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INTRODUCTION
This catalogue documents all known portraits (photographic and in other media) of the British naturalist
Alfred Russel Wallace (ARW) (1823-1913), made from life. All notable contemporary variants that I
know of have been included for comparison. Drawings or paintings which were based on these portraits
are excluded, but many of them can be seen in Chua (2020). In a few cases it was unclear whether a
portrait was made from life or not, so I erred on the side of caution and included it. An exception to the
'from life' rule was made for three woodcut illustrations from ARW's 1869 book The Malay Archipelago,
since ARW commissioned these and would have ensured they were accurate depictions of him in the
field.

A total of 95 different life portraits of ARW are known (92 excluding the woodcuts): 84 photographs, 2
paintings, 3 woodcuts, 4 drawings and 2 low relief sculptures. He was only photographed six times prior
to his departure for the 'Malay Archipelago' in 1854, aged 31, because photography was in its infancy
and he did not have much money. However, towards the end of his life he was photographed more
frequently, because he was then world famous and also because photography was at that point much
cheaper and easier to do. ARW's brother-in-law Thomas Sims (1826-1910) was a professional
photographer and all of the early photographs are probably by him (with one possible exception), as are
a number of the later ones. Other photographers include the well-known firms of Maull & Fox and Elliott
& Fry, and the famous photographer Emil Otto Hoppé (1878-1972). It is worth noting that ARW always
wore the parting in his hair on the left-hand side of his head - so portraits showing his parting on his right
side are mirror images (laterally inverted).

Sadly, no photograph exists which shows the co-discoverers of evolution by natural selection (ARW and
Charles Darwin) together, despite the best attempts of German zoologist Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840-
1911). Meyer wrote to Darwin in 1869 about a German translation he was preparing of Darwin and
ARW's 1858 'joint paper' in which their theories of natural selection were first published. He wanted
photographs of both men for publication in it and wrote "...perhaps you will not object to have your
photograph taken with Mr Wallace in one picture, and if this idea meets your approval you might perhaps
carry it out when you go to London at Christmas time or earlier if possible."1 Sadly for us Darwin declined
the request, replying "...I am not willing to sit on purpose; it is what I hate doing & wastes a whole day
owing to my weak health; and to sit with another person would cause still more trouble & delay"2 ARW,
received the same request from Meyer, and perhaps sensing that it would be awkward and difficult for
Darwin, he wrote to Darwin saying "It is of course out of the question our meeting to be photographed
together, as Mr. Meyer coolly proposes."3 In the end Meyer's translation was published without
photographs of the two men.

A number of the portraits included in this catalogue were never published during ARW's lifetime and
often only one or two original examples seem to have survived. This is even the case for many of his
carte de visites, despite the fact that he must have sent copies of them to many friends and admirers. We
owe the preservation of many of the surviving portraits to his family. His son William and daughter
Violet donated fifteen photographs and one painting to London's National Portrait Gallery after ARW's
death. Other photographs remained in the family until recently, when a number were purchased by or
were donated to the Natural History Museum, London. Some unique original photographs are still owned
by ARW's descendants. It is likely that a few additional portraits remain to be discovered in archives,
private collections and in publications about ARW.
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Citing this catalogue

This catalogue supersedes three draft pdf versions entitled Portraits of Alfred Russel Wallace, versions
1 (2016), 2 (2018) and 3 (2020), which were made publicly available on The Alfred Russel Wallace
Website (https://wallacefund.myspecies.info/). It may be cited as follows:

Beccaloni, G. W. 2022. Catalogue of the Contemporary Portraits of Alfred Russel Wallace. 1st edition.
UK: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund. 50 pp. <DOI:10.5281/zenodo.6406373>

ENDNOTES
1. Adolf Bernhard Meyer to Charles Darwin, 24 November 1869. Darwin Correspondence Project,
“Letter no. 7008,” accessed on 4 December 2016, <http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/DCP-LETT-7008>

2. Charles Darwin to Adolf Bernhard Meyer, 27 November [1869]. Darwin Correspondence Project,
“Letter no. 7014,” accessed on 4 December 2016, <http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/DCP-LETT-7014>

3. Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1869. [WCP1927: Letter to Charles Darwin, dated 4 December
[1869]]. In: Beccaloni, G. W. (Ed.). 2021. Epsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection. WWW
electronic publication. <https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1927>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I am extremely grateful to ARW's late grandsons Richard and John Wallace for allowing me to
photograph or scan portraits in their possession. I am also very grateful to Charles Smith for his
considerable help in locating published portraits and to James Moore for supplying biographical
information about some of ARW's photographers.

I would also like to thank the Barking and District Historical Society, English Heritage, the E. O. Hoppé
Estate, the National Portrait Gallery, London, the Linnean Society of London, the Natural History
Museum, London, Oxford University Museum, the Royal Collection Trust, the Royal Entomological
Society, Charles Smith and Fred Langford Edwards for allowing me to reproduce digital images of
portraits which they own the reproduction rights to. Many thanks also to Matt Beros, Katrina van Grouw
and Vinnie O'Connell for discovering three portraits I had missed from the draft versions of this
catalogue.

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THE CATALOGUE
The portraits in this catalogue are arranged chronologically, but it is likely that mistakes have been made
in placing them into this sequence since many of them were originally undated and even after
considerable research the dates of some could only be guessed at. All portraits have been given a unique
"WP" (Wallace Portrait) code (e.g., WP56) to identify them and enable them to be easily referenced.
Where variants of a portrait are present, they have been sequentially numbered and the number added to
the end of the portrait code preceded by a "." (e.g., WP15.2).

Dimensions are given as width x height and are measurements taken from the original item - usually the
original photographic print, minus any border or mount, unless stated otherwise. Note that the
backgrounds of a few images were slightly cropped to maximise the size of the portraits of ARW (the
portraits themselves were never cropped), and that some damaged portraits have been restored. The
primary aim has been to document the portraits, not the physical objects themselves.

Images marked  can be supplied by the A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund/George Beccaloni for
reproduction in publications (see https://wallacefund.myspecies.info/reproducing-images). Most of the
master versions of these are high resolution (30MB+) and many have been painstakingly restored to
remove scratches and other damage. Images of many of them (plus many other photographs relating to
ARW) can be seen on the A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund's Flickr site (https://tinyurl.com/ye5owxdl).

WP1.1 ARW in 1847, aged 24.

Photographer: unknown, but possibly Thomas Sims or a photographer
in Paris.

Scan of a platinotype copy of a daguerreotype, measuring 78 mm x 79

mm. It was donated to the National Portrait Gallery by ARW's
children, William and Violet in 1916 (Photographs Collection. NPG
x5108). The original daguerreotype does not appear to have survived.
Note that the image is laterally inverted, as is the case with the majority
of daguerreotypes.

This is the earliest known portrait of ARW. In the first edition of his
autobiography My Life (1905) he says this image was from a
daguerreotype taken in 1848. However, in the second (1908) edition
of his book this portrait is captioned "AGED 24", which would date it
to 1847. ARW is known to have travelled to Paris with his sister Fanny
and brother John in September 1847 and to have purchased a
daguerreotype camera there which aspiring photographer Thomas
Sims used for many years. ARW does not name the photographer of
this portrait. It may have been Sims, but ARW would probably have
credited him as he did in the case of several other portraits taken by
him. One other possibility is that the photograph was taken by an
unnamed photographer in Paris.

