratulations to you with thanks for your great efforts in the natural sciences; dare I ask for an autograph in your memory.

Admiration and respect,

Hj[almar?]. Rendahl.5Stud.6 [Signature] [2]7 SVERIGE-SUEDE | BREKFORT. | (CARTE POSTALE.) | VERLDSPOSTFÖRENINGEN | (UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE.) | Sida afessd för adressen. (Côté réservé à l'adresse.)

Sir Alfred Russel Wallace

Linnean Society

Burlington House

London

ENGLAND.

1
Annotated " WP1/8/216" in pencil in an unknown hand, in the top right corner.
2
Swedish "Landskansliet" translates as "Country Offices"; possibly County Council is the English equivalent.
3
The address is written at the bottom of the postcard, beneath the writer's signature.
4
The postcard is not dated by the writer but the postmark on the reverse is dated "12 | [illegible numbers or word] |1908".
5
Abbreviation for "student". The term is the same in both English and Swedish.
6
Probably Rendahl, Carl Hialmar, (1891 -1969). Swedish zoologist and artist, born in Jönköping.
7
The item is a postcard. Printed text has been transcribed in italics.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP1405.1184)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lucas, Paula [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-10-30]

Please cite as “WCP1405,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1405