Yes, that's what happened - Rob's book mentions that. I'd forgotten... How very fortunate that at least some of his artwork remains... Consie Consie Powell www.consiepowell.com www.science-art.com www.wincbooks.com Linda Feltner wrote: > Yes! > Wasn't it this very Wallace, who after three or so years in the > Amazon, lost all his sketchbooks and collections in the rickety old > ship that sank taking him back to England??? > Gosh, my memory blanks out on that one. > I think he made several trips to the Amazon (three or four?) > > I read about that after I had read Margaret Mee's books on her Amazon > travels, the fabulous paintings she produced, and sort-of remember > thinking that she visited the same tributaries that Wallace visited! > > Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this one. My memory has great > gapin' holes. > Just fabulous, > Linda > _______________________ > Linda M. Feltner Artist, LLC > P.O. Box 325 > Hereford, AZ 85615 > (520) 803-0538 > www.lindafeltner.com > > > Consie Powell wrote: >> Speaking of Wallace - I have just read a recently published book >> called "Every Living Thing: Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, >> from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys" written by my husband's colleague >> here at NCSU, Rob Dunn. It's a wonderful read, and in part of it, Rob >> writes about Wallace's time in the Amazon, and how Wallace sketched >> the insects he collected. From Rob's writing (which is very good, and >> fun to read) I got a sense that Rob had viewed these sketches, and >> had been able to sense, from the artwork, Wallace's excitement about >> what he was seeing. I asked Rob about this, and he loaned me the book >> he had, which had color plates of Wallaces moths and other insects. >> And they were stunning. So, unlike many of our other brilliant >> scientists, Wallace was also clearly very good at illustrating his >> own specimens. Cool... >> >> Consie >> >> Consie Powell >> www.consiepowell.com >> www.science-art.com >> www.wincbooks.com >> >> >> >> >> >> Britt Griswold wrote: >>> Barry K. MacKay wrote: >>>> >>>> Now, this day, I have evoked the 200th birthday of Darwin (a hero >>>> of mine but for his shameful treatment of Wallace...but no one's >>>> perfect, and Darwin was for the most part quite a very fine person >>>> in all respects and certainly a figure who towers in history) in a >>>> document I am writing (and will get back to in just a moment) >>>> trying to explain to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources why >>>> it is NOT necessary to kill cormorants in order to save trees, >>>> herons, fish...whatever...given that these species have co-evolved >>>> for so long. >>>> >>> There was a recent article in the Washington Post on Wallace. A >>> collecting cabinet off his with about 1200 specimens has turned up >>> here. According to this report. Wallace came up with similar >>> thinking to Darwin after Darwin did. Once he put his thoughts in >>> order, he wrote to Darwin to get his opinion. Darwin, realizing he >>> was to be scooped if he did not do something, presented at a science >>> meeting first his own thoughts and immediately read Wallace's >>> afterward to the group. Technically this gave Darwin precedence. >>> In later years Wallace was quoted as saying he held Darwin in great >>> respect and that Darwin's writing on the subject of evolution was >>> better than he could have done. But Wallace probably should be >>> better known than he is. >>> >>> Heard a report of National Public Radio this morning: >>> Darwin had spent the decades between his realization and publication >>> collecting evidence to convince people of the rightness of his >>> argument. Also it turns out that his wife was a very religious >>> woman whom he loved greatly and was his best friend, so why rock the >>> boat when it can be put off till latter? The death of his second >>> daughter at the age of 10 (it sounds like she would have been a >>> brilliant adult) hit Darwin and his wife very hard, and pushed him >>> in the direction of getting his theories into shape. His wife >>> actually supported him. Sounds like a great marriage. >>> >>> Britt >>> >>