Alfred Russel Wallace
(1823-1913), Naturalist, evolutionary theorist and social criticSitter in 20 portraits
A naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist, Wallace was one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the nineteenth century who made a number of contributions to the development of evolutionary theory. Between 1848 and 1862 he did extensive fieldwork in the Amazon River basin and the Malay Archipelago, where he identified the 'Wallace line' dividing the fauna of Australia from that of Asia. He is best known for independently proposing a theory of natural selection that prompted Charles Darwin to publish his own more developed and researched theory sooner than intended.
by Thomas Sims
oil over photograph, mid 1860s
NPG 1765
by Albert Bruce-Joy
plaster cast of medallion, 1906
NPG 1764
by Unknown photographer
platinotype copy of a daguerreotype, circa 1842 or 1848
NPG x5108
by Unknown photographer
calotype, 1847-1849
NPG x5109
F.F. Geach; Alfred Russel Wallace
by Unknown photographer
bromide copy print, (1862)
NPG x5110
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1878
NPG x5111
by Isaiah West Taber
albumen print, 1887
NPG x5112
by Thomas Sims
albumen print, 1889
NPG x5113
by Florence Chant
platinum print, 1902
NPG x5114
by Florence Chant
platinum print, April 1908
NPG x5116
by Florence Chant
platinum print, April 1908
NPG x5117
by Florence Chant
platinum print, April 1908
NPG x5118
by Florence Chant
platinum print, April 1908
NPG x5119
by Florence Chant
platinum print, April 1908
NPG x5120
by Florence Chant
platinum print, April 1908
NPG x5115
by Reginald Haines
bromide print, 1909
NPG x5121
by Reginald Haines
bromide print, 1909
NPG x5124
by E.O. Hoppé
platinotype on photographer's card mount, 1910
NPG x5122
by William Rothenstein
lithograph, 1904
NPG D38007
by Florence Chant, copied by Emery Walker Ltd
copy glass plate negative of an albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1901
NPG x200109
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Dr George Beccaloni
13 May 2018, 15:11
I thought that users of your site may like to know that a new version of my illustrated catalogue of all known contemporary portraits of Alfred Russel Wallace is now available for free from here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325114194_Portraits_Of_Alfred_Russel_Wallace_Version_2
It may be cited as Beccaloni, G. W. 2018. Portraits of Alfred Russel Wallace. Version 2. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19241.29288
john Andrewartha
22 February 2019, 16:17
Alfred Russel Wallace OM FRS (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913).
He is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection;
his paper on the subject was jointly published with some of Charles Darwin's writings in 1858.
- Are you interested in His family tree Link below =
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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wallace-13740