British Museum (1753-:)
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: William Whitaker to Horace Bolingbroke Woodward, 1870-1900
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/12
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: William Whitaker to Horace Bolingbroke Woodward sub-series includes letters from:
- William Whitaker
- Sir Charles William Wilson
- Edward Adrian Wilson
- John Wilson
- Horace Bolingbroke Woodward
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Dates:
1870-1900
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A, Oliphant, 24 October 1907
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/44
Scope and Contents
Oliphant writes that the Przewalski's horse skeleton in the British Museum is of a white-nosed mare that Ewart had measured when she was alive. He notes that they have only two of the brown nosed variety at Woburn, although he has not noticed any differences in bone between the two varieties.
Dates:
24 October 1907
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 31 October 1907
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/46
Scope and Contents
Oliphant confirms that of the two horse carcases sent to Gerrard, the young male will be the skeleton in the British Museum.
Dates:
31 October 1907
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet of Lundin and Montrave, 14 July 1907
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/30
Scope and Contents
Gilmour offers £5 or £10 to assist with the pony for the British Museum and asks whether the specimen will be killed at once.
Dates:
14 July 1907
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- Museums 3
- Skeletons 2
- Animals--Colour 1
- Geological Specimens 1
- Geological Surveys 1
- Horse Breeds 1
- Horses 1
- Mares 1
- Physical Characteristics 1
- Ponies 1
- Professional Interaction 1
- Przewalski's Horse 1
- Specimens 1
- Taxidermy 1 + ∧ less
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