Boucher De Perthes Collection

1887 Bronze of Sir John Evans antiquiary
Sir John Evans 1887 bronze medal struck in his honour by the Numismatist Society of London, to which he was president. Father of Sir Arthur Evans - the excavator of Minoan Crete

1863-1867 Changed view of human antiquity
The " Appearnace of Man" from Louis Figuiers Earth Before the Deluge 1863 (above), and below from the same book in its sixth edition of 1867. Engravings by Riou

Joseph Prestwichs Somme human antiquity
Plate from " Theoretical considerations on () the drift deposits containing the remains of extinct mammalia and flint implements", 1864. Phil. Trans Roy Soc 154

Boucher de Perthes wrong hafted handaxes
1860, attribution on the plate. Palaeolithic and mesolithic tools imagined hafted in wooden shafts. In the case of the paleolithic tools this is almost certainly incorrect

1880s Joseph Prestwich tinted photograph
1890s Joseph Prestwich photograph by Elliot and Fry, Swan electric engraving (with later tinting) being the frontispiece to " Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Prestwich" 1899

1855 Joseph Prestwich portrait photograph

Sir John Evans circa 1895
Sir John Evans photo by Elliot and Fry (17 November 1823 -31 May 1908). Prehistoric archaeologist, numismatist and geologist. Father of Sir Arthur Evans the excavator of Minoan Crete

William Pengelly geology human antiquity
1881 William Pengelly (12 January 1812-16 March 1894). Walker and Boutall photoengravure after painting by A. S. Cope. Being a Frontispiece with later tinting to " A Memoire of William

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