From J. S. Henslow 7 February 1839
Summary
Writes to CD as "Brother Benedick" and sends hearty good wishes for health and happiness in marriage. They are sending a little silver candlestick for a wax taper.
| Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 167 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-495 |
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- … Bibliography OED : The Oxford English dictionary. …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
From Emma Wedgwood [7 January 1839]
Summary
Still rejoices in having found the house they like.
Thinks he might enjoy Jenny [Jane Welsh] Carlyle’s company more away from Carlyle "as she must have her full swing in talking".
Says the wedding must be fixed for the 29th instead of the 24th.
Hopes he will look better than on his last visit.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [7 Jan 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 159 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-485 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
To T. L. Mitchell 31 May [1839]
Summary
CD’s servant [Syms Covington] will work his passage to Australia.
Returns a curious stone, of which he hopes to publish an account. [See Volcanic islands, p. 38.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Livingstone Mitchell |
| Date: | 31 May [1839] |
| Classmark: | Mitchell Library, Sydney (A 295/1 pp.1–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-515 |
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- … Bibliography Dietz, Robert S. 1978. IFOs (Identified Flying Objects). Sea Frontiers , pp. …
From Susan Darwin [c. 24 October 1839]
Summary
Gives some information on Darwin family history.
| Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 24 Oct 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.11: 25 (on display at Down House in 1991) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-472 |
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- … Bibliography Blakeway, John Brickdale. 1831. The sheriffs of Shropshire, with their …
To W. H. Smyth 7 August [1839]
Summary
Asks for details of Smyth’s Island discovered by WHS – particularly whether the islets form a ring surrounding a lagoon. [See Coral reefs, p. 158].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Henry Smyth |
| Date: | 7 Aug [1839] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-530 |
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- … Bibliography Dawson, Llewellyn Styles. 1885. Memoirs of hydrography including brief …
From Andrew Smith 16 March 1839
Summary
Sends his congratulations and best wishes on CD’s marriage.
| Author: | Andrew Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Mar 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 172 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-498 |
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- … Bibliography Burgess, Thomas Henry. 1839. The physiology or mechanism of blushing. London. …
From Robert FitzRoy [20 March 1839]
Summary
Has objected to loading Narrative with advertisements, but thinks CD’s Zoology and Geology might be advertised. Mentions other details of the final stages of publication.
| Author: | Robert FitzRoy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Mar 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 146 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-500 |
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- … Bibliography Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated …
To John Phillips [18 March 1839]
Summary
Will send JP a map as requested. Asks for a ticket to one of JP’s lectures.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Phillips |
| Date: | [18 Mar 1839] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History Archive Collections (John Phillips collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-473 |
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- … Bibliography Notebook E. See De Beer 1960; De Beer and Rowlands 1961; De Beer, Rowlands, …
From J. S. Henslow [c. 14 April 1839]
Summary
[Note forwarding 503.]
Lord Fitzwilliam’s gardener does not believe in hybrid ferns.
| Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 14 Apr 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 63v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-505 |
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- … Bibliography Notebook B. See Barrett 1960; de Beer 1960; de Beer and Rowlands 1961; de …
To William Shoberl [21 March 1839]
Summary
Captain FitzRoy has no objection to appending advertisement of other works connected with Beagle voyage to CD’s volume [Journal of researches].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Shoberl; Henry Colburn |
| Date: | [21 Mar 1839] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-501 |
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- … Bibliography Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated …
To John Washington 14 October [1839]
Summary
Returns proof-sheets of an article he has reviewed for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. He will find it useful when he comes to describe the Cordilleras of Chile.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Washington; Royal Geographical Society |
| Date: | 14 Oct [1839] |
| Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-536 |
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- … Bibliography Bajot, Louis Marie. 1816–47. Annales maritimes et coloniales, ou recueil de …
To Caroline Wedgwood [27 October 1839]
Summary
Describes his routine for a typical day – writing Coral reefs, studying German.
FitzRoy’s "Deluge Chapter" [Narrative 2, ch. 28] will amuse her.
