Rhacophorus, Tree frogTree Frog from Sarawak. Drawing of a tree frog by Alfred Russel Wallace - hand coloured. Drawn looking down onto the back of the frog spread out showing webbed feet
Ejecting an intruderPlate opposite page 297 from The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1874
Ornithoptera croesus, Wallaces golden birdwing butterfly
Scene in New Zealand, with some of its remarkable birdsPlate 13 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Geographical Distribution of Animals, (1876)
Megachile pluto, Wallaces giant bee
Beetle specimens from the Wallace collectionSpecimens collected by Alfred Russel Wallace now held in the Natural History Museum London
Frederick F. Geach and Alfred Russel Wallace (right)Photographed in 1862 this photograph shows Wallace with Frederick Geach, a mining engineer, who Wallace met in Timor in 1861. Geach became one of Wallaces closest friends
Ornithoptera croesus, Wallaces golden birdwing butterflySpecimen drawer of golden birdwing butterflys, collected by Alfred Russel Wallace
Entomological Specimens from the Wallace CollectionDisplay showing differences in colouring between male and female butterflies of the same species. Wallace believed that males fight to compete for females but that female choice was not a factor
Barra do Rio Nego (present day Manaus) from the fort, 1851. Drawing by Alfred Russell Wallace
Letter from A. R. Wallace to his mother, 28 May 1854Page 2 of a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his mother about sending beetles to his agent Mr Stevens, future travel plans and his daily routine as a collector, dated May 1854
Letter from A. R. Wallace to his mother, 30 April 1854Page 3 of a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his mother describing the people and wildlife of Singapore, staying with a missionary and the progress of his assistant Charles, dated April 1854
Portrait of a Gentleman studyOpening page of The Malay Archipelago, The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of travel with studies of Man and Nature. By Alfred Russel Wallace, 1874
Notes and sketches by Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 - 1913)These notes and sketches were all Alfred Wallace was able to salvage when his return vessel, Helen, caught fire on his return voyage from South America in 1852
Back page of Wallace - Darwin paper, with Wallaces notesWP7/9 - Back page of Alfred Russel Wallaces annotated copy of his joint 1858 paper with Darwin. Wallace papers, Natural History Museum, London
Chalceus nigrotaeniatusFrom Pencil drawings by Alfred Russel Wallace
My house at Bessir, in WaigiouPage 532 from The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1874
The Malay ArchipelagoTitle page of The Malay Archipelago, The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of travel with studies of Man and Nature. By Alfred Russel Wallace, 1874
Letter from Darwin to Wallace dated November 23 1880Photograph from the Wallace collection in the General Library of The Natural History Museum
Ali - Wallaces Malay BoyPhotograph from the Wallace collection in the General Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Natives of Aru shooting Paradisaea apoda, greater bird-of-paPlate opposite page 443 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Malay Archipelago (1874)
The birthplace of Alfred Russel WallacePhotograph from My Life - A record of events and opinions (1908) by Alfred Russel Wallace
Chaetodon sp. butterflyfish
Gymnotus carapo, banded knifefish
Pterygolichthys gibbiceps, sailfin plecoPlate 53 from Vol 4 of a notebook by Alfred Russel Wallace
Acanthodoras cataphractus, spiny catfishPlate 23 from Drawings of Fishes of Rio Negro, Vol 1, by Alfred Russel Wallace (1850-1852)
Crenicichla wallaciiPlate 45a from Drawings of Fishes of Rio Negro, Vol 1, by Alfred Russel Wallace (1850-1852)
Ancistrus gibbiceps, Knu
Natural SelectionFirst edition of The Theory of Natural Selection (1870) by Alfred Russel Wallace open at its title page
Wallaces butterfliesDisplay box of butterflies collected by Alfred Russel Wallace during his expedition in the Malay Archipelago
The plains of New South Wales, with characteristic animalsPlate 12 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Geographical Distribution of Animals, (1876)
Dobbo in the Trading SeasonPlate opposite page 472 from The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1874
Mammalia (class), mammalsPlate 11 from The Geographical Distribution of Animals, with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earths surface, by Alfred Russel Wallace, 1876
Polyalthea - Strange Forest Tree - Tree FernPage 83 from The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1874
Map of the Malay ArchipelagoA map from The Malay Archipelago (1874) by Alfred Russel Wallace
PortraitPhotograph from the Wallace collection held in the Natural History Museums Archive, reference WP15/3/5. The subject of the portrait is not known
Letter from Frank Roberts to Alfred Russel Wallace, FebruaryLetter from Frank Roberts of the Croydon Natural History Society giving details on Alfred Russel Wallaces connections with the society and his proposal that women should be permitted to join
Entomological SpecimensSpecimens collected by Alfred Russel Wallace now held in the Natural History Museum London
Hemidoras stenopeltis, catfishDrawing by Alfred Russel Wallace of the catfish Hemidoras stenopeltis from Cuyucuyu, Upper Rio Negro
Title page of the Darwin - Wallace paperWP7/9 Title page of Alfred Russel Wallaces annotated copy of his joint 1858 paper with Darwin. Wallace papers, Natural History Museum, London
Map of the River Amazon and the Northern part of South America - from Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro (1853) by Alfred R. Wallace
The notebooks of Wallace
CatfishDrawing no 114 by Alfred Russel Wallace
Asterophysus batrachus, ogre catfishDrawing by Alfred Russel Wallace of the ogre catfish (Asterophysus batrachus) from Mamyacu, Upper Rio Negro
Letter from Wallace to GouldLetter to the ornithologist John Gould from Alfred Russell Wallace, written in Sarawak in 1859
Notebook of Alfred Russel WallaceNotes and illustrations on the insects and birds by Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) observed in many different locations around the Malay Archipelago
Forest giant sketched near ParaDrawing by Alfred Russel Wallace during December 1848
Characteristic Animals of New Guinea. Plate illustrated by Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913)
