IDNO

P.7465.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: A. C. H. measuring the natives. Aran Is.

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image LS.114770.: “Head-measuring 1.17-19
A.C.H and Dr. C.R. Browne, Sept, 1892
Aran Islds (2 slides)
- Inish Bofin.” [manuscript in ink]

Dr Charles R. Browne measuring the head of Tom Connelly, an Aran Island man, while Alfred Cort Haddon takes notes. A man and woman watch on while standing in front of a white-washed house in the background. [JD 13/12/2011]

Place

Europe British Isles; Ireland; Galway; Aran Islands

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Tom Connelly; Alfred Cort Haddon; Dr Charles R Browne

Photographer

?Expedition member

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort [Aran Island 1890 - 1891]

Date

September 1892

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon CollectionHaddon’s Aran Photographs

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Archive: The manuscript archives of Charles Browne are held at Rinity College, Dublin. Browne wea probably a student while travelling with Haddon, and he went on to become a surgeon in England. [Information provided by Justin Carville, Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dubliln, JD 6/4/2009]

Exhibition: Print exhibited at the Wellcome Trust, ‘Brains: the Mind as Matter’, from 29th March - 17th June 2012, with the label, “Anthropometry in Aran, measruing Tom Connelly. Mounted Silver Gelatin Print (with P.7466.ACH1)”. [JD 18/6/2012]