StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
Level | Item |
Reference Number | GALTON/2/5/3/7 |
Title | Horse Measurement Notes, Photographs and Diagrams |
Date | c1895-c1898 |
Description | Galton's notes regarding horse measurement, consisting of: British Museum Reading Room request slips for M Hayes The Points of the Horse (London: W Thacker; 1893) and Among Men and Horses (London: T F Unwin; 1894); and David Salomons Electric Light Installation (London: Whittaker & Co; 1891), plus a paper slip showing a sketch of photographic apparatus. 4 ff. A perspective drawing of a horse; 1 ff. Sketch of a horse showing optimal distance from camera; 1 ff outsize. Sketch of a horse with various body locations labelled A to J; 1 ff. Photographs of horses with various body locations labelled A to J; 2 ff. Table labelled "Measures of photo of horse"; 1 ff. Notes and tables on horse age and horse measurement; 4 ff. |
Extent | 12 folios plus 2 photographs |
AccessStatus | Open |
AccessConditions | The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. |