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Dublin Science and Art Museum (1878-:)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Alexander Henry Green to Edward Townley Hardman, 1855-1901

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/20
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Alexander Henry Green to Edward Townley Hardman sub-series consists of:


  1. 32 letters, alphabetically arranged (1855-1901)
  2. 2 letters from Valentine Ball (1894)
Dates: 1855-1901

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Richard Francis Scharff, 24 November 1902

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/95
Scope and Contents

Scharff writes regarding his opinion on the phalanx belonging to a small horse. He also accepts Ewart's offer of a stuffed Przewalski's horse for the Museum.

Dates: 24 November 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 03 December 1905

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/11/43
Scope and Contents Ridgeway hopes that Ewart persuaded Scharff to obtain the Achill Island pony for the National Museum. He comments on the reviews of his recently published book The Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse. He enquires after Ewart's next paper on the tarpan, and asks for any information concerning the Rhind lectures at the University of Edinburgh. He comments that he has a lot of material on the origin of jewellery which could form a book or a course of...
Dates: 03 December 1905

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Horses 2
Museums 2
Animal Markings 1
Animals--Colour 1
Appointment to Office 1