First published in ARW's autobiography My Life (1905).

Copyright of digital image: National Portrait Gallery, London.

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-
NoDerivs 3.0-Unported (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-
nd/3.0/)
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WP1.2 ARW in 1847, aged 24.

Same as the preceding photograph, but with the background edited out.

Scanned from ARW's autobiography My Life (1905).

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP2 ARW in 1853, aged 30.

Photographer: Thomas Sims.

The original was almost certainly an ambrotype, which does not seem
to have survived.

First published in ARW's autobiography My Life (1905) and scanned

from that publication.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP3 ARW in 1853*, with his mother and sister Fanny.

Photographer: Thomas Sims*.

Scan of a photographic print on thin matt paper, measuring 97 mm x

134 mm, which is owned by the Wallace family. The original was
almost certainly an ambrotype.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.
*
See letter from John Wallace to ARW dated 10 October 1853
(WCP1294).
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WP4 ARW, probably in 1853.

Photographer: probably Thomas Sims.

A calotype print measuring 112 mm x 143 mm. It was donated to the

National Portrait Gallery by William and Violet Wallace in 1916
(Photographs Collection NPG x5109).

The National Portrait Gallery states that this photo was taken 1847-
1849, but it is more likely dated 1853.

Copyright of digital image: National Portrait Gallery, London.

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-
NoDerivs 3.0-Unported (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-
nd/3.0/)

WP5 ARW, probably in 1853.

Photographer: probably Thomas Sims.

Photograph of an ambrotype owned by the Wallace family.

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

WP6 ARW, probably in 1853, playing chess with his sister

Fanny.
Photographer: probably Thomas Sims.

Photograph of an ambrotype owned by the Wallace family.

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

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WP7.1 ARW in first half of 1857.

Artist: Thomas Baines.

Woodcut illustration based on an original sketch by ARW now

preserved in the London Natural History Museum's Wallace Archive.

The illustration shows Dobbo, a trading settlement on Wamar, Aru

Islands (Indonesia), where ARW in 1857. ARW is shown in the centre
(see enlargement). ARW's original sketch (which survives) does not
show any people.

Published in Wallace (1869), volume 2, facing p. 267.

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

WP7.2 ARW in first half of 1857.

Artist: Jean-Pierre Moynet.

Woodcut illustration based on the preceding image.

Like the preceding illustration, ARW is in the centre (see

enlargement), but he is facing the opposite way.

Published in Wallace (1873), p. 185.

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

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WP8.1 ARW in late 1857.

Artist: Thomas Baines.

Woodcut illustration showing a local person extracting a large python

from ARW's hut on Ambon Island, Indonesia. ARW is shown to the
right holding a gun (see enlargement).

Published in Wallace (1869), volume 1, facing p. 467.

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

WP8.2 ARW in late 1857.

Artist: Frédéric Sorrieu.

Woodcut illustration based on the preceding illustration.

Published in Wallace (1872), p. 249.

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

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WP9 ARW in 1860.

Artist: Thomas Baines.

Woodcut illustration based on a sketch by ARW which has not

survived.

ARW lived in this tiny native hut in Besir, Gam Island (Indonesia) for
six weeks in late 1860. The barely discernible figure under the hut is
ARW sitting in a wicker chair and working at a table.

Published in Wallace (1869), volume 2, p. 360.

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

WP10.1 ARW in February 1862, aged 39, with his friend

Frederick F. Geach, in Singapore.
Photographer: unknown.

Scan of a photographic print on thin paper measuring 104 mm x 148

mm, which has been pasted onto a sheet of thicker paper. When
scanned it was owned by the Wallace family, but it has since been
donated to the Natural History Museum, London. A "bromide copy
print" of this item is owned by the National Portrait Gallery
(Photographs Collection NPG x5110).

This is the only known photograph of ARW taken while he was in the
Malay Archipelago. The annotations below the image are in ink in
ARW's hand. All other versions of this image are copies of this print.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP10.2 ARW in February 1862, aged 39, in Singapore.

Same as the preceding photograph but with Geach painted out.

First published in Marchant (1916) and scanned from that publication.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.
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WP11 ARW in c. 1862.

Photographer: Sims Brothers, 23 Westbourne Grove, London. Thomas
Sims and his brother Edward had a studio at this address from 1861 to
1863.

Scan of an original hand-coloured carte de visite owned by the Wallace

family. Dimensions of the photographic print are 55 mm x 90 mm.

All other versions of this image (e.g., the image published in Marchant
(1916)) are copies of this original, since blemishes unique to this carte
are present in these later versions. There is an old black & white second
generation copy of this photograph in the London Natural History
Museum's Wallace Archive.

First published in Marchant (1916).

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP12 ARW in c. 1863.

Photographer: Sims Brothers, 23 Westbourne Grove, London. Thomas
Sims and his brother Edward had a studio at this address from 1861 to
1863.

Scan of an original carte de visite owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic print are 58 mm x 89 mm.

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in March 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.

WP13 ARW in c. 1863.

Photographer: Sims Brothers, 23 Westbourne Grove, London. Taken
at the same sitting as the preceding photo.

Scan of the photograph on a carte de visite owned by the Royal

Entomological Society, UK.

Copyright of digital image: Royal Entomological Society, UK.

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WP14 ARW, probably in 1868, with his son Bertie (Herbert

Spencer, b. 22 June 1867, d. 24 April 1874).
Photographer: Albert Eugene Fradelle, Portland Bazaar, Langham
Place, Regent Street, London. Fradelle worked at this address until
1868.

Scan of a carte de visite owned by the Wallace family. Dimensions of

the photographic print are 58 mm x 88 mm.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP15.1 ARW in 1869.

Photographer: Thomas Sims.

Photograph of an original ambrotype whole plate image on glass,

measuring 164 mm x 212 mm. It is owned by the Wallace family. A
handwritten inscription in white at the top of the plate reads "Mr
Wallace".

In his autobiography My Life (1905) ARW says that this photo was
taken in 1869 i.e. when he was aged 45, or more likely 46, and living
in Regent's Park, London. His son William incorrectly thought it was
taken between 1863 and 1866 (see http://wallacefund.info/national-
portrait-gallery-portraits).

First published in ARW's autobiography My Life (1905).

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

WP15.2 ARW in 1869.

Same as the preceding photograph.

Photograph of a carte de visite owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic print are 58 mm x 93 mm. Printed text
on verso reads "T. Sims & Co....76 Westbourne Grove[,] W". Thomas
Sims and his brother Edward had a studio at this address from 1864/5
to 1869.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.
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WP15.3 ARW in 1869.

Same as the preceding photograph.

Photograph of an original carte de visite signed in ink under the

photograph by ARW. It is owned by the Wallace family.

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

WP15.4 ARW in 1869.

Same as the preceding photograph.

Scan of a photographic print on very thin slightly glossy paper, owned

by the Wallace family. Dimensions of the print are 69 mm x 111 mm.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP15.5 ARW in 1869.

A laterally inverted version of the preceding photograph.

