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WCP4349

Letter (WCP4349.4568)

[1]1

Frith Hill, Godalming.

May 29th. 1886

Dear Mr. Poulton2

Many thanks for the trouble you have taken. The sketch is "characteristic" as all that Westwood3 does is sure to be, but I fear can not be made into a good drawing for a lantern slide unless by the help of some allied species’ and an artist such as Westwood himself. I therefore mean to write to Wood-Mason4 & see if I can get a good drawing, — as I was under the impression was that which he [2] had sent to Oxford.

Many thanks for your offer of your papers. Any not published in the Trans. of Ent. & Linn. Societies I shd. be glad of.

Believe me | yours faithfully| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
In Wood-mason’s handwriting, accompanying a small sketch coloured red, “from very rough sketch by wood mason Hymenopus bicornis servile”.
2
Poulton, Edward Bagnall (1856-1943). British entomologist. Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College.
3
Westwood, John Obadiah (1805-1893). British entomologist and palaeographer. Hope Professor of Zoology, Oxford University, 1861-93.
4
Wood-mason, James (1846-1893). Prominent British zoologist who held key leadership positions at the Indian Museum in Calcutta (now Kolkata), including serving as Assistant Curator, Deputy Superintendent, and eventually Superintendent.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4349.4568)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-16] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Envelope (WCP4349.4569)

Envelope addressed to "Edwd. B. Poulton Esq., Wykeham House, Oxford", with stamp, postmarked "GODALMING | E | 30 MY | 86". A Pencil note is written on front of envelope in Poulton's hand: "May 29 1886"; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP4349.4569)]

Please cite as “WCP4349,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4349