WCP3414

Letter (WCP3414.3382)

[1]1

Broadstone, Wimborne.

Feb.[ruar]y 11th. 1908

Mess.[e]rs Macmillan & Co.2

Dear Sirs3

I wrote to Prof. J. B. Balfour, Ed.4 of the "Annals of Botany"5, for the use of the plate of Spruce's6 portrait — a very good one — which was made from a photo. taken a year or two before his death.

I have to-day had a letter from The Clarendon Press, Oxford saying that the plate has been [2] found and will be sent to you, & can be used if acknowledged in the Book.

I write to tell you that I have the original negative from Mr. Slater7 (Spruce's Executor) so that in case the plate (a Photo-gravure I think) has been at all damaged, you can have a new one made. If you like I will send you the negative for your experts to compare [3] with the plate, — or in case you think any other kind of plate had better be used. It will be of course for the Frontispiece.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

P.S.

The portrait appears in the Annals of Botany — Dec[embe]r 1900 — (Vol. XIV) to Illustrate in Biography by Dr. J. B. Balfour.

A.R.W. [signature]

1
In the upper right corner above the text "Wimborne" is "88" written in pencil in a different hand. Additionally, above "Mess.rs" is a purple oval stamp that reads "G.B.M."
2
Macmillan Publishers Ltd., founded by Scottish publishers Daniel Macmillan (1813-1857) and Alexander Macmillan (3 October 1818 — 26 January 1896) in 1843.
3
Next to this text is a stamp that reads "12 FEB 1908" followed by "262" written in orange in a different hand.
4
Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour (31 March 1853 — 30 November 1922), Scottish botanist.
5
Annals of Botany, a monthly scientific journal, first published in 1887.
6
Richard Spruce (10 September 1817 — 28 December 1893), English botanist.
7
Matthew B. Slater (1830 — 1918), Irish botanist.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3414.3382)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Seo, Veri [2013-07-29] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-08-14]

Please cite as “WCP3414,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 10 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3414