Scan of a photographic print measuring 89 mm x 138 mm, which is

owned by the Wallace family. It was probably produced as part of the
process of preparing this portrait for publication in ARW's
autobiography My Life. A pencil annotation on the verso reads "Make
background lighter".

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.
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WP15.6 ARW in 1869.

Same as the preceding photograph, but inverted the correct way and
cropped.

Scan of a photographic print measuring 74 mm x 113 mm, which is

owned by the Wallace family. This is probably the final version of the
portrait of ARW published in UK editions of his autobiography My
Life.

Curiously, in the first American edition of My Life (published in 1905

by Dodd, Mead & Co. in 2 volumes) this image is laterally inverted.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP15.7 ARW in 1869.

Artist: unknown.

Painted in oils over a copy of the preceding photograph. The original

photograph lacks the objects shown in the background of the painting.
Dimensions of the painting are 225 mm x 289 mm. It was donated to
the National Portrait Gallery by William and Violet Wallace in 1916
(Primary Collection NPG 1765).

Copyright of digital image: National Portrait Gallery, London.

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-
NoDerivs 3.0-Unported (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-
nd/3.0/)

WP15.8 ARW in 1869.

Photograph of the preceding oil painting.

Scan of a mounted photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the whole object (not all of which is shown here) are
101 mm x 124 mm.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.
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WP16 ARW in the late 1860s.

Photographer: unknown (possibly Thomas Sims).

Copyright of digital image: Found on Internet. Public Domain?

WP17 ARW in 1871-1873.

Photographer: Sawyer & Bird, 87 Regent Street, London. The firm
operated under this name from 1871 to 1873.

An original carte de visite owned by the Wallace family. Dimensions

of the photographic image are 93 mm x 60 mm.

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in March 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.

WP18 ARW in 1871-1873.

Photographer: Sawyer & Bird, London. Taken at the same sitting as
the preceding photograph.

Scan of a photograph glued to a sheet of paper along with three

photographic portraits of other people. ARW's name is written below
the portrait in Henry Eeles Dresser's hand. Dimensions of the
photographic image are 51 mm x 70 mm. This item is in the H. E.
Dresser correspondence in the library of the University of Manchester,
UK (English MS 1404).

Copyright of digital image: University of Manchester, UK

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WP19 ARW on 14 March 1874, with the "spirit of his

mother".
Photographer: Frederick A. Hudson.

Scan of an original carte de visite owned by the Wallace Family.

Dimensions of the whole carte are 63 mm x 105 mm.

Taken at Hudson’s with Mrs Guppy present as a medium. This is one

of three spirit photographs taken on that occasion, only two of which
seem to have survived.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP20 ARW on 14 March 1874, with a spirit apparition.

Photographer: Frederick A. Hudson.

Scan of a carte de visite owned by the College of Psychic Studies,

Queensberry Place, London, SW7.

Taken at Hudson’s with Mrs Guppy present as a medium. This is one

of three spirit photographs taken on that occasion, only two of which
seem to have survived.

Copyright of digital image: College of Psychic Studies.

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WP21 ARW in 1877.

Photographer: William Usherwood, Dorking, Surrey.

Scan of a carte de visite owned by the Wallace family. Dimensions of

the photographic image are 55 mm x 93 mm.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP22.1 ARW on 14 September 1878, aged 55.

Photographer: Maull & Fox, 187A Piccadilly and 62 Cheapside,
London.

Scan of a carte de visite owned by the Wallace family. Dimensions of

the photographic image are 100 mm x 145 mm. A handwritten
annotation on the verso reads "Sep 14. 1878".

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP22.2 ARW on 14 September 1878, aged 55.

Same as the preceding photograph.

Scan of a carte de visite owned by the Wallace family. Dimensions of

the carte are 63 mm x 104 mm. Printed text on the verso reads "187A
PICCADILLY AND 62 CHEAPSIDE[,] LONDON".

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.
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WP23.1 ARW on 14 September 1878, aged 55.

Photographer: Maull & Fox, London. Taken at the same sitting as the
preceding photograph.

An albumen print measuring 101 mm x 144 mm. It was donated to the

National Portrait Gallery by William and Violet Wallace in 1916
(Photographs Collection NPG x5111).

Possibly first published in The English Illustrated Magazine, 30. n.s.

(Jan. 1904), p. 421.

Copyright of digital image: National Portrait Gallery, London.

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-
NoDerivs 3.0-Unported (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-
nd/3.0/)

WP23.2 ARW on 14th September 1878, aged 55.

Same as the preceding photograph.

Scan of a carte de visite owned by the Wallace family. Dimensions of

the photographic image are 58 mm x 89 mm. Printed text on the verso
reads "MAULL & FOX... 187A PICCADILLY AND 62
CHEAPSIDE[,] LONDON".

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.
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WP24 ARW on 29 June 1882, aged 59, dressed in his Dublin

University LL.D. robes.
Photographer: George Mansfield, 90 Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland.

Scan of a carte de visite owned by the Wallace family. Dimensions of

the photographic image are 58 mm x 95 mm.

ARW was awarded two honorary doctorates - one from Dublin

University on 29 June 1882, and another from Oxford University in
1889. In a letter to his brother-in-law Charles Algernon Wilson dated
24 December 1882 (WCP4801) he said "Last summer the Dublin
University offered me the degree of L.L.D., which I did not like to
refuse although I am utterly indifferent to all such so-called honors. I
send you a carte taken directly after the ceremony, the gown being
scarlet cloth faced with light lilac pink silk...".

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in March 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.

WP25.1 ARW on 6 June 1887, aged 64.

Photographer: Studio of Isaiah West Taber, San Francisco.

This is the only known photograph of ARW taken whilst he was on his
North American lecture tour of 1886-1887.

First published in the 18 June 1887 issue of Mining and Scientific

Press, p. 397, and scanned from that publication.

Copyright of digital image: Charles H. Smith.

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WP25.2 ARW on 6 June 1887, aged 64.

Same as the preceding photograph.

Scan of a carte de visite in a private collection. An albumen print of

this image, measuring 123 mm x 195 mm, was donated by William
and Violet Wallace in 1916 to the National Portrait Gallery
(Photographs Collection NPG x5112).

I suspect that this carte de visite version was produced for sale to the
public. The printed signature below the image to the left does not look
like it is by ARW. An example in a private collection is signed in ink
by ARW on the verso. A copy in the John Muir Papers, Holt-Atherton
Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library, was presented
by ARW to John Muir and is inscribed by ARW on the verso.

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

WP26.1 ARW in 1889.

Photographer: Thomas Sims, 70 Lillie Road, West Brompton, London.
Wellcome Images says this photo was taken in 1889. Thomas Sims
had a studio at this address from 1887 to 1896.

Photograph of an original cabinet card in the London Natural History

Museum's Wallace Archive. It is signed in ink by ARW below the
photograph.

An albumen print of this photograph, measuring 57 mm x 89 mm, was

donated in 1916 by William and Violet Wallace to the National Portrait
Gallery (Photographs Collection NPG x5113).

First published (as a mirror image) in ARW's book Darwinism (1889).

Copyright of digital image: Natural History Museum, London & Fred

Langford Edwards.