His opinion of Carlyle’s Critical and miscellaneous essays [1839].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [27 Oct 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 154: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-542 |
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- … Bibliography Carlyle, Thomas. 1838–9. Critical and miscellaneous essays. 4 vols. Boston. …
To Mr Folthorp of Smith, Elder & Co. 6 June [1839]
Summary
CD has heard from the Treasury; they will pay the account [for the Zoology] as soon as Smith, Elder & Co. like.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Smith, Elder & Co |
| Date: | 6 June [1839] |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-517 |
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- … Bibliography Fossil Mammalia : Pt 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle … during …
To William Shoberl 16 August [1839]
Summary
Gives his opinion of a MS on geology. It is not really a scientific work. It might sell well, but CD’s opinion on success of sale is worthless.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Shoberl |
| Date: | 16 Aug [1839] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-531 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
From Emma Wedgwood [20–1 January 1839]
Summary
Preparations for the wedding, various callers, and other bits of news.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20–1 Jan 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 161 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-490 |
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- … Bibliography ‘Biographical sketch of an infant’: A biographical sketch of an infant. By …
From G. R. Waterhouse [1839 – 10 February 1840]
Summary
Sends John Blackwall’s book [Researches in zoology (1834)]. Discusses his reasons for doubting that there are any marsupials in Java or Sumatra.
| Author: | George Robert Waterhouse |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1839 – 10 Feb 1840] |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.3: 295 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-475 |
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- … Bibliography Blackwall, John. 1834. Researches in zoology, illustrative of the manners and …
To John Washington [14 October 1839]
Summary
Returns proofs of J. O. French’s article ["Account of the province of La Rioja: S. America", J. R. Geogr. Soc. 9 (1839): 381–406].
Gratified by Humboldt’s praise of Journal of researches [J. R. Geogr. Soc. 9 (1839): 502].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Washington; Royal Geographical Society |
| Date: | [14 Oct 1839] |
| Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-537 |
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- … Bibliography Coral reefs : The structure and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first …
From Jean Baptiste Armand Louis Léonce Élie de Beaumont 31 July 1839
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of CD’s gift of the Journal of researches. Praises CD’s "ingenious" views.
| Author: | Jean-Baptiste-Armand-Louis-Léonce (Léonce) Elie de Beaumont |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 July 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 177 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-529 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
From Emma Wedgwood [3 January 1839]
Summary
Emma is surprised how quickly CD has moved into the new house and understands his feeling of triumph. Wants him and Fanny [Mrs Hensleigh] Wedgwood to settle on hiring a cook.
Is reading Mansfield Park [Jane Austen (1814)], which she finds "very suitable".
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3 Jan 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 158 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-482 |
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- … Bibliography Emma Darwin (1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. …
To J. Shillinglaw, Secretary, Royal Geographical Society [1839 – May 1842]
Summary
Asks for volumes of F. W. Beechey’s work [Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Bering Strait (1831)] and Nautical magazine and an order on [John] Arrowsmith for atlas of Dumont d’Urville’s Voyage in the "Astrolabe".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Shillinglaw; Royal Geographical Society |
| Date: | [1839 – May 1842] |
| Classmark: | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (GEN/D/DARWIN (C)/4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-477 |
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- … Bibliography Beechey, Frederick William. 1831. Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and …
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| Malcolmson, J. G. | (4) |
| Darwin, Emma | (3) |
| FitzRoy, Robert | (3) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (21) |
| Royal Geographical Society | (5) |
| Blomefield, Leonard | (3) |
| Jenyns, Leonard | (3) |
| Washington, John | (3) |
| Blomefield, Leonard | (3) |
| Broderip, W. J. | (1) |
| Colburn, Henry | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (53) |
| Darwin, Caroline | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (5) |
| Darwin, S. E. | (1) |
| Elie de Beaumont, Léonce | (1) |
| Embury, George | (1) |
| Eyton, T. C. | (1) |
| FitzRoy, Robert | (3) |
| Ford, R. S. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Hartmann, C. F. A. | (1) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (4) |
| Herbert, William | (4) |
| Humboldt, Alexander von | (2) |
| Jenyns, Leonard | (3) |
| Lonsdale, William | (2) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
| Macleay, W. S. | (1) |
| Malcolmson, J. G. | (4) |
| Miller, W. H. | (1) |
| Mitchell, T. L. | (1) |
| Parish, Woodbine | (1) |
| Phillips, John | (1) |
| Royal Geographical Society | (5) |
| Shillinglaw, John | (1) |
| Shoberl, William | (2) |
| Smith, Andrew | (1) |
| Smith, Elder & Co | (1) |
| Smyth, W. H. | (1) |
| Tollet, George | (1) |
| Washington, John | (3) |
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| Wedgwood, Caroline | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (5) |
| Whewell, William | (2) |
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
Summary
This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s cumulative bibliography. Where appropriate, …
- … 2009). ‘F’ numbers refer to R. B. Freeman’s standard bibliography of Darwin’s works. …
- … Cornell University Press. (See also Herbert’s exhaustive bibliography.) Rhodes, Frank H. T. …
Full notes on editorial policy
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The first and chief objective of this edition is to provide complete and authoritative texts of Darwin’s correspondence. For every letter to or from Darwin, the text that is available to the editors is always given in full. The editors have occasionally…
