To a member of the Athenaeum Club 9 March [1874]
Summary
Seeks correspondent’s support for his nephew, Henry Parker, for membership in the Athenaeum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Member of the Athenaeum Club |
| Date: | 9 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9341 |
To Thomas Woolner 9 March 1874
Summary
Seeks support for election of his nephew, Henry Parker, to the Athenaeum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Woolner |
| Date: | 9 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | Mitchell Library, Sydney (A26/112) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9342 |
To John Tyndall 9 March [1874]
Summary
Asks JT to support his nephew, Henry Parker, for election to the Athenaeum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Tyndall |
| Date: | 9 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 33 (EH 88205971) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9343 |
To Alfred Newton 9 March [1874]
Summary
Asks AN to vote for CD’s nephew, Henry Parker, at the Athenaeum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Newton |
| Date: | 9 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/60) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9344 |
From T. L. Brunton 9 March 1874
Summary
Writes on the possible origin of serpent-worship.
Is glad CD does not think his view regarding the two sides of the face is erroneous.
| Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 338 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9345 |
To William Bowman 9 March [1874]
Summary
Urges WB to give his vote "and exert any influence which you properly can" in favour of CD’s nephew, Henry Parker, a fellow of Oriel, at the next balloting at the Athenaeum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bowman, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 9 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | Heritage Auctions (dealers) (12 November 2020, lot 47256) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9346 |
To George Bentham 9 March [1874]
Summary
Asks GB to support the election of CD’s nephew, Henry Parker, to the Athenaeum Club.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 9 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Miscellaneous Correspondence Series) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9347 |
To Edward Frankland 9 March [1874]
Summary
Requests EF’s vote and support in favour of Henry Parker for membership in the Athenaeum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Frankland |
| Date: | 9 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9347A |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Brunton, T. L. | (1) |
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Bowman, William | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Frankland, Edward | (1) |
| Member of the Athenaeum Club | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Bowman, William | (1) |
| Brunton, T. L. | (1) |
| Frankland, Edward | (1) |
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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- … frame) in The Gardeners’ Chronicle (6 March 1875), p. 309, illustrating an article on Darwin’s …
Woodhouse Hall, Rednal, Shropshire
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A purse and hair in rememberence of us
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- … Letters from Darwin's girlfriend and her sister and father before and during the voyage. …
2.10 Moritz Klinkicht, print from Legros
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< Back to Introduction This bold wood engraving is a copy of Legros’s bronze portrait medallion of Darwin (see separate entry), interpreting sculptural relief in terms of line and tone. It was executed by the German draughtsman and engraver Moritz…
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- … for the Gardener’s Chronicle (6 March 1875), p. 309. physical location British …
3.15 George Charles Wallich, photo
Summary
< Back to Introduction In the years around 1868–1871, when professional photographers competed for sittings with Darwin, a doctor called George Charles Wallich approached him with a similar request. Wallich was planning to publish a set of his own…
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- … The Gardener’s Chronicle , n.s. 3:62 (6 March 1875), p. 309. J. van Wyhe, ‘Iconography’, pp. 142, …
Richard Henry Corfield
Summary
Richard Henry Corfield was in his final year at Shrewsbury School when Darwin started there. It’s hard to say how well they knew each other, but fifteen years later Corfield appeared again in Darwin’s life as a surprisingly familiar face on the other side…
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- … and in London on 31 October 1839 ( London Gazette 1: 309). Thereafter he continued to work as a …