WP26.2 ARW in 1889.

Same as the preceding photograph.

Carte de visite format.

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

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WP27 ARW, probably in 1889.

Artist: unknown.

This painting is a mirror image. It is unusual as ARW is not wearing

glasses (but see below for a number of photographs of him without his
glasses). When laterally inverted this picture is very similar to the
above photograph. It may be an artistic interpretation of the above, it
could have been based on an unknown photograph, or it may possibly
be an original artwork produced in the same time period as the
photograph above.

Illustration from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 95 (Nov. 1897), p.

937.

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

WP28 ARW, probably in the late 1880s, in a

conservatory/greenhouse.
Photographer: unknown.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 115 mm x 157 mm.

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in March 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.

WP29 ARW, probably in late 1880s.

Photographer: unknown.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 152 mm x 206 mm.

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.
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WP30 ARW, probably in late 1880s.

Photographer: unknown. Taken at the same sitting as the photograph
above.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 154 mm x 213 mm.

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.

WP31.1 ARW in 1895.

Photographer: London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co. Ltd., 54
Cheapside and 106 & 108 Regent Street, London.

Scan of a cabinet card owned by the Wallace family. Dimensions of

the card are 107 mm x 166 mm.

First published in the Labour Annual: a Year Book of Social, Economic

and Political Reform (1896) as the frontispiece.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP31.2 ARW in 1895.

Same as preceding photograph.

Scan of a single sided printed sheet. Printed text below the portrait
reads "From a Portrait by the London Stereoscopic & Photographic
Co. Ltd., 54, Cheapside, E.C.". The signature of ARW is printed.

This item was enclosed in a letter from Mary Evans to ARW's wife
Annie, dated 27 December 1913 (WCP5388).

Copyright of digital image: The Natural History Museum, London.

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WP31.3 ARW in 1895.

Same as preceding photograph with the background altered.

The frontispiece to Fiske (1902). Scanned from that publication.

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

WP32 ARW in 1895.

Photographer: London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co. Ltd., 54
Cheapside and 106 & 108 Regent Street, London. Taken at same
sitting as the preceding image.

Scan of a cabinet card owned by the Wallace family. Dimensions of

the card are 107 mm x 166 mm.

First published in Clodd, E. 1897. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales

to Huxley, between pages 126 & 127.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP33.1 ARW in 1895.

Photographer: London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co. Ltd. Taken at
same sitting as the preceding image.

The painting of ARW by Roger Remington in the Linnean Society of

London is based on this photograph

First published in Borderland, 3 (April 1896), p. 174. Scanned from

The Sphere, November 15 1913, p. 163.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.
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WP33.2 ARW in 1895.

Same as the preceding photograph.

Scan of a mounted photographic print owned by the Linnean Society

of London (catalogue number C33140). The mount of this example is
signed in ink by ARW and dated "1895" in ink.

Copyright of digital image: Linnean Society of London.

WP34 ARW in 1895.

Photographer: London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co. Ltd. Taken at
same sitting as the preceding image.

Copyright of digital image: Found on Internet. Appears to be Public

Domain.

WP35 ARW on 28 June 1895, aged 72, in the garden of his

house Corfe View, Parkstone, Dorset.
Photographer: possibly Alvina Bertram Comerford-Casey.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 97 mm x 104 mm. An
annotation in ink on the card mount below the photograph reads "Dr
Wallace in his garden. Photograph taken June 28th 95." and a pencil
annotation below that reads "Reproduce for Bookman. A little might
be cut off both sides & from the [illegible] to stress the figure | [2 words
illegible]" A pencil annotation on a white label on the verso reads "S.S.
cut a little off both sides & bottom as marked | Bookman".

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.
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WP36 ARW in August 1896, aged 73, with his son William,
in the garden of his house Corfe View, Parkstone,
Dorset.
Photographer: possibly Alvina Bertram Comerford-Casey.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 101 mm x 74 mm. An ink
annotation below the photograph reads "Corfe View. Aug. 96".

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in March 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.

WP37 ARW in the late 1890s, with his daughter Violet, in the
garden of his house Corfe View, Parkstone, Dorset.
Photographer: possibly Alvina Bertram Comerford-Casey.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 159 mm x 113 mm.

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.
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WP38 WP39 ARW, probably in the late 1890s.

WP40 WP41 Photographer: unknown.

Scan of a series of four photographs mounted on a linear strip of card

measuring 429 mm x 143 mm. The scan was divided into two and one
half was placed below the other to produce this image. This item is
owned by the Wallace family.

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in March 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.

WP42 ARW in c. 1898/99.

Photographer: unknown (possibly Florence Chant).

Scan of an illustration in Werckmeister, K. 1899. Das Neunzehnte

Jahrhundert in Bildnissen, volume 2, pl. 183. Dimensions of the
published image are 145 mm x 196 mm.

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni

WP43 ARW in c. 1898-1900.

Photographer: Florence Chant, The Studio, Parkstone, Dorset.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 150 mm x 200 mm.

First published in Nature, 89 (13 June 1912), between pages 366 &
367.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.
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WP44 ARW in c. 1898-1900.

Photographer: Florence Chant, The Studio, Parkstone, Dorset. Taken
at the same sitting as the preceding image.

Scan of a photographic print owned by Oxford University Museum.

First published (as a cropped version of the portrait to the left) in

ARW's book Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro. Ward, Lock &
Co. (n.d.. 1900?).

Copyright of digital image: Oxford University Museum, UK.

WP45.1 ARW in 1900, aged 77.

Artist: Albert Bruce-Joy.

Oval medallion in bronze, measuring c. 220 mm x 270 mm, owned by

the Wellcome Library, London (object number ICV No 18440).

This sculpture was based on a number of sittings with ARW in 1900

(see letter from Bruce-Joy to ARW dated 21 June? 1900 (WCP3193)).
The medallion is dated 1906 at the top right and the delay in its
production was explained in a note written on 28 January 1916 by
ARW's son William (WCP7220): "While Mr. Bruce-Joy was at work
on the portrait a fire occurred at his studio which destroyed his work
on the medallion. I am not sure whether he found it necessary to make
further studies from life, but the completion of the portrait was
delayed...". Note that there is a large circular portrait medallion in
white marble in Westminster Abbey, London, which is a mirror image
of this portrait. It is fixed to the wall of the North Aisle of the Choir,
between the commemorative sculptures of Charles Darwin and Joseph
Lister, and is inscribed "ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE 1823-1913".
It was commissioned by the Wallace Memorial Committee after
ARW's death and carved by Bruce-Joy. It was unveiled on 1st
November 1915. For more information see
https://wallacefund.myspecies.info/content/paintings-and-sculptures

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

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WP45.2 ARW in 1900, aged 77.

Artist: Albert Bruce-Joy.

Oval medallion in plaster, measuring 232 mm x 279 mm, in the

National Portrait Gallery. It was donated by William and Violet
Wallace in 1916 (NPG 1764).

This medallion appears to be a copy of the preceding one, and it lacks

the fine details of the bronze version, especially on the beard, as do all
the other versions described below.

Copyright of digital image: National Portrait Gallery, London.

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-
NoDerivs 3.0-Unported (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-
nd/3.0/)

WP45.3 ARW in 1900, aged 77.

