To G. J. Romanes 27 May 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
May 27th 1881
My dear Romanes
I thank you for your kind & very considerate letter.1 I have not the least idea, who is the artist of whom Mr. Murie has thought.2 It tires me a good deal to sit to anyone, but I shd. be the most ungrateful & ungracious dog not to agree. Cordially, supposing that enough is subscribed, about which I have always felt very doubtful. If I am to sit, it would be a pity not to sit to a good artist, & from all that I have heard I believe Mr Collier is a very good one. I have seen a photograph of his picture of Hooker & it seemed very good. I should most particularly desire to sit to Huxley’s son-in-law, if, as you say he would like to paint me.3 Let me earnestly say one thing of you, viz that you will not permit any touting for subscriptions: I always understood that my agreement to sit was contingent on the subscriptions sufficing.—
I am heartily glad that Mrs Romanes & the son & heir are flourishing.—4
We start on June 2d for
Glenrhydding House
Patterdale
Penrith,
where we shall stay 4 or 5 weeks & I already wish that we were home again.5
My dear Romanes | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Agrees to sit for portrait. Thinks John Collier is a good artist, an opinion based on his portrait of Hooker.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13178
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George John Romanes
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Linnean Society of London (LL/4)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13178,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13178.xml
