William Diller Matthew (1871-1930)

William Diller Matthew (1871-1930), from Bulletin Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., v117. Lithograph plate of charcoal sketch by Peter Van Vollenburgh, Jan.1922. Matthew was an outstanding figure in vertebrate palaeontology and first palaeontologist to study rigorously the Pleistocene fossil mammals of Cuba. Flat, 27 x 19.5cm, on cream-coloured paper in fine condition