An appreciation of Alfred Russel Wallace by his grandson Richard
THE GRANDFATHER OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
By Richard Russel Wallace
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More details about the magnificent new edition of Alfred Russel Wallace's book "The Malay Archipelago" published by the Folio Society
‘The book is magnificent – very many congratulations to you and your team! It is undoubtedly the finest edition of MA ever produced and I really can't see how it could have been bettered… I am truly honoured to have been involved in its production!’ George Beccaloni
Details about the book
A magnificent edition of Wallace's book "The Malay Archipelago" has just been published.
The first ever 'deluxe' edition of Wallace's book The Malay Archipelago has just been published by London's prestigious Folio Society in two beautifully bound volumes with a slipcase. Both volumes are illustrated with stunning full page colour plates (33 per volume), which feature Wallace’s own skillful watercolour paintings, plus contemporary illustrations of places he visited, and a selection of some of the amazing animal species he discovered. The book has a preface by Prof.
Ali of the 'Malay Archipelago': his life and times
Tom McLaughlin from Sarawak in Borneo has been investigating the life of Wallace's faithful assistant Ali for several years. Now, together with his wife Suriani binti Sahari, he has written an article about his findings, which he asked me if I could post on this website. Tom's article is based on interviews with local people in Sarawak. To read the article (as a pdf file) CLICK HERE.
Mystery of giant painting of Wallace has been solved!
In a recent post on this blog, I asked readers for information about the huge painting below, which features Wallace, Darwin and other scientists. Thanks to Xenia Bogza, the International relations manager of the State Darwin Museum in Moscow, I can confirm that the painting belongs to that museum. Xenia also kindly provided the following information about it:
Just Released: the first ever catalogue of the photographs and other portraits of Alfred Russel Wallace
The first ever illustrated catalogue of the surviving photographs of Alfred Russel Wallace plus all drawings and paintings of him made during his lifetime, has just been released. It contains a total of 77 different photographs, 1 painting and 11 drawings of ARW, plus variants of these images. You can download the 42 page pdf file by clicking HERE. It is 4MB in size, so it may take a few seconds to download. We hope you find it interesting!
SEARCHING FOR ALI WALLACE: A FILM
The Sarawak Association and the British Malaysia Society will hold a joint meeting at 6pm on 20th March 2017 at the Royal Overseas League (ROSL), London, to show the new docu-drama film: SEARCHING FOR ALI WALLACE.
The 200th anniversary of Wallace's birth is ONLY 5 years away!
Do you know anything about this painting of Wallace and colleagues?
Whilst researching a pastel portrait of Wallace by the Russian artist Mikhail Dmitrievich Ezuchevsky (1879-1928) I found a photograph of him working on a gigantic painting showing many famous scientists, including Darwin and Wallace [click HERE to see the page on which I found the image].
Exhibition about Wallace in Moscow in 2012
I never knew that there was an exhibition about Wallace at the State Darwin Museum in Moscow, Russia in 2012, entitled "The theory of evolution would carry his name". It commemorated the 190th anniversary of Wallace's birth (in 2013) and opened on 25 December 2012. The exhibition included a collection of butterflies and birds from the Amazon and Malay Archipelago, a mock thatched hut, plus old books, photographs and maps.