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- … of manuscripts: the record of variants ’, Studies in Bibliography 29 (1976): 212–64. This …
- … ‘ The editing of historical documents ’, Studies in Bibliography 31 (1978): 1–56. The editors …
- … all books and papers referred to are given in the online Bibliography . References to archival …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and n. 8. last Bibliography Bartholomew, Michael …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
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< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…
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- … engraving from a drawing by Nast references and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: …
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
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< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…
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- … and material wood engraving references and bibliography James Paget, ‘Physiognomy of …
4.21 Gegeef, 'Our National Church', 1
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< Back to Introduction A print with the ironic title Our National Church: The Aegis of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity was issued by the London publisher Edmund Appleyard in c.1872-3, and sold at a penny. The artist who drew it signed himself …
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- … typographic text references and bibliography Warren R. Dawson, The Huxley …
4.37 'Mosquito' satire
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< Back to Introduction The Buenos Aires satirical journal Mosquito published this cartoon in May 1882, shortly after Darwin’s death, with the title ‘El Homenage a Darwin en el Teatro Nacional’ (The tribute to Darwin in the National Theatre). A…
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- … medium and material lithograph references and bibliography Mosquito , year XIX, no. …
4.49 Alfred Bryan, caricature
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< Back to Introduction Among the portrayals of Darwin reproduced in Bridgeman Images is a caricature titled Natural History Repeating Itself, from an unnamed private collection. It is initialled by ‘A.B.’, i.e. Alfred Bryan, who worked as an…
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- … from a pen and ink drawing references and bibliography Interview with Bryan in ‘How …
4.36 Sem, Chistmas card
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< Back to Introduction An unattributed watercolour drawing of Darwin shows him dapperly dressed in a tail coat, but walking on all fours like an animal, his lean figure bent over in an arch and filling the space. It is inscribed ‘With Compliments of…
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- … drawing in mount references and bibliography …
- … , accessed March 2020. See also the bibliography for Sem’s caricature of Darwin in Queen Alexandra …
4.39 'Moonshine' magazine cartoon
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< Back to Introduction Moonshine, the self-styled ‘Best Topical Comic Paper’ published in London, featured Darwin in its series of ‘Days with Celebrities’ in 1881. The idea of the series was to picture the private lives of famous contemporaries.…
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- … and material wood engraving references and bibliography ‘Days with Celebrities (19) Mr …
4.32 Anis liqueur label
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< Back to Introduction Many late-nineteenth-century cartoons played on the popular association of Darwin with theories about humans’ simian ancestry: theories that challenged traditional religious beliefs. However, it is surprising to find an…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Juan Antonio Delgado and …
- … Science and Education 20 (2011), pp. 141-157, with a full bibliography of earlier relevant …
4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing
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< Back to Introduction The paucity of evidence for Darwin’s appearance and general demeanour during the years of the Beagle voyage gives this humorous drawing of shipboard life a special interest. It is convincingly attributed to Augustus Earle, an…
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- … watercolour and ink on paper references and bibliography Henrietta Litchfield’s …
Darwin’s student booklist
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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … 20 Smith 1826. 21 Clarke 1810–23. Bibliography Abernethy, John. 1819a. …
- … Johnson. Desmond, Adrian, and Sarah Parker. 2006. The bibliography of Robert Edmond Grant …
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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- … prints and Woodburytypes etc. references and bibliography letters from Darwin to A.B. …
4.48 'Puck', cartoon 5
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< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
4.47 'Puck' cartoon 4
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< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
4.59 'Simplicissimus' cartoon
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< Back to Introduction In 1909 the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus celebrated the centenary of Darwin’s birth with a whimsical cartoon by its resident artist Thomas Theodor Heine, titled ‘Zu Darwins hundertstem Geburtstag’ (‘On Darwin’s…
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- … material colour lithography references and bibliography Simplicissimus 46 (15 Feb. …
4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon
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< Back to Introduction A drawing of Darwin by André Gill borrows a satirical trope found in The Hornet, Fun and Punch, showing him with a large caricatured head joined to the body of an ape. However, La Lune Rousse is distinctively French in…
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- … right, ‘Yves & Barret sc.’ references and bibliography La Lune Rousse , 2:89 (18 …
4.42 'Punch' Sambourne cartoon 3
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s last caricature of Darwin, ‘Man is But a Worm’, was published in Punch’s Almanac for 1882 on 6 December 1881, only four months before Darwin’s death. Like Sambourne’s ‘Punch’s Fancy Portraits. No. 54. Charles…
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- … from Sambourne’s drawing references and bibliography Punch’s Almanac for 1882 , …
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … albumen photographic prints references and bibliography O.G. Rejlander, An Apology for …