Artist: Albert Bruce-Joy.

Scan of an illustration from Black & White magazine, May 30 1908, p.

682, of a silver version of the preceding medallion, which was
exhibited by Bruce-Joy at The Royal Academy (and possibly
elsewhere) in 1908. No dimensions are given, but as it was cast in
silver it is most likely to have been much smaller than the preceding
medallions. In a letter to his son William dated 17 May 1908
(WCP138) ARW wrote "Mr. Bruce Joy has just written to tell me that
his medallion of me, in silver, is in the R.A. this year & well shown. If
you go through London & have time you had better go & see it." In a
note written by ARW's son William on 28 January 1916 (WCP7220)
he said "A replica of this medallion was exhibited in the Royal
Academy, but I cannot state the year. It may have been on a smaller
scale." (see https://wallacefund.myspecies.info/national-portrait-
gallery-portraits).

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

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WP45.4 ARW in 1900, aged 77.

Artist: Albert Bruce-Joy.

Oval medallion in plaster, measuring 77 mm x 63 mm, in a private

collection. On the verso is a pencil inscription which reads "Arthur
[sic] Russell [sic] Wallace FRS &c | To Dr Ar Saunders with kind
regards from the Sculptor A. Bruce-Joy 23d Oct 1908". The fine details
of this portrait exactly match those of the much larger versions above,
so it must have been made using a pantograph to reduce the image in
size. I think it likely that it is a copy of the silver version of the
medallion exhibited in 1908. This conjecture seems to be supported by
the existence of the silvered version described below.

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

WP45.5 ARW in 1900, aged 77.

Artist: Albert Bruce-Joy.

Oval medallion in silvered copper, measuring 73 mm x 60 mm, owned

by the Wallace family. Although the overall dimensions are smaller
than the preceding plaster medallion, the sculpture of ARW is exactly
the same size. This medallion is an electrotype copy of an original,
quite possibly of a plaster version like the one above. The inscription
at the top is barely visible and much other detail has also been lost
compared to the preceding plaster version.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP46 ARW on 23 August 1901, aged 78, having a picnic at

Badbury Rings, Dorset with family and friends.
Photographer: probably Alvina Bertram Comerford-Casey.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 101 mm x 75 mm. A pencil
annotation on the verso reads "A picknick at Badbury Rings | Dr &
Mrs[,] Violet & Will Wallace - & Miss Milten (left)" and an annotation
in ink reads "Aug 23. 1901".

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in March 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.
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WP47 ARW on 23 August 1901, aged 78, having a picnic at

Badbury Rings, Dorset with family and friends.
Photographer: probably Alvina Bertram Comerford-Casey.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 96 mm x 69 mm.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP48 ARW on 23 August 1901, aged 78, relaxing at

Badbury Rings, Dorset.
Photographer: Alvina Bertram Comerford-Casey.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 96 mm x 71 mm. A pencil
annotation on the verso reads "A. R. Wallace on a picnic at Badbury
Rings" and an annotation in ink reads "Aug 23. 1901". Another copy
of this photograph (from a collection of manuscripts owned by the
Comerford-Casey family, sold at auction 28 March 2019) has the
following pencil annotation on the verso: "Alfred Russel Wallace
waiting for his tea at Badbury Rings! Taken & enlarged by A. B. C. C.
[Alvina Bertram Comerford-Casey] Aug 23. 1901. We had rival
kettles boiling on fircones & spirits!".

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.

WP49 ARW in c. 1901, in his study.

Photographer: Florence Chant, The Studio, Parkstone, Dorset.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 146 mm x 102 mm. "F
Chant | The Studio | Parkstone" is written in ink on the bottom right of
the card mount surrounding the photograph.

First published in Christian Commonwealth, 23 (10 Dec. 1903), p. 177.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.
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WP50 ARW in c. 1901, in his study.

Photographer: Florence Chant, The Studio, Parkstone, Dorset. Taken
at the same sitting as the preceding image.

First published in McClure's Magazine, 17 (Aug. 1901), p. 333, and

scanned from a poor-quality reproduction of that publication.

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

WP51 ARW in 1902, aged 79.

Photographer: Florence Chant, Parkstone, Dorset.

Scan of a photographic print in a private collection, mounted on grey

card. The mount is signed in ink by ARW below the image.

Copyright of digital image: unknown.

WP52.1 ARW in 1902, aged 79.

Photographer: Florence Chant, Parkstone, Dorset. Taken at same
sitting as the preceding photograph.

A platinum print measuring 111 mm x 162 mm. It was donated to the

National Portrait Gallery by William and Violet Wallace in 1916
(Photographs Collection NPG x5114).

Copyright of digital image: National Portrait Gallery, London.

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-
NoDerivs 3.0-Unported (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-
nd/3.0/)
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WP52.2 ARW in 1902, aged 79.

Same as the preceding photograph.

First published in ARW's autobiography My Life (1905) and scanned

from that publication. In this book ARW states that this photograph
was taken in 1902 when he was aged 80. Two other sources confirm
the year, but he was 79 in 1902.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP52.3 ARW in 1902, aged 79.

Same as the preceding photograph.

A photographic print, signed on the card mount in ink by ARW.

Copyright of digital image: Barking and District Historical Society.

WP53 ARW, probably in 1902.

Artist: unknown.

Scan of what appears to be a painting, published on p. 498 of Salvadori

(1913).

This portrait seems to be most similar to the preceding photographic

portrait (WP52). It is possibly an original artwork based on one or
more photographic portraits (and therefore not made from life), or it
may be a painting of a 'lost' photographic portrait. There is also a
possibility that it is an original artwork made from life, although this
seems less likely.

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

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WP54 ARW in 1902, aged 79.

Photographer: Florence Chant, Parkstone, Dorset. Probably taken at
same sitting as portraits WP51 and WP52 (and possibly WP53).

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 101 mm x 152 mm.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP55.1 ARW in 1902, aged 79.

Photographer: Florence Chant, Parkstone, Dorset. Taken at same
sitting as the preceding photograph.

Scanned from Light (London), 25 (4 Nov. 1905), between pages 516

& 517.

Copyright of digital image: Charles H. Smith.

WP55.2 ARW in 1902, aged 79.

Same as the preceding photograph.

Scan of the frontispiece in Kinman, G. W. 1914. A Great Hertfordian.

Hertford: Austin & Sons, 12pp. It is a copy of a photographic print
belonging to the Richard Hale School, Hertford, UK.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.
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WP56 ARW, probably in 1902.

Artist: Frank Bowcher.

Photograph of ARW's gold Darwin-Wallace medal, owned by the

Wallace family. The medal is 48 mm in diameter.

This medal was commissioned by the Linnean Society of London to

commemorate the 50th anniversary of the reading of the Darwin-
Wallace papers on natural selection at the Society on the 1st July 1858.
The sculpture of ARW is probably based on the preceding photograph,
with modifications. At the anniversary celebration on 1 July 1908
seven prominent biologists were presented with the newly minted
medal. ARW was awarded the only gold version ever made (seen to
the left), whilst the other six received silver versions. Silver versions
have been awarded since and bronze copies have been sold by the
Society to collectors. The British Museum have the "plaster model for
the obverse of the Linnean Society's Darwin-Wallace medal, showing
the "Bust of Alfred Russell [sic] Wallace to front... Diameter 174 mm,
thickness 16 mm", which they purchased in 2004 (see
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2004-0107-22).
This is probably the master model; the design being reduced in size
using a pantograph to produce the hardened steel dies used to mint the
medal.

