Drawing book of pencil sketches and watercolours of birds, 38pp., 1873-1878.
Dates
- 1873-1878
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
English
Preferred Citation
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Shelfmark:
MS. 15570
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15570
Overview
Drawing book of Alfred Crawhall Chapman (1860-1896), engineer and ornithologist
Biographical / Historical
Alfred Crawhall Chapman was born in 1860, the son of Edward and Jane Chapman. He was the younger brother of Abel Chapman and grandson of Joseph Crawhall (a founder member of the National History Society of Northumbria). He came from a long line of sportsmen who were both accomplished hunters and acclaimed naturalists. He was a consulting engineer and ornithologist and lived in Newcastle.
Abel Chapman wrote "Alfred shared with me an innate love of wild nature and must have developed into a field zoologist of the first class. In particular, his fine ear and memory in discriminating varied bird-notes, appeared in Field, Zoologist, etc., all models of careful observation and writing."
Chapman died of typhoid at the age of 36 in 1896.
Abel Chapman wrote "Alfred shared with me an innate love of wild nature and must have developed into a field zoologist of the first class. In particular, his fine ear and memory in discriminating varied bird-notes, appeared in Field, Zoologist, etc., all models of careful observation and writing."
Chapman died of typhoid at the age of 36 in 1896.
Custodial History
Bequeathed to the Alexander Library of Ornithology by Lieut. Col. C.S. Graham of Northumberland and Jersey, May 1972.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
- Title
- Drawing book of Alfred Crawhall Chapman
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by EAD version by Francesca Alves
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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