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Entomological Sketchbook of H. M. J. Underhill, 1880s

Inventory Number 11902


Item type
Object
Provenance
From the papers of H. M. J. Underhill, deposited in the Museum by Miss Maud Underhill, his sister, in the 1920s or 1930s.
Physical material
Paper
Card
Cloth
Leather
Dimensions
Height: 265mm Width: 363mm Depth: 14mm
Inventory No
11902

Description

Oblong sketchbook bound in black quarter-leather and blue cloth, pencil pocket and remains of silk tie. No title, signed with Underhill's name and address on the pastedown. Drawings of mostly microscopical details of spiders and insects.

Contents include (see separate entries): two blueprint copies of Underhill's drawings.