For more information about the medal see

https://wallacefund.myspecies.info/content/darwin-wallace-medal

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP57 ARW, possibly in 1902.

Photographer: Florence Chant, Parkstone, Dorset.

First published in Christian Commonwealth, 23 (10 Dec. 1903), p. 176,

and scanned from that publication.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.
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WP58 ARW, possibly in 1902.

Photographer: Florence Chant, Parkstone, Dorset.

First published in The Book Monthly, 2 (October 1904), p. 4. and

scanned from a poor-quality reproduction of that publication.

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

WP59.1 ARW on 8 January 1903, aged 80.

Photographer: Elliott & Fry, 55 Baker Street, London.

Photographed from a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 216 mm x 297 mm.

First published in Black and White (London), 25 (17 January 1903), p.

79. The caption reads "Photo specially taken for "Black and White" by
Elliott and Fry" and "Dr. Wallace...on his eightieth birthday last
week.").

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

WP59.2 ARW on 8 January 1903, aged 80.

Same as the preceding photograph.

Photograph of a cabinet card in a private collection. Dimensions of the

card are 107 mm x 160 mm.

Copyright of digital image: unknown.

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WP60 ARW on 8 January 1903, aged 80.

Photographer: Elliott & Fry. Taken at the same sitting as the preceding
photograph.

Scan of a photographic print owned by English Heritage.

An oil painting based on this photograph (or painted on top of a

photographic image on canvas) was presented to the British Museum
(Natural History) (now London's Natural History Museum) and
unveiled on 23 June 1923 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of
ARW's birth. The artist was J. W. Beaufort (probably professional
photographer John William Beaufort (1864-1943)).

Copyright of digital image: English Heritage.

WP61 ARW in ?
Photographer: unknown.

Photograph of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 96 mm x 140 mm.

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

WP62 ARW in ?
Photographer: unknown. Taken at same sitting as preceding
photograph.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 96 mm x 140 mm.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.
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WP63 ARW in ?
Photographer: unknown. Taken at same sitting as preceding
photograph.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 96 mm x 139 mm.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP64 ARW in ?
Photographer: unknown. Taken at same sitting as preceding
photograph.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 96 mm x 139 mm.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP65.1 ARW on 29 January 1904, aged 81.

Artist: Sir William Rothenstein.

Proof of a lithograph of a pencil sketch drawn from life by Rothenstein

on 29 January 1904 (see letter from ARW to Rothenstein dated 26
January 1904 (WCP5232) and letter from ARW to his son William
dated 12 February 1904 (WCP85)). It was posted by Rothenstein to
ARW in early February 1904 and is inscribed in pencil on the right
beneath the image "To Dr A. R. Wallace. W. Rothenstein Feb 1904".
"W. R. | 04" is printed next to image on the lower left. This item is
owned by the Wallace family.

ARW was not very taken with the portrait and wrote to Rothenstein on
14 February 1904 (WCP5230): "The face...seems to me rather
too delicate in feature, too small in mouth, too young-looking! and
with that very bored expression which I can't help taking on when
sitting up to order & being looked at." The original drawing is said to
be owned by the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew (Verdcourt, 1981).

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

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WP65.2 ARW on 29 January 1904, aged 81.

Artist: Sir William Rothenstein.

Pen and ink drawing by Rothenstein based on the preceding image,

with dimensions 254 mm x 298 mm. It is signed "W. R. | 1904" to the
lower right of the sketch. There is an inscription in pencil in another
hand below the portrait.

This item was sold by Waddington's auction house in Canada on 28

June 2018 to an unknown buyer.

Copyright of digital image: Public domain?

WP65.3 ARW on 29 January 1904, aged 81.

Artist: Sir William Rothenstein.

Photograph of a published print of the preceding ink drawing.

Dimensions of printed border are 153 mm x 234 mm. Published in
Reclam's Universum, a weekly periodical published in Leipzig,
Germany. The publication date is unknown. "Russel Alfred Wallace"
is printed below the image, and below that is a logo with the words
"Reclam's | Universum | Leipzig". The initials "W. R." are printed to
the lower right of the portrait, but in a different position to the
preceding ink drawing.

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

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WP66 ARW in c. 1905, admiring Eremurus robustus.

Photographer: unknown.

First published in Marchant (1916) and scanned from that publication.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP67 ARW in c. 1905?, probably in his greenhouse at Old

Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset.
Photographer: unknown.

Scan of a photographic print (possibly not first generation) owned by

the Wallace family. Dimensions of the photographic image are 78 mm
x 126 mm.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP68 ARW in c. 1905?, with his wife Annie.

Photographer: unknown.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 100 mm x 75 mm.

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.
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WP69 ARW in c. 1905?, with his wife Annie and their

daughter Violet.
Photographer: unknown.

Scan of a photographic print on thin, glossy paper, owned by the

Wallace family. Dimensions of the photographic image are 100 mm x
75 mm.

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in March 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.

WP70 ARW in c. 1905?, with his daughter Violet.

Photographer: unknown.

Scan of a photographic print on thin, glossy paper, owned by the

Wallace family. Dimensions of the photographic image are 75 mm x
100 mm.

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in March 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.

WP71 ARW in c. 1905?, with his wife Annie.

Photographer: unknown.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 80 mm x 50 mm.

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in March 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.
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WP72 ARW in c. 1905?, with two unidentified people.

Photographer: unknown.

Scan of a photographic print on thin, glossy paper, owned by the

Wallace family. Dimensions of the photographic image are 100 mm x
75 mm.

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in March 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.

WP73 ARW in c. 1905?, outside his house Old Orchard,

Broadstone, Dorset.
Photographer: possibly Alvina Bertram Comerford-Casey.

Scanned from ARW's book The Revolt of Democracy (1913). An

original photographic print of this image was sold at auction 28 March
2019 in a collection of manuscripts owned by the Comerford-Casey
family. This suggests the photographer was a member of the
Comerford-Casey family, most probably Alvina Bertram, who is
known to have taken a number of other photographs of Old Orchard
and ARW.

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

WP74 ARW in c. 1905?, outside his greenhouse at Old

Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset.
Photographer: possibly Alvina Bertram Comerford-Casey.

Photograph of a photographic print from a collection of manuscripts

owned by the Comerford-Casey family, sold at auction 28 March
2019. A pencil inscription on the verso reads "A Botanical
demonstration at Broadstone!"

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

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WP75 ARW in April 1908, aged 85, without his glasses.

Photographer: Florence Chant, Parkstone, Dorset.

Scan of a platinum print measuring 59 mm x 94 mm. It was donated to

the National Portrait Gallery by William and Violet Wallace in 1916
(Photographs Collection NPG x5116).

Copyright of digital image: National Portrait Gallery, London.

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-
NoDerivs 3.0-Unported (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-
nd/3.0/)

WP76 ARW in April 1908, aged 85, without his glasses.

