Wallace Images


    Following is a list of Wallace images (mostly photo-portraits) published during his own time (and thus now post-copyright) that I have come across. Please note that I have not checked for multiple printings of the same photo. Also note that some of these photos may have been printed as left-to-right reversals. The Wallace images I have actually reproduced at this site come from: the book Darwinism, at age 66 ("Home" screen); the book My Life, at ages 25, 55 and 80 (the first, third and fourth alternate images to the "Home" screen); James Marchant, Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences (1916), in 1862, 1912 and 1913 (the second, seventh and eighth alternate images to the "Home" screen); John Rothenstein, The Portrait Drawings of William Rothenstein 1889-1925 (1926), pl. XLII (the fifth alternate image to the "Home" screen); a Wallace interview published in the 20 January 1909 issue of The Woman Worker (the sixth alternate image to the "Home" screen); the book My Life, at age 30 (the "Wallace Writings" screen); and the book My Life, at age 46 (the "Wallace Interviews" screen). Many of the books I list in the "Writings on Wallace" section also contain photographs of Wallace, including some that are not among the ones itemized below.

    Doing an image search on Google.com is a good way quickly to come up with a lot of actual images of Wallace, though one cannot find electronic versions of some of the ones referred to below as yet.

Portraits Found in His Own Books (as portrait-frontispieces):

  • A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro: Ward, Lock & Co. 2nd (1889), 3rd (1890), 4th (1892), and 5th (1895 & 1900) eds.
  • Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro: New Amsterdam Book Co. 1900 ed.
  • Darwinism (1889-): all editions.
  • The Wonderful Century (1898-): all editions.
  • My Life (1905-), frontispiece and four other images: all editions.
  • The World of Life: Moffat, Yard & Co. 1916 reprint ed. only.
  • Social Environment and Moral Progress (1913-): all editions.
  • The Revolt of Democracy (1913-): all editions.

Portraits Found in Various Magazines and Journals (chronologically listed):

  • Popular Science Monthly 11 (June 1877): opposite p. 129.
  • Arena (Boston) 3 (Jan. 1891): opposite p. 129.
  • Arena (Boston) 8 (Sept. 1893): opposite p. 401.
  • Humanitarian 4 n.s. (Feb. 1894): 80.
  • Harper's New Monthly Magazine 95 (Nov. 1897): 937.
  • Bookman (London) 13 (Jan. 1898): 122.
  • Light (London) 18 (9 July 1898): opposite p. 340.
  • Bookman (New York) 8 (Oct. 1898): 101.
  • Catholic World 69 (May 1899): 163.
  • McClure's Magazine 17 (Aug. 1901): 333.
  • Christian Commonwealth 23 (10 Dec. 1903): 176, 177.
  • Munsey's Magazine 24 (March 1901): 907.
  • Black and White 25 (17 Jan. 1903): 79 [very nice!].
  • Current Literature (New York) 34 (May 1903): 534.
  • English Illustrated Magazine 30 n.s. (Jan. 1904): 421.
  • Review of Reviews (New York) 29 (Feb. 1904): 255.
  • Pall Mall Magazine 34 (Sept. 1904): 73.
  • The Book Monthly 2 (October 1904): 4 [new to me].
  • The Book Monthly 2 (May 1905): 544.
  • The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health New York) 118 (Sept. 1905): 273.
  • Critic (New York) 47 (Oct. 1905): 293.
  • Light (London) 25 (4 Nov. 1905): between pp. 522 & 523 [very nice!].
  • Bookman (London) 29 (Dec. 1905): 142.
  • Current Literature (New York) 40 (Feb. 1906): 211, 213.
  • Arena (Boston) 36 (Aug. 1906): between pp. 112 & 113 [very nice!].
  • Woman Worker 20 Jan. 1909: 51 [very nice!].
  • Pall Mall Magazine 43 (March 1909): 274, 279.
  • Daily Chronicle (London) no. 15206 (14 Nov. 1910): 5.
  • Daily News (London) no. 20227 (9 Jan. 1911): 1.
  • Current Literature (New York) 50 (April 1911): 411.
  • Popular Science Monthly 78 (April 1911): 415 [very nice!].
  • Nature 89 (13 June 1912): between pp. 366 & 367 [very nice!].
  • Millgate Monthly 7, part 2 (Aug. 1912): 659.
  • Scientific American Supplement 74 (5 Oct. 1912): 209.
  • Current Literature (New York) 53 (Dec. 1912): 658.
  • Daily News & Leader (London & Manchester) no. 20850 (6 Jan. 1913): 1.
  • Current Opinion (New York) 55 (July 1913): 46.
  • Review of Reviews (New York) 48 (July 1913): 119.
  • Christian Commonwealth 34 (12 Nov. 1913): 112.
  • Illustrated London News 15 Nov. 1913: opposite p. 796 [very nice!].
  • Scientific American 109 (15 Nov. 1913): 384 [very nice!].
  • Literary Digest 47 (22 Nov. 1913): 1008.
  • Outlook (New York) 105 (22 Nov. 1913): 618.
  • Review of Reviews (New York) 48 (Dec. 1913): 685.
  • Bulletin of the Pan American Union 38(1) (Jan. 1914): 68.
  • Current Opinion (New York) 56 (Jan. 1914): 32, 33.

Portraits Found in Books and Annuals (chronologically listed):

  • in Labour Annual 1896: frontispiece.
  • in Edward Clodd, Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley (1897): between pp. 126 & 127.
  • in Notables of Britain: An Album of Portraits and Autographs... (1897): 159.
  • in Karl Werckmeister, Das Neunzehnte Jahrhundert in Bildnissen, Vol. 2 (1899): pl. 183.
  • in Charles Darwin, More Letters of Charles Darwin (1903), Vol. 2: between pp. 12 & 13 [very nice!].
  • in James Marchant, Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences (1916/1975): frontispiece.
  • in John Rothenstein, The Portrait Drawings of William Rothenstein 1889-1925 (1926), pl. XLII.


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