From E. A. Greaves 14 December 1877
Mrs Greaves | 14 Pittville Parade | Cheltenham
Decr. 14th. 1877
Sir,
I take the liberty to send you a Pamphlet written by a friend of my late husband’s & which, I think may interest you—1
I am not quite a stranger to some of the members of the Darwin family for in my youth I used to accompany Aunt Hadley and her children on a visit to Mrs. Darwin of Breadsall Priory—2 I am now the widow of the Revd. R: Greaves— At Eliza Hadley’s death her brother Dr. H. gave me the Picture of Dr. E: Darwin, painted by Wright of Derby—3 I suppose that, it was given to Aunt Hadley, her sister Miss Parker had one also, which she gave to a relative, & she sold it to the National Portrait Gallery—4
It has come into my mind, that perhaps you would like to have it, I would willingly give it, but my income is so limited that I am unable to do so. My chief reason for parting with it is, that I must leave this large house, and go into smaller quarters, & my beautiful picture wd. be in the way.
I am, Sir | Your’s respectfully | Elizth. A: Greaves
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Keynes, Milo. 1994. Portraits of Dr Erasmus Darwin, F.R.S., by Joseph Wright, James Rawlinson and William Coffee. Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 48: 69–84.
King-Hele, Desmond. 1999. Erasmus Darwin. A life of unequalled achievement. London: Giles de la Mare Publishers.
Summary
Offers to sell CD a portrait of Dr Erasmus Darwin by Joseph Wright of Derby.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11280
- From
- Elizabeth Anne Hadley/Elizabeth Anne Greaves
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Cheltenham
- Source of text
- DAR 165: 218
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11280,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11280.xml