Photographer: Florence Chant, The Studio, Parkstone, Dorset. Taken
at same sitting as preceding photograph.

Scan of a carte de visite owned by the Linnean Society of London

(catalogue number C33143). A platinum print of this image, measuring
59 mm x 95 mm, was donated by William and Violet Wallace in 1916
to the National Portrait Gallery (Photographs Collection NPG x5119).

Copyright of digital image: Linnean Society of London.

WP77 ARW in April 1908, aged 85, without his glasses.

Photographer: Florence Chant, The Studio, Parkstone, Dorset. Taken
at same sitting as preceding photograph.

Scan of a carte de visite owned by the Linnean Society of London. A

platinum print of this image, measuring 59 mm x 95 mm, was donated
by William and Violet Wallace in 1916 to the National Portrait Gallery
(Photographs Collection NPG x5118).

Copyright of digital image: Linnean Society of London.

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WP78 ARW in April 1908, aged 85, without his glasses.

Photographer: Florence Chant, The Studio, Parkstone, Dorset. Taken
at same sitting as preceding photograph.

Scan of a carte de visite owned by the Linnean Society of London. A

platinum print of this image, measuring 59 mm x 95 mm, was donated
by William and Violet Wallace in 1916 to the National Portrait Gallery
(Photographs Collection NPG x5115).

Copyright of digital image: Linnean Society of London.

WP79 ARW in April 1908, aged 85, without his glasses.

Photographer: Florence Chant, The Studio, Parkstone, Dorset. Taken
at same sitting as preceding photograph.

Scan of a carte de visite owned by the Linnean Society of London. A

platinum print of this image, measuring 59 mm x 95 mm, was donated
by William and Violet Wallace in 1916 to the National Portrait Gallery
(Photographs Collection NPG x5117).

Copyright of digital image: Linnean Society of London.

WP80 ARW in April 1908, aged 85, without his glasses.

Photographer: Florence Chant, The Studio, Parkstone, Dorset. Taken
at same sitting as preceding photograph.

Scan of a carte de visite owned by the Linnean Society of London. A

platinum print of this image, measuring 59 mm x 96 mm, was donated
by William and Violet Wallace in 1916 to the National Portrait Gallery
(Photographs Collection NPG x5120).

Copyright of digital image: Linnean Society of London.

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WP81 ARW in December 1908, aged 85.

Artist: William Strang.

Photograph of a life-size portrait in coloured chalks, drawn from life

at Wallace's home, Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset. It was
commissioned by King Edward VII when he awarded ARW the Order
of Merit and is the property of the Royal Collection Trust. It is signed
in pencil by ARW, presumably as an approbation.

ARW said in a letter to James Marchant dated 3 October 1913

(WCP6554) that he thought this portrait "...was an admirable likeness."

Copyright of digital image: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2015. No

copyright or proprietary right is conveyed with the use of any image.
Images may not be passed on for third-party use. Images may be
cropped but not changed or manipulated in any way without written
permission from the Royal Collection. Images may not be used in any
way which could be considered deceptive or which could reflect
unfavourably upon the good name or reputation of Her Majesty The
Queen, the Royal Family or the Royal Collection.

WP82.1 ARW in December 1908, aged 85.

Photographer: Reginald Haines, Southampton Row, London.

Scan of a bromide print measuring 146 mm x 195 mm (i.e. excluding

mount). It was donated to the National Portrait Gallery by William and
Violet Wallace in 1916 (Photographs Collection NPG x5121). The
date of the photograph was established from information in a letter
from ARW to his son William dated 13 December 1908 (WCP196).

Copyright of digital image: National Portrait Gallery, London.

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-
NoDerivs 3.0-Unported (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-
nd/3.0/).

WP82.2 ARW in December 1908, aged 85.

Same as the preceding photograph, but with the background edited out.

First published in Woman Worker, 20 Jan. 1909, p. 51. Scanned from

a poor-quality reproduction of ARW's book Social Environment and
Moral Progress (1913).

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

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WP83 ARW in December 1908, aged 85.

Photographer: Reginald Haines. Taken at same sitting as the preceding
photograph.

Published in Bibby's Annual, 1912, p. 15 and photographed from that

publication.

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

WP84.1 ARW in December 1908, aged 85.

Photographer: Reginald Haines. Taken at same sitting as the preceding
photograph.

Published in The Graphic, November 15 1913, p. 889 and scanned

from that publication. Dimensions of the photographic image (i.e.
excluding decorative border) are 205 mm x 236 mm.

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP84.2 ARW in December 1908, aged 85.

Same as the preceding photograph.

A bromide print measuring 154 mm x 202 mm. Purchased by the

National Portrait Gallery in 1976 (Photographs Collection NPG
x5124).

Copyright of digital image: National Portrait Gallery, London.

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-
NoDerivs 3.0-Unported (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-
nd/3.0/).
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WP84.3 ARW in December 1908, aged 85.

Same as the preceding photograph, but with the background edited out.

First published in Pall Mall Magazine, 43 (March 1909), p 274.

Scanned from a poor-quality copy of ARW's book The Revolt of
Democracy (1913).

Copyright of digital image: Public domain.

WP85 ARW in c. 1908, in his study at Old Orchard.

Photographer: William B. Northrop.

First published in The Outlook (New York), 105 (22 Nov. 1913), p.
618.

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

WP86 ARW in ?
Artist: unknown.

It is unknown whether this sketch was drawn from life or not.

Scanned from The Occult Review, 13 (March 1911), p. 140. First

published in T. P.'s Weekly [year and issue unknown].

Copyright of digital image: Charles H. Smith.

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WP87 ARW in 1909, aged 86.

Artist: Arthur Garratt.

Drawn from life and published in The Sphere, 13 February 1909, p.

149.

Copyright of digital image: G. W. Beccaloni.

WP88 ARW in 1910.

Photographer: Emil Otto Hoppé.

First published in The Illustrated London News, Dec. 24 1910, p. 1007,

and scanned from that publication. Dimensions of the published image
are 223 mm x 277 mm. A platinotype print of this image, measuring
158 mm x 212 mm, was donated by William and Violet Wallace in
1916 to the National Portrait Gallery (Photographs Collection NPG
x5122).

Copyright: Emil Otto Hoppé.

WP89 ARW in 1910.

Photographer: Emil Otto Hoppé. Taken at the same sitting as the
preceding photograph, so Marchant's (1916) statement that it was
taken in 1912 must be incorrect.

Scanned from an undated (probably 14 September 1912) Supplement

to The Illustrated London News (no page number). The caption reads
"..specially taken for 'The Illustrated London News,' by E. O. Hoppé."
Dimensions of the published image are 227 mm x 312 mm. An
example in a private collection was signed in ink below the image by
ARW.

Copyright: Emil Otto Hoppé.

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WP90 ARW in 1910.

Photographer: Emil Otto Hoppé. Taken at same sitting as the preceding
photograph.

This image was found on the Internet, no other details are known.

Copyright: Emil Otto Hoppé.

WP91 ARW in 1910.

Photographer: Emil Otto Hoppé. Taken at same sitting as the preceding
photograph.

This image was found on the Internet, no other details are known.

Copyright: Emil Otto Hoppé.

