IDNO

LS.89098.TC1

Description

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

A men taking head measurements of a seated man while two officers of the Royal Irish Constabulary stand to the left taking notes. A group of other men watch on. [JD 6/4/2009]

Place

Europe British Isles; Ireland; Galway; Inishbofin Islands

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Alfred Cort Haddon; Dr Charles R Browne

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort [Aran Island 1892]

Date

September 1892

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Archive: The manuscript archives of Charles Browne are held at Trinity College, Dublin. Browne was 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: Lanternslide exhibited at the Wellcome Trust, ‘Brains: the Mind as Matter’, from 29th March - 17th June 2012, with the label, "Alfred Haddon measuring heads in Aran Islands. Glass Lantern Slide". [JD 18/6/2012]