WP92 ARW in 1910.

Photographer: Emil Otto Hoppé. This photo was probably taken at the
same sitting as the preceding photograph.

First published in The Illustrated London News, 15 Nov. 1913, p. 797,

and scanned from that publication. The caption to this image reads
"..specially taken for 'The Illustrated London News,' by E. O. Hoppé."
Dimensions of the published image are 220 mm x 291 mm.

Copyright: Emil Otto Hoppé.

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WP93 ARW in 1912/13, aged 89.

Photographer: unknown.

Scan of a portrait from an obituary of ARW in the Leeds Mercury, 8

November 1913. Several other British newspapers used this image of
him for their obituary notices.

First (?) published in The Daily Citizen, 79 (Late London Edition), 8

January 1913, p. 1. The caption to this image reads "Dr. Alfred Russel
Wallace, the grand old man of science, attains his 90th birthday to-day.
This hitherto unpublished portrait of Darwin's famous contemporary
was taken recently at The Old Orchard, Broadstone, Poole, where Dr.
Wallace is living in the retirement necessitated by his years."

Copyright: public domain.

WP94 ARW aged 90, in 1913, the year he died.

Photographer: Debenham & Gould, Bournemouth, Dorset. Marchant
(1916) stated that this photograph was taken in 1913.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 184 mm x 133 mm.
"Debenham & Gould | Bournemouth" is written in ink on the bottom
right of the card mount surrounding the photograph.

First published in Marchant (1916).

Copyright of digital image: A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W.

Beccaloni.

WP95 ARW aged 90, in 1913, the year he died.

Photographer: Debenham & Gould, Bournemouth, Dorset. Taken at
same sitting as the preceding photograph.

Scan of a photographic print owned by the Wallace family.

Dimensions of the photographic image are 178 mm x 132 mm.
"Debenham & Gould | Bournemouth" is written in ink on the bottom
right of the card mount surrounding the photograph.

First published on the Wallace Memorial Fund website in 2010.

Copyright of digital image and owner of Publication Right: A. R.

Wallace Memorial Fund & G. W. Beccaloni.
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THE PHOTOGRAPHERS & ARTISTS

Baines, Thomas (1820–1875): Artist and explorer. [Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Baines]

Bowcher, Frank (1864-1938): Medallist. Founder-member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
In 1903 he was appointed Engraver at the Royal Mint.

Bruce-Joy, Albert (1842-1924): Sculptor & medallist. [See

https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib5_1205356326]

Chant, Florence (1857-1930): Photographer with a studio in Parkstone, Dorset. She was the daughter
of the engraver James John Chant and a friend of ARW.

Comerford-Casey, Alvina Bertram ("Bertie") (1877–1953): Daughter of George Edwards

Comerford-Casey (formerly Casey) and Ellen Georgina Alvina Comerford-Casey (formerly Casey)
(née Bertram). The Comerford-Casey family were close friends of the Wallace family.

Debenham & Gould: Photography firm based in Bournemouth, Dorset. Founded by Edwin Alfred
Debenham (1844-1925) and Isaac Chalkley Gould (1853-1906). [Source:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alwyn_ladell/sets/72157629223671790/]

Elliott & Fry: This photography firm was one of the most important in the history of studio portraiture
in London. It was founded in 1863 by Joseph John Elliott (1835-1903) and Clarence Edmund Fry
(1840-1897). Their first premises were a series of studios at 55 Baker Street and they remained there
until 1922. The firm existed until 1962 when it was absorbed into Bassano & Vandyk. [Source:
https://www.photolondon.org.uk/#/details?id=1242]

Fradelle, Albert Eugene (1840-1884): Photographer who had a studio at Portland Bazaar, 19
Langham Place, Regent Street, London from 1864 to 1868. [Source:
https://www.photolondon.org.uk/#/details?id=2843]

Garratt, Arthur Paine (1873-1955): British press artist and magazine illustrator.

Haines, Reginald James William (1872-1941): Portrait photographer with studios in Southampton
Row, London. [For an obituary see The Photographic Journal, 81 (1941): 520.]

Hoppé, Emil Otto (1878-1972): German-born portrait and travel photographer with studios in London,
who was active between 1907 and 1945. [Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Hoppé]

Hudson, Frederick Augustus (1818-1910): Photographer with a series of studios in London. In the
1870s he specialised in 'spirit photography'. [https://www.photolondon.org.uk/#/details?id=4019]

London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co. Ltd.: London photography firm founded in 1859, which
existed until 1922. [Source: https://www.photolondon.org.uk/#/details?id=1249]

Mansfield, George (?-?): Photographer with premises at 90 Grafton Street, Dublin from 1865 to 1873,
and again from 1882 to 1892. [Source:
http://www.irisharchaeology.info/genealogy/photographers.html]
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Maull & Fox: Partnership between Henry Maull (1829–1914) and John Fox (1832-1907) with a series
of London studios from 1879 until 1885. The studio was continued under the original name by others
until it was officially closed in 1928. [Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Maull]

Morton, Albert (1832-?): American artist and spiritualist, resident in San Francisco from 1876 to
1889, who edited and published Psychic Studies.

Moynet, Jean-Pierre (1819-1876): French painter and lithographer. [Source:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Moynet]

Northrop, William B. (?-1929): American photographer and writer. [For an obituary see Anon. 1929.
Death of W. B. Northrop. Land and Freedom, 29(3): 77-78.]

Rothenstein, William (1872-1945): Artist and writer, knighted in 1931. He was Principal of the Royal
College of Art from 1920 to 1935. [Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rothenstein]

Sawyer & Bird: Partnership between John Robert Mather Sawyer (1828-1889) and Walter Strickland
Bird (1828-1912) with a photographic studio at 87 Regent Street, London. Used the name "Sawyer &
Bird" from 1 January 1871 until 1873. [Sources:
https://www.photolondon.org.uk/#/details?id=6854 and
http://www.earlynorfolkphotographs.co.uk/Photographers/John%20Sawyer/John_Sawyer_photographe
r.html]

Sims, Thomas (1824-1910): Photographer who had studios in London and elsewhere. In partnership
with his brother Edward (1837-1906) for a period. Thomas was ARW's brother-in-law, having married
ARW's sister Frances (Fanny) in 1849. He was the eldest son of the Mr Thomas Sims, bootmaker, who
ARW lodged with in Neath, Wales in 1845 and 1846. [Sources:
https://www.photolondon.org.uk/#/details?id=7058 and
https://www.photolondon.org.uk/#/details?id=7060]

Sorrieu, Frédéric (1807-1887): French engraver. [Source:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Sorrieu]

Strang, William (1859-1921): Scottish painter and engraver. He is perhaps best known now for his
numerous chalk and pencil portraits of well-known people of the late-Victorian and Edwardian period.
[Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Strang and
http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/painting/strang/index.html]

Taber, Isaiah West (1830-1912): American photographer with a studio in San Francisco, California,
USA from 1871 to 1906. [Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._W._Taber]

Usherwood, William (1821-1915): Photographer in Dorking, Surrey from 1860 until he sold the
business in 1907. [Source: http://www.cartedevisite.co.uk/photographers-category/biographies/s-to-
z/usherwood-william/]
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